Amaya Toman Mukutanga kwaChikumi 2001, Apple yakamisa kugadzira nekutengesa kwayo Power Mac G4 Cube modhi. Iyo "cube" ine mukurumbira yaive imwe yemakomputa akashongedzwa akagadzirwa nekambani yeCupertino, asi panguva imwecheteyo yaive yekutanga kukundikana kwakakosha kubva pakudzoka kwekukunda kwaSteve Jobs kune manejimendi ekambani.
Mushure mekuonekana nePower Mac G4 Cube, Apple yakachinjira kumakomputa ane G5 processors uyezve kuIntel.
Pakanga pasina chero munhu asina kufadzwa nePower Mac G4 Cube panguva yekuburitswa kwayo. Zvakafanana neinopenya iMac G3 ine ruvara, Apple yaida kuzvisiyanisa kubva kune yunifomu yakajairika inopa panguva iyoyo, iyo panguva iyoyo yaive yakawanda "mabhokisi" ebeige aifanana nemazai. Iyo Power Mac G4 Cube yakagadzirwa nemumwe kunze kwaJony Ive, uyo akapa komputa chinyorwa, remangwana uye panguva imwechete inoyevedza kutarisa, iyo zvakare yaireva iyo NeXTcube kubva kuMabasa 'NeXT.
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Iyo cube yakapa fungidziro yekuyangarara mumhepo nekuda kwecrystal clear acrylic lining. Zvimiro zvayo zvaisanganisira, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kunyarara zvachose, iyo G4 Cube yakakwereta yakasiyana zvachose yeventilation system - kombiyuta yakashaya zvachose fan uye yakashandisa passive air cooling system. Nehurombo, iyo sisitimu yakanga isiri zvachose zana uye iyo G4 Cube yaisakwanisa kubata mamwe emamwe mabasa ainyanya kudiwa. Kupisa kwakanyanya kwakatungamira kwete kungokanganisa kwekuita kwekombuta, asi muzviitiko zvakanyanyisa zvakare kune deformation yepurasitiki. Iyo Power Mac G4 Cube yakawedzera kusiyana kubva kumakomputa enguva dzose ane bhatani remagetsi rainzwa kubata.
Vashandisi vepamberi, kune rumwe rutivi, vaifarira nzira iyo Apple yakaita kuti zvive nyore kuwana mukati mekombuta. Akatoishongedza nemubato chaiwo kuti iite nyore kuvhura nekutsvedza. Mukati, iyo yekutanga kumisikidzwa yakafambiswa ne450MHz G4 processor, komputa yaive ne64MB yekuyeuka uye 20GB yekuchengetedza. Iyo disc drive yaive iri kumusoro kwekombuta, uye pakanga paine maviri eFireWire ports uye maviri USB madoko kumashure.
Kunyangwe kutaridzika kwayo kusingaenzaniswi, iyo G4 Cube yainyanya kufarira kune vashoma-vafa-hard Apple mafeni uye haina kumutsa shungu pakati pevatengi venguva dzose. Zvikamu zve 150 chete zvemuenzaniso, izvo kunyange Steve Jobs pachake aisakwanisa kurumbidza, zvakatengeswa pakupedzisira. Mukuwedzera, mukurumbira wakanaka we "cubes" hauna kubatsirwa nekuongororwa kusina kunaka kwevamwe vatengi, avo vakanyunyuta pamusoro pezvimedu zviduku zvakaonekwa pachifukidzo chepurasitiki. Kutengesa kunoodza mwoyo, kwakakonzerwa nechikamu chevamwe vatengi vanosarudza yakagara yakatonhodzwa Power Mac G4 pamusoro peG4 Cube, yakakonzera kuburitswa kwenhau munaChikunguru 3, 2001, umo Apple yakazivisa zviri pamutemo kuti "yaiisa komputa pachando".
Mukutaura kwake kwepamutemo, Phil Schiller akati nepo varidzi veG4 Cube vachida macubes avo, akabvumawo kuti vatengi vazhinji vanonyatsoda iyo Power Mac G4. Apple yakakurumidza kuverenga kuti mukana wekuti G4 Cube chigadzirwa mutsara waizoponeswa neyakagadziridzwa modhi inenge zero, uye yakafunga kutaura zvakanaka kune cube. Kuedza nenzira yekuunza zvikumbiro zvitsva uye kumwe kuvandudzwa hakuna kuwedzera zvakanyanya kutengesa. Kunyangwe Apple isina kumbobvira yataura zvakajeka kuti haizoenderera mberi neiyo G4 Cube chigadzirwa mutsara, isu tisati taona anotsiva akananga.
