![]() It was discontinued less than a year later, when Steve Jobs announced that it was being placed "on ice". The G4 Cube did not take off with consumers, generating only a third of projected sales. ![]() There was also Apple's last CRT monitor, a 17" model that somewhat resembled the previous CRT Studio Display but was shorter and more egg shaped in a completely transparent case. ![]() There were two choices of LCD studio monitors available in 15" and 17" size. Peripherals included were the pro keyboard and Mouse, and USB speakers with special adapter. It featured 2 USB ports, 2 FireWire ports, and 2 different monitor connectors, lacked analog audio ports. The Cube was somewhat expandable but requires smaller AGP cards because of its unique size. It shipped with a base configuration of 64 MB of RAM (expandable to 1.5 GB), a 20 GB hard drive, and a top-loading DVD-ROM drive. The Apple design team fit the cube's contents within an 8x8x8-inch space that used heat convection to avoid the need for a fan, making it extremely quiet. Boasting over 3 gigaflops, which was the equivalant to a supercomputer at the time, it was marketed towards professional users.
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