Amaya Toman A farkon Yuni 2001, Apple ya daina samarwa da siyar da samfurin Power Mac G4 Cube. Shahararriyar "cube" ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kwamfutoci da kamfanin Cupertino ya samar, amma a lokaci guda shi ne babban gazawar farko tun bayan nasarar da Steve Jobs ya yi a cikin jagorancin kamfanin.
Bayan yin bankwana da Power Mac G4 Cube, Apple ya canza zuwa kwamfuta mai sarrafa G5 sannan ya koma Intel.
Da kyar babu wanda Power Mac G4 Cube bai burge shi ba a lokacin da aka fitar da shi. Kamar iMac G3 mai launi mai haske, Apple ya so ya bambanta kansa da hadaya ta gama gari a lokacin, wanda a lokacin ya ƙunshi yawancin "akwatuna" na beige masu kama da juna kamar ƙwai. The Power Mac G4 Cube ba kowa ne ya tsara shi ba sai Jony Ive, wanda ya ba kwamfutar labari, na gaba kuma a lokaci guda mai sauƙi mai sauƙi, wanda kuma yana nufin NeXTcube daga Ayyuka' NeXT.
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Cube ɗin ya ba da ra'ayi na shawagi a cikin iska godiya ga lulluɓin acrylic. Abubuwan da ke tattare da su sun haɗa da, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, cikakken shiru, wanda G4 Cube ke bin tsarin iskar shaka mabanbanta – kwamfutar gaba ɗaya ba ta da fanko kuma ta yi amfani da tsarin sanyaya iska. Abin takaici, tsarin bai cika 4% ba kuma G4 Cube ba zai iya ɗaukar wasu ƙarin ayyuka masu buƙata ba. Yawan zafi ya haifar ba kawai ga tabarbarewar aikin kwamfuta ba, amma a cikin matsanancin yanayi har ma da nakasar filastik. Power Mac GXNUMX Cube ya kara bambanta da kwamfutoci na yau da kullun tare da maɓallin wuta wanda ke da mahimmancin taɓawa.
Masu amfani da ci gaba, a daya bangaren, sun ji dadin yadda Apple ya saukaka shiga cikin kwamfutar. Har ma ya sa masa hannu na musamman don samun sauƙin buɗewa da zamewa. A ciki, an yi amfani da tsarin asali ta hanyar 450MHz G4 processor, kwamfutar tana da 64MB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya da 20GB na ajiya. Na'urar faifan diski tana cikin ɓangaren sama na kwamfutar, kuma akwai tashoshin FireWire guda biyu da tashoshin USB guda biyu a baya.
Duk da bayyanar da ba a saba da shi ba, G4 Cube ya yi kira ga ɗimbin ɗimbin magoya bayan Apple masu wahala kuma ba su daɗa sha'awar abokan ciniki na yau da kullun. Kawai raka'a 150 na samfurin, wanda ko da Steve Jobs da kansa ba zai iya yabo ba, an sayar da su a ƙarshe. Bugu da ƙari, kyakkyawan suna na "cube" bai taimaka ba ta hanyar ra'ayi mara kyau na wasu abokan ciniki, waɗanda suka yi gunaguni game da ƙananan ƙananan da suka bayyana a kan murfin filastik. Tallace-tallace masu ban sha'awa, wanda wasu abokan ciniki suka haifar da su suna fifita Power Mac G4 da aka saba sanyaya akan G4 Cube, ya haifar da sakin manema labarai a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 2001, wanda Apple a hukumance ya sanar da cewa yana "sanya kwamfutar a kan kankara".
A cikin bayaninsa na hukuma, Phil Schiller ya ce yayin da masu G4 Cube ke son cubes ɗin su, ya kuma yarda cewa yawancin abokan ciniki sun fi son Power Mac G4 da gaske. Apple da sauri ya ƙididdige cewa yuwuwar cewa layin samfurin G4 Cube zai sami ceto ta hanyar ingantaccen ƙirar kusan sifili ne, kuma ya yanke shawarar yin bankwana da cube ɗin. Ƙoƙari a cikin nau'in isar da sabbin aikace-aikace da ƙarin haɓakawa bai ƙara haɓaka tallace-tallace ba. Duk da cewa Apple bai taba bayyana karara cewa ba zai ci gaba da layin samfurin G4 Cube ba, har yanzu ba mu ga magaji kai tsaye ba.
