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I got me one with the digital Trinitron CRT (which is, BTW, one of the best CRTs ever, while just at 17", and looks just great in its transparent case) and it w

I got me one with the digital Trinitron CRT (which is, BTW, one of the best CRTs ever, while just at 17", and looks just great in its transparent case) and it was perhaps 12% more expensive than my regular office G4. But for this you got the small footprint (as this was my home machine, this was of some importance), no fan noise and really good speakers, and it was even a bit faster than the standard G4. The only drawback was the rather loud factory fitted HD, but if you wound down the HD (which could be done at that time by the press of a single UI button), it was perfectly silent. I simply don't understand the myth of the prohibitive price. Just check the price lists. [1] BTW, I've it still in my office and it's still running flawlessly on OS X Tiger an System 9.2.2. (At one point, rather early on, the capacitive start button failed and was replaced. Otherwise no issues in two decades.) [1] Edit: Mind that the Cube had a special type of a digital RGB connector for the monitor and worked only with the dedicated CRT and the LCD displays. Both displays weren't exactly cheap and you couldn't just use a cheap 3rd party display as a replacement, which added to the price.

FabHK 6y ago
> capacitive start button Yes, that's inaccurate in the article, isn't it? "because it had no On button, a stray wave of your hand would send the machine into action" You didn't "wave your hand", you touched the button. The button wouldn't move, but you did have to press it. (Maybe they changed that from prototype to production? But it definitely wasn't an issue I remember). > I simply don't understand the myth of the prohibitive price. It was pretty expensive at the beginning, but IIRC it came down pretty soon.
- masswerk 6y ago
  Actually, the button even worked at a distance of a couple of millimeters. I think, the original one was even more sensitive, which was the flaw, as it became too sensitive with time. Think ghostly turning off, while working. The replacement one had none of this issues. As it happens, the monitors had USB connection and an on/off button on the front bezel, which was much more practical than the one on the main unit. Because of this, I (and probably most of the owners) used the one on top of the Cube rarely. This was more a design gack. But yes, it was definitely a button, while an unusual one. > It was pretty expensive at the beginning, but IIRC it came down pretty soon. That might be correct. I didn't buy mine in the very first month. Another slight flaw: the material of the transparent cables which came with the Cube is subject to chemical decay and turned a bit sticky. Interestingly, the process stopped and even reversed somewhat. Ah, polymers, always worth a surprise…
  - WWLink 6y ago
    The fun thing about ADC monitors was that you could hold the power button on your monitor to force-power-off the machine, as well.

FabHK 6y ago

> capacitive start button Yes, that's inaccurate in the article, isn't it? "because it had no On button, a stray wave of your hand would send the machine into action" You didn't "wave your hand", you touched the button. The button wouldn't move, but you did have to press it. (Maybe they changed that from prototype to production? But it definitely wasn't an issue I remember). > I simply don't understand the myth of the prohibitive price. It was pretty expensive at the beginning, but IIRC it came down pretty soon.

masswerk 6y ago
Actually, the button even worked at a distance of a couple of millimeters. I think, the original one was even more sensitive, which was the flaw, as it became too sensitive with time. Think ghostly turning off, while working. The replacement one had none of this issues. As it happens, the monitors had USB connection and an on/off button on the front bezel, which was much more practical than the one on the main unit. Because of this, I (and probably most of the owners) used the one on top of the Cube rarely. This was more a design gack. But yes, it was definitely a button, while an unusual one. > It was pretty expensive at the beginning, but IIRC it came down pretty soon. That might be correct. I didn't buy mine in the very first month. Another slight flaw: the material of the transparent cables which came with the Cube is subject to chemical decay and turned a bit sticky. Interestingly, the process stopped and even reversed somewhat. Ah, polymers, always worth a surprise…
- WWLink 6y ago
  The fun thing about ADC monitors was that you could hold the power button on your monitor to force-power-off the machine, as well.