The VMM G4 Cube runs Mac OS X 10.4.11 and serves as the central file server for Oakbog and the Museum. Apple finally got the small headless Mac tradeoff right a few years later with the mini, itself a third the size of the Cube with more power at a lower cost. However, its limited expansion capability and premium price led to slow sales as users felt bang for the buck was lacking. The Cube is 8″ tall and passively cooled for silent operation (fans are a longstanding peeve of Steve). His second attempt for Apple fared similarly, but has obtained collector status due to the beauty and novelty of the design. He first designed one for NeXT, which was an aesthetic success but a commercial failure. Aftermarket G4 upgrade cards kept these models productive well past their normal retirement ages. The AGP line existed for several years in many different model configurations, eventually evolving into the QuickSilver case (but losing the CD eject button… sigh).

These “Graphite” models inherited the highly serviceable fold-down side design of the earlier G3 and G4 towers, had faster system and graphics buses, fit 4 internal hard drives, and sported a very elegant color scheme suitable for professional environments. The iMac’s importance to Apple earns this model an honorable inclusion in the VMM in spite of that unfortunate bondi blue color and the “puck mouse” debacle.Ĭombining iterations made since the beige G3 series, Apple finally hit a design and stylistic home run with the PowerMac G4 AGP-Graphics series. The iMac captured the spirit of the original compact Mac, was easy to use and distinctly different from anything else on the market – a once and soon-to-be-again Apple trait. Gone were “boring beige boxes” and legacy technologies like the floppy disk, ADB and SCSI the iMac was a “New World” G3-based system and introduced USB to the Mac faithful. Whimsical and relatively cheap ($1299), the original iMac marked Apple’s new design direction and return to profitability in the Second Jobs Dynasty.

Mac os x 10.0 on powermac g4