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