The Power Mac G4 Cube is a personal computer of the Macintosh family sold by Apple from July 2000 to 2001. It was designed by Jonathan Ive and conceived by CEO Steve Jobs as a powerful, miniaturized desktop computer. Apple developed new technologies and manufacturing methods for its 7.7-inch (20 cm) cubic computer housed in clear acrylic glass. The Cube was mid-range, between the consumer iMac G3 and the professional Power Mac G4. It was announced at the Macworld Expo on July 19, 2000. It won awards for its design, but reviews noted the high cost for its power, its limited expandability, and cosmetic defects. It was a commercial failure, selling just 150,000 units before production ended within a year. The Cube was a rare failure for the company under Jobs, after a successful period that brought the company back from the brink of bankruptcy. However, it influenced future Apple products, from the iPod to the Mac mini. New York's Museum of Modern Art holds a G4 Cube as part of its collection.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1917:
First World War: Troops of the British Empire defeated Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rafa on the Sinai–Palestine border in present- day Rafah. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rafa
1972:
The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association lost to the Milwaukee Bucks, ending a 33-game winning streak, the longest of any team in American professional sports. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers
1992:
Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12 (depicted), generally considered the first definitive detection of an exoplanet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet
2015:
Contaminated beer served at a funeral in Tete Province, Mozambique, killed 75 people and made at least 230 others ill. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_funeral_beer_poisoning
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
cryptodepression: (geography, limnology) The portion of a lake which lies below sea level. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cryptodepression
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Existentialism does not offer to the reader the consolations of an abstract evasion: existentialism proposes no evasion. --Simone de Beauvoir https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir