The Apple iMac G5 – the World's Flattest Small Form Factor PC?

**MIG-31** · Dec 12, 2004, 10:07 AM

Four and half years ago, in July 2000, Apple launched what was arguably the world's first small form factor PC – the Power Macintosh G4 Cube.Largely for reasons of poor pricing, the Cube flopped and production ended barely a year after its launch. However, the design concept put the seed of an idea in the PC world, and 15 months after the launch of the Cube, in October of 2001, Shuttle launched the SV24– the first of many small form factor “Wintel” computers based around the same idea. Unlike Apple, Shuttle and their peers were to turn the concept into a commercial success, but in terms of design elegance the original Cube arguably has yet to be bettered – and it still remains smaller than the typical SFF machine at only 10” by 8” by 8”.
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The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 12, 2004, 11:58 AM

OH GOD not those claims again! didn't that get sured over that BS. They were also whipped be AMD / INTEL setups in tests

pr0digal jenius · Dec 12, 2004, 11:06 PM

i still like the new Sony flat-PCs myslf...and i think the sony's may be just as thin if not thinner

nForcer · Dec 13, 2004, 02:52 AM

I got to play with one of those... VERY nice. Compat enough to use in a kitchen

Dec 12, 2004, 10:07 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,842 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	The Apple iMac G5 – the World's Flattest Small Form Factor PC? Four and half years ago, in July 2000, Apple launched what was arguably the world's first small form factor PC – the Power Macintosh G4 Cube.Largely for reasons of poor pricing, the Cube flopped and production ended barely a year after its launch. However, the design concept put the seed of an idea in the PC world, and 15 months after the launch of the Cube, in October of 2001, Shuttle launched the SV24– the first of many small form factor “Wintel” computers based around the same idea. Unlike Apple, Shuttle and their peers were to turn the concept into a commercial success, but in terms of design elegance the original Cube arguably has yet to be bettered – and it still remains smaller than the typical SFF machine at only 10” by 8” by 8”. _______________ Review: sudhian.com __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Dec 12, 2004, 11:58 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	OH GOD not those claims again! didn't that get sured over that BS. They were also whipped be AMD / INTEL setups in tests __________________

Dec 12, 2004, 11:06 PM	#3
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	i still like the new Sony flat-PCs myslf...and i think the sony's may be just as thin if not thinner

Dec 13, 2004, 02:52 AM	#4
nForcer Twice the fun! Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,404 Rep Power: 0	I got to play with one of those... VERY nice. Compat enough to use in a kitchen