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The g4 Cube- Opened

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Well I embarked on an adventure today.

I opened up my powermac g4 cube.

specs of mine, 500mhz ppc processor, ati Rage 128mb pro, 123.5gb hard drive, and somewhere around 512mb of ram.

 

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The cube itself, with almost everything out

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Hidden 90 or 92mm fan mount, when no models of the cube ever came with a fan. Apple asking for modders on their computers??????

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All the parts:

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ATI Rage 128 pro

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Hitachi Deskstar 123.5gb hard drive (wut??)

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Rams:

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Internal power supply type thing (there is external PSU too)

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This could be hidden fan header for hidden fan spot?

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GPU riser

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Rest of stuff, dvd drive, and metal parts

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Finaly, battery taken out to put it in to a storage state:

(no, i didnt have to take it apart to take out battery)

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n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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apple should have stuck with PPC a while longer

IBM did eventually kick ass

then we would have a even worse apple monopoly type thing.

They wouldent have to rely on intel.

No hackintoshing.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I feel the need to point you to this build log of a g4 cube

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=227181

Wow nice, i plan on doing something like this eventualy, but keeping exterior original. or closer to original.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I feel the need to point you to this build log of a g4 cube

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=227181

Now i wish i had money...

was doing some mesurements, i bet i could mod this system in...

but i cant, because i dont have that system

 
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n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Wtf is this shit cube?

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isn't that always the problem lol

Yeah...

i had it... but then i spent it...

 

I wonder how much i could sell my current system for, as it is water cooled.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Ahh the PowerMac G4 Cube, Fantastically built little computer but in this machines case you were paying more for looks as the PowerMac G4 at the time was more powerful, much more expandable and cheaper. Due to this the machine failed but was a good test bed for the MacMini.

 

PPC Was dead when the PowerPC G5 had such power requirements that putting it into a laptop was stupid and as Intel had just come out with its Core Duo and Core Solo both being much more power efficient than both the G4 and G5 could ever hope to be.

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Very nice computer that.

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This is pretty sweet, I love my iMac G4 but the Cube is a sexy beast. Does yours have cracks in it? It's a known problem with those.

not really, a little, but nopt really.

ill take some pics.

there are some scratches, but thats it, mostly

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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I never expected the internals to be so weird (0.0)

they are.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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This is pretty sweet, I love my iMac G4 but the Cube is a sexy beast. Does yours have cracks in it? It's a known problem with those.

here are da pics:

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And then, my g4's

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n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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here are da pics

Damn dude, don't post porn on here! :P

 

Apple's computer designs in the 1999-2004 era were works of art. One day I'll get my hands on them all and build a nice shelf to put them on. I have my iMac G4, but I want to get the later 24" model, and a G4 cube, plus a 12" PowerBook.

 

Not to mention these insane speakers, which were a high-end option around 2005-2007 (and are apparently still sold). They're supposed to sound pretty great!

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Das gorgeous 

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Damn dude, don't post porn on here! :P

Apple's computer designs in the 1999-2004 era were works of art. One day I'll get my hands on them all and build a nice shelf to put them on. I have my iMac G4, but I want to get the later 24" model, and a G4 cube, plus a 12" PowerBook.

Not to mention these insane speakers, which were a high-end option around 2005-2007 (and are apparently still sold). They're supposed to sound pretty great!

My school has like 30 pairs of those throughoit the district. Makes me mad. Why would the school need those for simple classes and such.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Damn!

Looking at reviews, people still say they're still one of the best 2.1 systems, even 10 years later. I really want them :D

I've heard them, but I haven't really listened to them. They look really cool tho.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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