![]() G4 Cubes behind the set of Star Trek: Enterprise. Its replacement arrived in 2005 in the form of the Mac mini, which was more successful and remains in production today. It was discontinued less than a year later, when Steve Jobs announced that it was being placed "on ice". The G4 Cube did not take off with consumers, generating only a third of projected sales. There was also Apple's last CRT monitor, a 17" model that somewhat resembled the previous CRT Studio Display but was shorter and more egg shaped in a completely transparent case. There were two choices of LCD studio monitors available in 15" and 17" size. Peripherals included were the pro keyboard and Mouse, and USB speakers with special adapter. It featured 2 USB ports, 2 FireWire ports, and 2 different monitor connectors, lacked analog audio ports. ![]() The Cube was somewhat expandable but requires smaller AGP cards because of its unique size. ![]() It shipped with a base configuration of 64 MB of RAM (expandable to 1.5 GB), a 20 GB hard drive, and a top-loading DVD-ROM drive. The Apple design team fit the cube's contents within an 8x8x8-inch space that used heat convection to avoid the need for a fan, making it extremely quiet. Boasting over 3 gigaflops, which was the equivalant to a supercomputer at the time, it was marketed towards professional users.
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