Far from the original $1,799 price tag, although they sill fetch a hefty price for an “old” computer. The prices of the Cubes have come down in recent years.
I continued to use PCs for several more years, but I’ve always longed for one of those iconic Cubes! Was that it? Can you play games? What’s a SuperDrive? Where do you buy apps for the Mac? CompUSA only had a small section of Mac software. I couldn’t see myself dropping another $3,000 on a computer without knowing what it can and can’t do. I had heard that some of your stuff wouldn’t work on a Mac, and that you’d have to buy new apps, etc, but I had no one to talk to about it. No one to convince me how awesome they were. Without knowing another Mac User, and there being no Apple Stores, I had no one to talk to about the Mac. Talk to me.”ĬompUSA guy: “Uh, sorry man, I don’t know about that stuff, I just stock the shelves man.” Me: “Hey man, I’m hearing a lot of chatter about this whole ‘Mac thing’. Half of the employees couldn’t tell you the difference between a computer and an espresso maker, let alone give a convincing sales pitch or an in-depth product demo for the Mac. There’s no way I could have afforded a new G4 Cube and Cinema Display.
That probably went on a credit card too.Īs you might expect, come 2001, I was probably still paying it all off. Instead, I opted to pick up a new case and a PIII CPU/motherboard combo. Since I just dropped $3 grand on my PII system, I wasn’t ready to buy a new computer. Soon after, the Pentium IIIs were released. Needless to say, that all went on a credit card. I was working retail at the time and was making about $13 bucks an hour. All together I spent close to $3,000 bucks. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but back in 1998 that 128MB of RAM was $100 on sale. I had purchased a brand new Pentium II 350 back in 1998 along with a 17” monitor, printer, scanner, and an external 4X CD-RW. It was playing Shrek on a large Cinema Display.
I remember seeing one set up in CompUSA around 2001. The Power Mac G4 Cube has been on my wish list before I even had a wish list.
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