You are correct. It's not fanless anymore. My 1.2GHz, GeForce 3, 120GB HD, SuperDrive upgraded Cube has a single 80mm fan in the base (aside from the fan on the GF3.
And my Tivo is still louder than my Cube.
There are a good number of happy Cube owners out there who are very happy with their computer and they are well aware of what their other options are in the current Apple marketplace. My choice of computer works for me. What difference does it make to anyone else what I happen to choose?
All these guys are doing is taking an existing Cube, upgrading it with Sonnet and/or PowerLogix upgrades, which can be purchased by anyone already, and selling the pre-upgraded unit to anyone who wants to save themselves the effort of upgrading it themselves.
I own a few Cubes, all of which are upgraded with CPUs from PowerLogix and Sonnet, ranging from 800Mhz to 1.2Ghz. One has an internal SuperDrive from MCE. One has a Combo Drive from MCE. The other is a stock DVD-ROM. They all have upgraded video cards (GeForce 2MX, GeForce 3 and ATI Radeon 7500 for dual display). They all have 120GB Seagate HDDs.
Point is, I could sell any one of them at any time (and have sold quite a few in the past), with all these upgrades already installed, much like Kemplar is doing. They're selling existing parts and labor, that's all.
All that aside, taking a look at cubeowner.com, I'd say those aluminum after-market 10x10 Cube replacement enclosures are a much hotter ticket. Looks like it will enable me to put a Dual 1.2 (or better!) in there without a fan! Now that's the Cube I've been waiting for! There's no mention of who is making them, but the pictures of the alleged prototype look pretty cool. I'm not a huge fan of the dark metal shown in the picture, but a clear plastic one or a snow-white one (ala iMac G4) would rock my world, for sure.
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The original Cube had 0 fans. An upgraded Cube has one fan. It's a Panaflo - 12db-21db, depending on the upgrade.
You are correct. It's not fanless anymore. My 1.2GHz, GeForce 3, 120GB HD, SuperDrive upgraded Cube has a single 80mm fan in the base (aside from the fan on the GF3.
And my Tivo is still louder than my Cube.
There are a good number of happy Cube owners out there who are very happy with their computer and they are well aware of what their other options are in the current Apple marketplace. My choice of computer works for me. What difference does it make to anyone else what I happen to choose?
All these guys are doing is taking an existing Cube, upgrading it with Sonnet and/or PowerLogix upgrades, which can be purchased by anyone already, and selling the pre-upgraded unit to anyone who wants to save themselves the effort of upgrading it themselves.
I own a few Cubes, all of which are upgraded with CPUs from PowerLogix and Sonnet, ranging from 800Mhz to 1.2Ghz. One has an internal SuperDrive from MCE. One has a Combo Drive from MCE. The other is a stock DVD-ROM. They all have upgraded video cards (GeForce 2MX, GeForce 3 and ATI Radeon 7500 for dual display). They all have 120GB Seagate HDDs.
Point is, I could sell any one of them at any time (and have sold quite a few in the past), with all these upgrades already installed, much like Kemplar is doing. They're selling existing parts and labor, that's all.
All that aside, taking a look at cubeowner.com, I'd say those aluminum after-market 10x10 Cube replacement enclosures are a much hotter ticket. Looks like it will enable me to put a Dual 1.2 (or better!) in there without a fan! Now that's the Cube I've been waiting for! There's no mention of who is making them, but the pictures of the alleged prototype look pretty cool. I'm not a huge fan of the dark metal shown in the picture, but a clear plastic one or a snow-white one (ala iMac G4) would rock my world, for sure.