{"id":682,"date":"2010-08-12T14:47:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2010-08-12T15:01:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T20:01:10","slug":"the-apple-g4-cube-turns-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/682\/the-apple-g4-cube-turns-10","title":{"rendered":"The Apple G4 Cube Turns 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/153341\/2010\/08\/cube_10thanniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/images\/macworld\/g4cube_small.jpg\" alt=\"10th Anniversary of the G4 Cube at Macworld.com\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago this month, Apple shipped the Power Mac G4 Cube, a unique computer that fared poorly in the marketplace but captured the imaginations of many computer enthusiasts.  Naturally, I warmed up my dexterous typing fingers and wrote something about this anniversary.  Well, two somethings, in fact, and they&#8217;re both up on Macworld.com today.<\/p>\n<p>The first, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/153341\/2010\/08\/cube_10thanniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Cube at 10: Why Apple&#8217;s Eye-Catching Desktop Flopped<\/a>,&#8221; is an exploration of reasons why the Cube fared so poorly sales-wise.<\/p>\n<p>The second, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/153342\/2010\/08\/g4cube_macmini.html\" target=\"_blank\">Apple&#8217;s Cube Was Ahead of Its Time<\/a>,&#8221; compares and contrasts the G4 Cube and the Mac Mini, exploring in particular why the Mini was successful when the Cube was not.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank my editor at Macworld, Philip Michaels, who always does an excellent job of distilling my work into crystal clear prose.<\/p>\n<h3>I Wanted One<\/h3>\n<p>On a personal note, when Apple announced the G4 Cube in 2000, I thought it was amazing and I immediately wanted one.  Although I&#8217;d traditionally been a PC-clone user, I had been following Apple news closely since the return of Steve Jobs in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I couldn&#8217;t afford a Cube, so I simply pined away and read about others&#8217; Cube experiences online.  I remember the &#8220;cracks&#8221; issue being a fiasco in the news after the Cube&#8217;s release (one my articles discusses that issue), which seemed embarrassing for Apple.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, I&#8217;m glad I didn&#8217;t buy one, because they were very expensive.  I&#8217;m lucky I only had a credit card with a $200 limit (Amazingly low, isn&#8217;t it?  That was just before banks started throwing high-APR credit at everyone and their brother.  Now I can&#8217;t get them to stop raising my limit.)  I still don&#8217;t own a Cube, so if anyone wants to donate one to the cause, I&#8217;d be willing to listen.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I hope you enjoy the articles.  Feel free to share your G4 Cube memories below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten years ago this month, Apple shipped the Power Mac G4 Cube, a unique computer that fared poorly in the marketplace but captured the imaginations of many computer enthusiasts. Naturally, I warmed up my dexterous typing fingers and wrote something about this anniversary. Well, two somethings, in fact, and they&#8217;re both up on Macworld.com today. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,40,21,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-info-and-history","category-macintosh","category-news-current-events","category-computers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}