[Cube] cubes in general

[Donald Schwab]

That quiet computer thing is the essential quality.

No fan, and, with any of several fan-less upgrades, fast enough.

My Cube also has a Radeon 7500 video card, and a Gigadesign 1.2 GHz  
upgrade.

It lives in my living room, where is acts as my email client and  
music server (running Titletrack and Music Library 2.5, to run my CD  
Changers, and iTunes to tend my iPod and Airport Expresses).

Being absolutely quiet is the key to this use -- the PowerMac and the  
PCs in my office/studio are not silent, even if quiet.

Then the good looks come into play -- a Cube on a shelf in the living  
room looks attractive, a Mac Mini is merely utilitarian.

Don


On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:21, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote:

>> I have 2 cubes. Instead of upgrading the procsessor, hard drive,  
>> airport, DVD burner, etc, Shouldn't I just buy a Mac Mini?
>
> I'd say it depends on what your priorities are.
> I like a quiet computer and my cube suits me very well.
> I haven't listened to a mini but I'm thinking that a computer with  
> a fan is likely to be noisier than a computer without one.
> I've got a Radeon 7500 video card and 1.2 Gb of RAM.
> I'm contemplating the powerlogics 1.2 GHz CPU upgrade, I think it's  
> about as fast as you can go without a fan and it's supposed to run  
> cooler than stock courtesy of a re-designed power supply.
>
>
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
> technology is the answer, what was the question?
>
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