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Upgrade Your G4 Cube to a Pentium M Processor

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-so-desire dept.

reklusband writes "This report tells of a company that has released a processor upgrade for G4 cubes; this upgrade is in the form of a Pentium M. The cube becomes Windows + Linux, x86-blah compatible."

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  1. Whatever by aendeuryu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm holding out for x86-yaddayadda compatibility. You early adopters can go nuts.

  2. Stage 5 of the switch? by nigham · · Score: 5, Funny

    See here.

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    1. Re:Stage 5 of the switch? by Ilgaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yesterday I got banned from a macintosh channel for defending powerpc against Intel.

      Speechless...

  3. But by hobotron · · Score: 4, Funny


    Did they give it a fruit name?
    Guess they dont teach you fancy pants marketing people like they used to.

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    1. Re:But by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did they give it a fruit name?

      You mean like "lemon".

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    2. Re:But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      >> Did they give it a fruit name?

      > You mean like "lemon".

      Or sour grapes...?

  4. Re:I, for one, call bullshit on that one... by douglips · · Score: 4, Funny
    (Off-topic: there's a spider currently walking across my iBook's screen. It started near the bottom and now it's sat at the top, just under the 'Window' menu. Oooer!)

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  5. Re:why bother? by njcoder · · Score: 5, Funny
    There are a whole lot of other cool G4 upgrades.

    For instance, you can upgrade the G4 cube to a candy dish. I haven't finished the website and powerpoint presentation but in the meantime just follow the article's directions to the point where you remove the old motherboard. Then remove anything else and fill with candy.

    Next week I'll share my procedure for turning an old full tower case into a phone stand.

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  6. Re:Upgrade.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So basically it's not an upgrade, it's a casemod in reverse.

    That would be a Dome Sac. Sums up the Mac-idea pretty well.

  7. Re:So ****ing what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe they want to run Windows in stealth mode so that the Mac Vigilanties don't show up at their door one night with pitchforks and torches, tar and feathers?

  8. I can see applications for this by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    For example, this would be handy if you want to export that warehouse full of G4 cubes nobody wants to take off of your hands to a country that's on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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  9. I see the steps! by Aldric · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Post an article about turning a Mac into a PC.
    2. Watch the Mac zealots go apeshit.
    3. Profit from ad revenue!

  10. Yeah right by sjofi · · Score: 2, Funny

    cube owners did get their cubes in the first place just to save money :)

  11. ....in the form of ..... by k_stamour · · Score: 2, Funny

    "....in the form of a Pentium M......." Ok off topic, but when I read that I had a 70s flash back of a cartoon of the "Wonder twins". I would run around ad a kid yelling their signature "Super Wonder Twins....in the form of a (insert counter threat)!"........These days I mostly run around mumbling "....Super Wonder Twins.....in the form of a ...... Budwiser!"

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  12. Re:So ****ing what? by punkass · · Score: 2, Funny

    So your wife hates it...sounds like empirical data to me. I guess apple should just close their doors...

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