Amaya Toman M'gawo lathu lamakono la mbiri ya Apple, tikumbukira kompyuta yomwe, ngakhale ingadzitamandire mawonekedwe apadera, mwatsoka sichinachite bwino kwambiri pakati pa ogwiritsa ntchito. Power Mac G4 Cube sinapezepo malonda omwe Apple amayembekezera, chifukwa chake kampaniyo idathetsa kupanga kwake koyambirira kwa Julayi 2001.
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Apple ili ndi mndandanda wolimba wamakompyuta omwe sakumbukika pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Amaphatikizanso Power Mac G4 Cube, "kyubu" yodziwika bwino yomwe Apple idasiya pa Julayi 3, 2001. Power Mac G4 Cube inali makina oyambira komanso ochititsa chidwi kwambiri potengera kapangidwe kake, koma zinali zokhumudwitsa m'njira zambiri. imawerengedwa kuti ndiyo njira yoyamba yolakwika ya Apple kuyambira kubwerera kwa Steve Jobs. Ngakhale Apple adasiya chitseko chotseguka kwa m'badwo wotsatira atasiya kupanga Power Mac G4 Cube, lingaliro ili silinakwaniritsidwe, ndipo Mac mini imatengedwa kuti ndiyo yolowa m'malo mwa Apple Cube. Pa nthawi yomwe idafika, Power Mac G4 Cube inali imodzi mwazizindikiro zakusintha komwe Apple inkafuna kutenga. Pambuyo pobwerera kwa Steve Jobs kwa mtsogoleri wa kampaniyo, iMacs G3 yowala kwambiri idatchuka kwambiri ndi ma iBooks G3 omwe ali ndi mawonekedwe ofanana, ndipo Apple adazipanga momveka bwino osati kokha ndi mapangidwe a makompyuta ake atsopano omwe akufuna. kudzipatula kwambiri kuchokera ku zopereka zomwe zidalamulira msika ndiukadaulo wamakompyuta.
Jony Ive adagwira nawo ntchito yopanga Power Mac G4 Cube, wothandizira wamkulu wa mawonekedwe a kompyutayi anali Steve Jobs, yemwe wakhala akusangalatsidwa ndi ma cubes, ndipo adayesa mawonekedwe awa ngakhale panthawi yake ku NEXT. Zinali zosatheka kukana mawonekedwe ochititsa chidwi a Power Mac G4 Cube. Inali kyubu yomwe, chifukwa cha kuphatikiza kwa zida, idapereka chithunzithunzi kuti imayenda mkati mwa pulasitiki yake yowonekera. Chifukwa cha njira yozizirira yapadera, Power Mac G4 Cube nayonso idadzitamandira kuti ikugwira ntchito mwakachetechete. Kompyutayo inali ndi batani logwira kuti lizimitse, pomwe gawo lake lapansi limalola kulowa mkati. Kumtunda kwa kompyuta kunali ndi chogwirira kuti chizitha kunyamula mosavuta. Mtengo wa chitsanzo choyambirira, chokhala ndi purosesa ya 450 MHz G4, 64MB ya kukumbukira ndi 20GB yosungirako, inali $ 1799; Kompyutayo idabwera popanda chowunikira.
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Ngakhale Apple amayembekeza, Power Mac G4 Cube idakwanitsa kukopa mafani ochepa chabe a Apple, ndipo sanagwirepo ntchito pakati pa ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri. Steve Jobs mwiniwake anali wokondwa kwambiri ndi kompyutayi, koma kampaniyo inatha kugulitsa mayunitsi pafupifupi 150 okha, omwe anali gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a ndalama zomwe ankayembekezera poyamba. Chifukwa cha mawonekedwe ake, omwe adatsimikiziranso kuti kompyutayo itenga nawo mbali m'mafilimu angapo aku Hollywood, Power Mac G4 komabe idakwanitsa kulembedwa m'malingaliro a ogwiritsa ntchito. Tsoka ilo, Power Mac G4 Cube sinapewe mavuto ena - ogwiritsa ntchito adadandaula ndi kompyutayi, mwachitsanzo, za ming'alu yaying'ono yomwe idawonekera pagalimoto yapulasitiki. Pamene oyang'anira kampaniyo adapeza kuti Power Mac G4 Cube sinakumane ndi kupambana komwe kumayembekezeredwa, adalengeza kutha kwa kupanga kwake kudzera mu uthenga wapa intaneti. "Eni ake a Mac amakonda ma Mac awo, koma ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri amasankha kugula nsanja zathu zamphamvu za Power Mac G4." ndiye mtsogoleri wamalonda a Phil Schiller adatero m'mawu atolankhani. Apple pambuyo pake idavomereza kuti mwayi woti mtunduwu udzatulutsidwe mtsogolo ndi wochepa kwambiri, ndipo kyubuyo idayikidwa pa ayezi kwabwino.
Kyubuyo inali ndi chinthu chimodzi chosasangalatsa: chotchedwa chimney effect (cube inalibe fan), yomwe Apple adadzitamandira za kyubu panthawiyo, sichinali chokwanira, kotero sichinaziziritsa purosesa.