[CUBE] New macs & processor upgrades

[Thubten Kunga]

My Cube is under my desk. I never see it. IMHO all computers belong out 
of sight, on the floor or inside a built-in desk compartment. But you 
are right.

The new single GHz Cube upgrade is $600 and a base Cube is about $800 
(if you can find a deal). So at $1400 you are not getting Airport 
Extreme capability (+$100), BlueTooth capability (+$50), 64 MB DDR 
Video GeForce 4, 4 PCI slots, 2 - 5.25" internal drive bays, ATA 100 
(sees large drives up to 250GB so far), and room for a Terabyte of 
internal HD storage (4 x 250GB). If you don't mind the fan noise, you 
should get a tower for $1499. I would take the Combo and add a DVR-105 
plus iLife with iDVD 3. It's a little more money. But then you have a 
Combo drive that can read DVDs that you can copy with the 105 and Toast 
5.2. If you try to BTO both in the order, Apple will charge you an 
extra $350. It will cost less than $250 to add the SuperDrive and iDVD 
3 after you get the computer. You can always count on Apple to figure 
out a way to charge more for two than it does for one minus the other. 
; ^ )

The above does not include the cost of a larger hard drive and a faster 
TwinView video card which can only be 32MB inside the Cube. Those are 
going to coast about $400 extra. So you might as well buy the Dual 1.25 
GHz Tower for just a little more money.

k

On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 08:58  AM, DBoone wrote:

> The new Power Macs present a real dilemma to those like me not owning 
> a Cube
> setup but wanting one. The cost to upgrade a stock Cube (to: 1GHz 
> processor,
> 60 GB HD, combo drive, & accelerated graphics card) to the level of the
> $1500 entry level Power Mac is somewhere around $1,100. That doesn¹t 
> leave
> much - $400 - for purchasing the Cube (& probably OS X as well).  Most 
> of
> these are going for between $600 - $900 on eBay and elsewhere.
>
> Of course, having a Cube allows you to put your machine on TOP of the 
> desk,
> instead of hiding it underneath. That¹s got to be worth something.
>
> DBoone
>
>> From: Richard Rodman <richard.rodman at verizon.net>
>> Reply-To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:47:40 -0500
>> To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CUBE] New macs & processor upgrades
>>
>> Actually, the fact that the low-end machine is now at 1GHz single
>> processor makes me feel more like upgrading my Cube.  I can get
>> near-equal performance from an upgrade to my Cube for $525.  And I'm
>> sure that, no matter what they've done, the Cube will still be quieter
>> - and definitely smaller.
>>
>> I suppose it's a matter of perspective...
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 08:28 PM, Neil Goldstein wrote:
>>
>>> I'm wondering now with the new Macs price drops and purported quiet
>>> performance, along with the delay in getting the faster processor
>>> upgrades for the Cube...well, this seems to put some pressure on 
>>> giving
>>> some affordable processor upgrade prices for us Cubists. With all due
>>> respect for Powerlogix, this has changed the equation for me, 
>>> assuming
>>> these new Macs are as quiet as reported...