Yes, good point which I missed earlier... I wonder if people drew these comparisons with the Cube and forecasted the same short lifespan for the Mac Mini when it was in it's first year of production?
I don't recall, but I also don't recall much attention being paid to the similarity.
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450 & 500 mHz
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Amazing, the three I know of all died of bad motherboards within three months of each other.
The G4 450 model was $1,799.00 when released. The G4 500 was $2,299.00.
I ran my Cube every day for seven years without any problems.