Apple PowerMac G4 Cube CPU

Apple PowerMac G4 Cube CPU

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Description
Announced in July 2000, the PowerMac G4 Cube introduced a dramatic new case design. Housed in an 8x8x8 cube, the G4 Cube combined the elegance of the iMac with the power of the PowerMac G4. The Cube traded expandability for its diminutive size: There were no PCI slots, and while the Graphics was fit into an 2x AGP slot, there wasn't room for full-length AGP cards. With the exception of PCI expansion, the Cube was as versatile as it's larger G4 cousin: Three RAM slots, an AirPort slot, and two USB and FireWire ports.
The Cube was not nearly the success that Apple had hoped it would be. The consensus was that Apple had misjudged the market, making the Cube an expensive "luxury" computer instead of a cheaper monitor-less iMac.
This particular PowerMac G$ was used as the design workstation for the National Museum of American History's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Microcomputer
Date made
2000
maker
Apple Computer, Inc.
Measurements
overall: 9 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 24.765 cm x 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm
ID Number
2005.0137.01
catalog number
2005.0137.01
accession number
2005.0137
Credit Line
Transfer from Lemelson Center, Smithsonian Institution
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