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Third Party Selling Upgraded G4 Cubes

Posted by pudge on from the howzabout-an-upgraded-20th-anniversary-mac dept.

cybercyph writes "A 3rd party is selling upgraded G4 cubes. The upgraded cubes have a 1.2 GHz G4 processor, GeForce 3 card with 64 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM (upgradable to 1.5) and a 120 GB hard drive! I can't imagine this making Apple too happy..." They are asking $1879, which is comparable to a similarly equipped new G4 from Apple.

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  1. Need a laptop? by CptChipJew · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want a third party upgraded laptop, MCE is selling iBooks equipped with DVD-R/CD-R optical drives.

    There was another company back in the day who's name skips my mind, but they also sold upgraded Macs until Apple gave them the cease and desist. So I would expect the same thing to happen here eventually.

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    1. Re:Need a laptop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      The story can be seen here. This isn't brand new news. (The iBook thing)

  2. Re:10.3 INcompatable? by Visigothe · · Score: 3, Informative

    You heard incorrectly.

    What has been nerfed are the old machines that were never really qualified to run OS X, but can be tricked into doing so if you have a 3rd party CPU upgrade card. Of course, there will be hacks to get them to work again. I wouldn't be too worried.

    The other thing that you may have heard is that it will be almost impossible for a G=4 machine to be upgraded to a G5. This is because the G5 board architecture is *vastly* different than the G3 and G4. That being said, "impossible" has been done before.

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  3. Already have a Cube? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you already own a G4 cube there are a variety of upgrade options. I recently found them myself.

    PowerLogix and Sonnet both offer upgrade cards. Many video cards fit (and can be made to submit) inside. These upgrades usually imply removing the heat sinks and adding a fan.

    The hard drive isn't too have to upgrade - if you have a 10T Torx wrench just lying about.

    www.cubeowner.com is a great resource.

    Dav