[Cube] Confession...

[George Pepper]

Well, I hope you keep liking your Mini.  I had a loaded Mini for the  
time; G4 1.25GHz, 1GB RAM, Superdrive, and the video card ran my  
1920x1200 23" CHD display just fine (With an Apple DVI to ADC  
adaptor).  Problem is, the HD died, and the mean time between failures  
on those little notebook drives is pretty pathetic compared to a real  
drive.  Then, there's getting into the thing to do any work. OMG!  In  
the list of tools you'll need is a PUTTY KNIFE!  It is 180% opposite  
of the Cube, which is why I'm replacing the Mini with TWO CUBES!

I plan to repair the Mini at some point, but it is just such a b!*¢&  
to get into that I'm going to play with my Cubes for a while first.

George

On Mar 4, 2009, at 3:02 AM, Riba wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:54 +0100, "Stefan" <no-spam at punkt-x.de> wrote:
>> Hello Riba,
>>
>> G4 or Intel-model ?
>>
>> I "converted" two or three years ago and wasn't disappointed.
>> It is to feel, that the HD is slowlier and
>> graphics is like ATi 128 on the cube.
>>
>> But hey: nearly no power consumption, nearly no noise, that's not bad
>> too.
>>
>>
>> When I "upgraded" to the 1.83 Intel Duo2Core it became better and
>> have you seen the just presented newest model:
>> I'm sure that will be the cube-killer finallyŠ
>> Only 13 Watt power when running and not active.
>> I measured a max of 58 Watt at my mini.
>> My Mini works together with a 27" Dell TFT (DVI):
>> very fine combination: the mini is hidden behind
>> the huge TFT.
>>
>> Sorry to all about my cube-affront!!!
>
> Actually I was waiting for the new Mini to buy one, but as it turns  
> out,
> it was Apple who waited for me to buy an old one. :) Actually I was  
> just
> looking at some CPU upgrades for my Cube on ebay...they all go for  
> more
> than $150...at the same time I saw a local ad for a 1.5GHz G4 Mini/1GB
> of RAM with broken optical drive for $250...I figured out it is worth
> getting, I have an external FW DVD drive anyway, I could really use  
> USB
> 2.0 ports and the price is right...the Mini is in perfect condition.  
> Too
> bad it has less memory than the current Cube. :)
> It should serve well for a while, I'm still planning to get a new Mini
> once the Snow Leopard gets released so I can get it with it....
> But I'm sure Cube will still get regular usage, it proved to be a rock
> solis machine, at least for me.
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