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By: PreviewCast » Blog Archive » PreviewCast #008: Would Grandparents Download Movies?

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:49:14 +0000

[...] Well, all of us are suffering now! Larry started back at school last Wednesday, although Douglas and Robert are approaching completing one month of school. Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, got permanently stung by a stingray. The iMacs get updated to a Core 2, and the Mac minis get updated to a second core (much to the dismay of Douglas). Apple also admits that the MacBook has insomnia and will repair computers under warranty. And, the latest Apple patent filing reveals…a new Cube? Also, the Mac web has gone crazy over Apple’’s Showtime event, and we take our final crackdown on all the rumors before Tuesday’s event. And Douglas’ birthday is in less than 3 weeks…just an FYI. [...]

By: Jason’s Random Tech News » Apple Cube may be reborn

Jason’s Random Tech News » Apple Cube may be reborn — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:38:37 +0000

[...] In 2000 Apple has released Apple Power Mac Cube G4 computer which looked great but did not sell too well and was abandoned soon. Now it seems that Apple is working on the next generation of Apple Cube computer.read more | digg story [...]

By: El Cubo 2, la venganzaâ€¦ Â¿volverÃ¡ el cubo de Apple? at Ounae

El Cubo 2, la venganzaâ€¦ Â¿volverÃ¡ el cubo de Apple? at Ounae — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:48:34 +0000

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By: Lockergnome's Tech News Watch

Lockergnome's Tech News Watch — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:17:48 +0000

Is Apple About To Relaunch The Apple Cube?…

Alice Hill of RealTechNews writes: We are starting to chafe from all the hype we must endure before every Apple announcement. But this one caught my eye. It seems that Apple recently filed a patent for what looks like round two of the Apple Cube. The C…

By: Roll

Roll — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:32:44 +0000

The new iCube or xCube should have nothing to share with a Mac Mini starting with a Conroe processor (cheaper and faster than Merom), a 3.5″ HD (cheaper and with greater capacity than 2,5″) and generally easy to expande.
Finally it shouldn’t cost more than a Mac Mini, if not less, since the components i enumerated are cheaper.

By: Mac Man

Mac Man — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:32:14 +0000

3 words….Aluminium, Aluminium, Aluminium.
It will match the Cinema display look and 2 new “Cinema TV’s” LCD HD TV’s, 34″ + 40″ to one up Dell Hell.

The Mac Cube, will be Core 2 Duo, with all Aluminum enclosure, laser etched apple logo, MacPro style air grill top and bottom, and more expandable than the original, Gaming able with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 or similar, up to 3GB Ram, and a sliding hard drive bay (MacPro style) all wrapped into the genius of the 8″ cube format.

Oh, and i’m changing my prediction date to 12.9.06. Bring it on Steve.

By: Weenie

Weenie — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:27:03 +0000

I have a picture of the earlier protoype
http://www.channelu.com/Turbo/NeXT/i/cube1as.jpg

By: Monitortan

Monitortan — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:37:47 +0000

Am I the only one……

…who liked the old Apple Cube computer? Maybe not…….

By: Rumor mill

Rumor mill — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:50:13 +0000

you will all get a good chuckle after reading this

http://www.misterbg.org/AppleProductCycle/

its the “real” apple cycle

By: Return of the Cube at Ejecutive

Return of the Cube at Ejecutive — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:27:51 +0000

[...] So why have we yet to see the real successor to the G4 Cube? A recent Apple patent filing may suggest they have something in the works, or they’re just tidying up loose ends. The extra space over a Mac mini would give the ability to have full size hard drives, higher end graphics cards and much easier upgrades. It’s the killer product thats just waiting to entice Windows users over to the world of the Macintosh. [...]

By: Ronc

Ronc — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:37:10 +0000

The Mac Mini is NOT shaped like a cube!!!!!!!

By: bri

bri — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:39:09 +0000

D’oh! Forgot about the mac mini. Never mind.

By: Mac Man

Mac Man — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:03:23 +0000

The Cube will be the next flagship Mac post the iMac, this will be “the” Mac for the living room, coming Sep 2007. What iPod did for the pocket, the “Mac Cube” will do for the living room. This piece of art was just a little ahead of it’s time… I’m in line for one already!

More proof of a glimpse into the future…
http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/gallery/

By: ModernGeek

ModernGeek — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:47:10 +0000

Maybe apple is just trying to protect its intellectual property. The old cube could be upgraded easily, ran without fans, etc. It had a handle that you’d push when you would turn it upside down, and you’d just like the thing out of the plastic enclosure and wa-la, you had everything right there. Sometimes apple patents random crap that never surfaces.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:05:21 +0000

File this one under, WGAF? WHO GIVES A ”””’

By: ^3

^3 — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:43:53 +0000

After reading through the filing, it seems this is just an updated amendment to the original Cube patent with very little differences (probably just to insure no one else can duplicate the design based on current standards).

The original Cube (I own one myself) has holes for installing a fan below the heatsink so even from back then, it was designed to handle future processor upgrades (probably dual G4′s considering the timeframe).

Interestingly enough, building off the miniturization of the Mac Mini, a more expandable Core 2 Duo setup could be done including a 3.5″ SATA and an open PCIe slot if they utilize integrated graphics or an MXM like the 24″ iMac.

By: Tech Gadgets

Tech Gadgets — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:01:26 +0000

Is The Apple Cube Coming Back?…

Another patent was found today by Apple, this time for a cube-shaped computing device. The fins on the…

By: tnkgrl

tnkgrl — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:46:23 +0000

I own a heavily upgraded Power Mac G4 cube (PowerLogix dual 1.2 GHz G4, Radeon AGP video card, 8x DL Superdrive, 120 GB HD, 1.5 GB RAM. Airport), so I’ve disassembled it many times…

And I can tell you that all these patents drawings apply to the Power Mac G4 cube – Fig 4 above illustrates HD mount with its heat sink (a rail is attached to one side of the HD and fits in the groove at the bottom of the HD mount – 3 screws then secure the HD and its heat sink to the HD mount).

Fig 3 above illustrates how the Power Mac G4 cube is coooled by convection, or using an optional fan, with the CPU heat sink sandwitched between the CPU card and the HD mount.

There’s a fan mount (and fan connector) in the cube that was never used by Apple, but is used by third-party CPU upgrades – it was actually designed so that it could be shipped with faster/hotter CPUs in the future! Alas, this would never be implemented as Apple nixed the cube prematurely…

For more information, visit http://www.cubeowner.com/

By: Is Apple About to Re-Launch the Apple Cube? @ Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:34:39 +0000

[...] We are starting to chafe from all the hype we must endure before every Apple announcement. But this one caught my eye. It seems that Apple recently filed a patent for what looks like round two of the Apple Cube. The Cube as you recall was marvelled over but soon gave way to complaints over cracks and overheating. (Where have we heard that before?) But you tell us: It seems that Apple too did not completely forget the Cube idea. Recent patent filing for â€œUltra compact computer arrangementâ€? shows that Apple is working on another Cube computer which solves many of the problems that plagued itâ€™s predecessor. The new Apple Cube should be easy to ugrade and expand. It will have two removable sides for the easy access and upgrade of components such as hard drive, memory and PC cards. Apple has designed innovative heat sink that can use separately inserted cooling fan, but can work without it in some cases. All of that packed in a nice compact cubic case. Source: Unwiredview.com [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:19:02 +0000

The new cube, its called a Mac Mini

By: Big Nah

Big Nah — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:45:27 +0000

Don’t we already have an update to the G4 cube called the mac mini?

By: BLOG.MACMAGAZINE

BLOG.MACMAGAZINE — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:31:08 +0000

Apple pretende lanÃ§ar novo Cube…

Ã‰ o que diz o site Unwired View em seu artigo “Apple Cube reborn“. Aparentemente a empresa tem estudado diversas formas de resolver absolutamente todos os problemas da primeira e Ãºnica versÃ£o deste revolucionÃ¡rio computador, tais como f…

By: zhe.net Â» » Apple updates its product line

zhe.net Â» » Apple updates its product line — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:02:40 +0000

[...] In other news, a recent dissection of a patent filed by Apple has led at least one person to believe that another cube might be in the making.Â You can read what they have to say for yourselves here.Â If Apple does revive the cube hopefully the extra space will allow them to alleviate a lot of the gripes people have with the current Mac Mini. [...]

By: Jose Fuertes Salazar

Jose Fuertes Salazar — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 21:37:10 +0000

Maybe its the new solution for DVR lovers…

By: Nevin

Nevin — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:50:38 +0000

Your “Apple Cube II” is the Mac Mini

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:45:46 +0000

uhh, isn’t that what the MacMini is?

By: Whappo

Whappo — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:12:22 +0000

If they managed to fit a dual-core in the mini they (now) can make the cube.

By: The missing prosumer Mac tower - Page 7 - MacNN Forums

The missing prosumer Mac tower - Page 7 - MacNN Forums — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:57:14 +0000

[...] Look what I came across today on Engadget: the story: A new Apple Cube on the horizon? – Engadget and Unwired View / Apple Cube reborn the patent application: United States Patent Application: 0060198112 [...]

By: Tech Gadgets

Tech Gadgets — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:34:37 +0000

A new Apple Cube on the horizon?…

Filed under: DesktopsEvery Apple fan knows that his Steveness is into cubes, even more than Picasso was….

By: IBuyMacs.com

IBuyMacs.com — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:56:17 +0000

An Apple Media Cube in the works?…

Engadget is reporting that Apple has filed a patent for a cube like device. They are speculating a media cube for your living room. I think this would be a great addition to Apple’s lineup. With an upcoming movie store announcement likely, I think …