Power Mac G4 Cube - Quiz
Power Mac G Cube
  • 1. How many units of the Power Mac G4 Cube were sold before it was discontinued?
A) 500,000
B) 150,000
C) 1.5 million
D) 75,000
  • 2. Who called the Power Mac G4 Cube a 'spectacular failure'?
A) John Gruber
B) Steve Jobs
C) Benj Edwards
D) Tim Cook
  • 3. Which publication described the Cube as an 'iconic example of millennium-era design'?
A) CNET
B) The New York Times
C) Macworld
D) Wired
  • 4. Which television show used 16 Cubes to power computer console displays?
A) Absolutely Fabulous
B) 24
C) The Drew Carey Show
D) Star Trek: Enterprise
  • 5. The manufacturing techniques used for the Cube later influenced the design of which Apple product line?
A) iPod Nano
B) Aluminum MacBooks
C) Mac Pro
D) Apple Watch
  • 6. Which future Apple product was described as being one-fifth the size of the Cube?
A) iPod
B) MacBook Air
C) Mac mini
D) iMac G4
  • 7. What was the retail price of the Mac mini, which proved to be more successful than the Cube?
A) $999
B) $499
C) $299
D) $799
  • 8. The design of which Apple store was inspired by the Cube's translucent shape?
A) Apple Park Visitor Center
B) Apple Fifth Avenue
C) Apple Regent Street
D) Apple Infinite Loop
  • 9. Which feature from the Cube appeared later in the iPod and iPhone lines?
A) Capacitive touch
B) Lattice grille pattern
C) Translucent shell
D) Vertical thermal design
  • 10. The 2013 and 2019 versions of the Mac Pro echoed which design elements of the Cube?
A) Aluminum unibody and small size
B) Flatscreen integration and low price
C) Vertical thermal design and lattice grille
D) Translucent shell and capacitive touch
  • 11. Who wrote that the Cube was a 'worthy failure' 20 years after its introduction?
A) Tim Cook
B) Steve Jobs
C) Benj Edwards
D) John Gruber
  • 12. What type of cottage industry developed after the Cube was discontinued?
A) Recycling old components
B) Repairing broken hard drives
C) Selling upgrades and modifications
D) Developing software emulators
  • 13. According to the text, what was the primary reason the Cube remained appealing to fans long after discontinuation?
A) Its compatibility with modern Windows
B) Its low price
C) Its widespread availability
D) Its vision
  • 14. Besides Star Trek: Enterprise, which show featured the Cube as a prop?
A) Friends
B) Seinfeld
C) Lost
D) The Drew Carey Show
  • 15. When was the Power Mac G4 Cube announced?
A) June 19, 2001
B) July 19, 1999
C) July 19, 2000
D) January 19, 2000
  • 16. Where was the G4 Cube officially announced?
A) Consumer Electronics Show
B) Macworld Expo
C) A private press event at Apple headquarters
D) Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
  • 17. What design influence did Steve Jobs cite for the G4 Cube?
A) The Power Mac G4
B) The original Macintosh
C) The NeXTcube
D) The iMac
  • 18. What common household item did some people compare the Cube's shape to?
A) A paperweight
B) A bookshelf speaker
C) A box of Kleenex tissues
D) A coffee mug
  • 19. Who called the G4 Cube the 'most gorgeous personal computer' he had ever seen?
A) Andrew Gore
B) Walt Mossberg
C) Peter H. Lewis
D) Steve Jobs
  • 20. What was a major ergonomic complaint regarding the G4 Cube's peripherals?
A) The machine had to be tipped to access ports
B) The monitor was incompatible with third-party cables
C) The keyboard was too small
D) The mouse cable was too short
  • 21. What issue did Macworld report regarding the power button?
A) It often jammed
B) It was hard to find
C) It lacked a backlight
D) It was too sensitive
  • 22. What were the specifications of the hard drive in the base model of the G4 Cube?
A) 10000-rpm
B) 4200-rpm
C) 7200-rpm
D) 5400-rpm
  • 23. How much RAM did the base model of the G4 Cube come with?
A) 32 MB
B) 128 MB
C) 256 MB
D) 64 MB
  • 24. Which institution acquired the Cube for its collection?
A) The Louvre
B) The Smithsonian Institution
C) The British Museum
D) The Museum of Modern Art
  • 25. What did Apple design team members do with spare Cube shells?
A) Sold them as desk organizers
B) Gave them away as souvenirs
C) Used them as tissue boxes
D) Used them as trash bins
  • 26. Which publication called the G4 Cube 'desk sculpture'?
A) PC Magazine
B) Macworld
C) The Wall Street Journal
D) The New York Times
  • 27. What risk was associated with tipping the G4 Cube to plug in peripherals?
A) Cracking the screen
B) Breaking the power cable
C) Overheating the processor
D) Accidental sleep activation
  • 28. What was the context of the announcement at Macworld Expo?
A) The closing ceremony
B) A mid-show press release
C) An 'one more thing' segment
D) The keynote introduction
  • 29. According to Andrew Gore, what was the trade-off for the Cube's design?
A) Compromises made in the service of art
B) High cost of production
C) Limited software compatibility
D) Lack of processing power
  • 30. Who was the CEO of Apple during the development of the Power Mac G4 Cube?
A) Ken Segall
B) Jason Snell
C) Jonathan Ive
D) Steve Jobs
  • 31. Which design movement was the Cube compared to by The New York Times?
A) Modernism
B) Bauhaus
C) Minimalism
D) Art Deco
  • 32. Who led the design team at Apple responsible for the Cube?
A) Jason Snell
B) Steve Jobs
C) Ken Segall
D) Jonathan Ive
  • 33. What was the base price of the Power Mac G4 Cube at its release?
A) $1,799
B) $1,499
C) $1,999
D) $1,299
  • 34. How long did it take Apple to develop the proprietary plastics formula for the Cube's housing?
A) One year
B) Three months
C) Nine months
D) Six months
  • 35. Which journalist described the Cube as an obsession with a 'Black Box'?
A) Jason Snell
B) Ken Segall
C) Steve Jobs
D) Jonathan Ive
  • 36. How did Steve Jobs react when he learned the final price of the Cube?
A) Completely indifferent
B) Defiantly confident
C) Visibly shaken
D) Extremely excited
  • 37. What part of the internal hardware influenced the design of the Cube first due to the lack of a fan?
A) The processor
B) The optical drive
C) The power supply
D) The heat sink
  • 38. What was Ken Segall's role at the time of the Cube's development?
A) Advertising director
B) Lead engineer
C) Design team manager
D) Lead developer
  • 39. The design of the Cube represented a shift where which group held more sway at Apple?
A) Engineers
B) Designers
C) Sales representatives
D) Marketing team
  • 40. What did Steve Jobs desire to use with the Cube that influenced its development?
A) A portable external monitor
B) A legacy CRT monitor
C) The flat-panel Cinema Display
D) The iMac keyboard
  • 41. What kind of optical drive was featured on the Cube?
A) Trayless
B) Mechanism-free
C) External
D) Slot-loading
  • 42. What is the exterior material of the G4 Cube?
A) Steel
B) Brushed aluminum
C) Clear polycarbonate
D) White plastic
  • 43. What is the cooling mechanism of the G4 Cube?
A) Active liquid cooling
B) Passive cooling
C) Compressor cooling
D) Dual fan cooling
  • 44. What was the processor speed of the base model G4 Cube?
A) 600 MHz
B) 500 MHz
C) 400 MHz
D) 450 MHz
  • 45. What kind of optical disc drive did the G4 Cube use?
A) None
B) External only
C) Slot-loading
D) Tray-loading
  • 46. Where are the ports located on the G4 Cube?
A) Top panel
B) Front panel
C) Back panel
D) Underside
  • 47. What type of speakers did the G4 Cube ship with?
A) Harman Kardon
B) Apple Pro Speakers
C) Sony
D) Bose
  • 48. How are the speakers connected to the G4 Cube?
A) FireWire
B) USB
C) Bluetooth
D) 3.5mm jack
  • 49. What is the storage capacity of the base model hard drive?
A) 30 GB
B) 40 GB
C) 20 GB
D) 10 GB
  • 50. What type of video card was used in the G4 Cube?
A) AMD Radeon
B) Intel Integrated
C) ATI Rage 128 Pro
D) Nvidia GeForce 2
  • 51. What connection types does the G4 Cube support for monitors?
A) DVI only
B) Thunderbolt
C) ADC or VGA
D) HDMI or DisplayPort
  • 52. Where is the power supply located?
A) Internally at the base
B) Externally
C) Top of the unit
D) Integrated with the motherboard
  • 53. By how much did Apple's 2000 end-of-year financials miss predicted revenues?
A) $29 million.
B) $308 million.
C) $180 million.
D) $90 million.
  • 54. What issue did retailers face regarding the G4 Cube heading into 2001?
A) Incompatible software bundles.
B) Excess unsold inventory.
C) Damaged shipping containers.
D) A shortage of shipments.
  • 55. What cosmetic issue did early G4 Cube buyers identify?
A) Unstable base design.
B) Discoloration of the plastic.
C) Cracks from the injection-molding process.
D) Peeling metal exterior.
  • 56. Who referred to the G4 Cube as the first big failure by Jobs since his return to Apple?
A) Steve Jobs.
B) Ken Segall.
C) Benj Edwards.
D) Karen Blumenthal.
  • 57. Which of these factors was cited as a reason for the G4 Cube's poor market performance?
A) Reliance on less-common peripherals.
B) Competition from Apple's own professional servers.
C) Too much internal expansion room.
D) A price that was too low for professionals.
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