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Power Mac G4 Cube

Name: Power Mac G4 Cube
Brand: Apple
Price: 1799 USD
Availability: Discontinued

M7886 · Translucent (iMac G3 era)

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Identifiers

Order number

M7886

Reference

Original price	$1,799 – $2,299
Announced	2000-07-19
Discontinued	2001-07-03
Max supported OS	Mac OS X 10.4.11
Design era	Translucent (iMac G3 era)

Configurations

Colors	Clear / Silver
CPU	PowerPC G4 @ 450 MHz, PowerPC G4 @ 500 MHz
Memory	64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1.5 GB (max)
Storage	20 GB IDE HDD, 30 GB IDE HDD, 40 GB IDE HDD, mSATA adapter
Graphics	ATI Rage 128 Pro (16 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (32 MB), ATI Radeon 7500 (retrofit)
Operating system	Mac OS 9.0, Mac OS 9.0.2, Mac OS 9.0.3, Mac OS 9.0.4, Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS 9.2.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.0.1, Mac OS X 10.0.2, Mac OS X 10.0.3, Mac OS X 10.0.4, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.1.1, Mac OS X 10.1.2, Mac OS X 10.1.3, Mac OS X 10.1.4, Mac OS X 10.1.5, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.2.1, Mac OS X 10.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2.3, Mac OS X 10.2.4, Mac OS X 10.2.5, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Mac OS X 10.2.7, Mac OS X 10.2.8, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.1, Mac OS X 10.3.2, Mac OS X 10.3.3, Mac OS X 10.3.4, Mac OS X 10.3.5, Mac OS X 10.3.6, Mac OS X 10.3.7, Mac OS X 10.3.8, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2, Mac OS X 10.4.3, Mac OS X 10.4.4, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X 10.4.6, Mac OS X 10.4.7, Mac OS X 10.4.8, Mac OS X 10.4.9, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Mac OS X 10.4.11
Removable media	DVD-ROM (slot-loading), CD-RW (slot-loading)

Physical

Ports & connectivity	2× USB 1.1 · 2× FireWire 400 · 10/100 Ethernet · 3.5mm audio in/out · ADC display · VGA · 56K modem
Dimensions (W×H×D)	197 × 247 × 197 mm
Weight	6.5 kg

Known quirks

Acrylic case develops micro-cracks around the plastic — "Cube crack" is collector shorthand
No fan — convection cooling makes the Cube warm under load
Touch-sensitive power button instead of a physical switch — failures cause unwanted sleeps
Poor sales led to just 14 months of production — among Apple's biggest flops commercially
Requires external AC power brick — often missing

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Configurations

Colors

Clear / Silver

CPU

PowerPC G4 @ 450 MHz, PowerPC G4 @ 500 MHz

Memory

64 MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, 1.5 GB (max)

Storage

20 GB IDE HDD, 30 GB IDE HDD, 40 GB IDE HDD, mSATA adapter

Graphics

ATI Rage 128 Pro (16 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (32 MB), ATI Radeon 7500 (retrofit)

Operating system

Mac OS 9.0, Mac OS 9.0.2, Mac OS 9.0.3, Mac OS 9.0.4, Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS 9.2, Mac OS 9.2.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah, Mac OS X 10.0.1, Mac OS X 10.0.2, Mac OS X 10.0.3, Mac OS X 10.0.4, Mac OS X 10.1 Puma, Mac OS X 10.1.1, Mac OS X 10.1.2, Mac OS X 10.1.3, Mac OS X 10.1.4, Mac OS X 10.1.5, Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, Mac OS X 10.2.1, Mac OS X 10.2.2, Mac OS X 10.2.3, Mac OS X 10.2.4, Mac OS X 10.2.5, Mac OS X 10.2.6, Mac OS X 10.2.7, Mac OS X 10.2.8, Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Mac OS X 10.3.1, Mac OS X 10.3.2, Mac OS X 10.3.3, Mac OS X 10.3.4, Mac OS X 10.3.5, Mac OS X 10.3.6, Mac OS X 10.3.7, Mac OS X 10.3.8, Mac OS X 10.3.9, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2, Mac OS X 10.4.3, Mac OS X 10.4.4, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X 10.4.6, Mac OS X 10.4.7, Mac OS X 10.4.8, Mac OS X 10.4.9, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Mac OS X 10.4.11

Removable media

DVD-ROM (slot-loading), CD-RW (slot-loading)

Known quirks

Acrylic case develops micro-cracks around the plastic — "Cube crack" is collector shorthand

No fan — convection cooling makes the Cube warm under load

Touch-sensitive power button instead of a physical switch — failures cause unwanted sleeps

Poor sales led to just 14 months of production — among Apple's biggest flops commercially

Requires external AC power brick — often missing