Is Apple About To Relaunch The Apple Cube?

Alice Hill of RealTechNews writes:

We are starting to chafe from all the hype we must endure before every Apple announcement. But this one caught my eye. It seems that Apple recently filed a patent for what looks like round two of the Apple Cube. The Cube, as you recall, was marveled over but soon gave way to complaints over cracks and overheating. (Where have we heard that before?) But you tell us:

It seems that Apple too did not completely forget the Cube idea. Recent patent filing for “Ultra compact computer arrangement” shows that Apple is working on another Cube computer which solves many of the problems that plagued it’s predecessor. The new Apple Cube should be easy to upgrade and expand. It will have two removable sides for the easy access and upgrade of components such as hard drive, memory and PC cards. Apple has designed innovative heat sink that can use separately inserted cooling fan, but can work without it in some cases. All of that packed in a nice compact cubic case. [Source: Unwiredview.com]

We Say: Only Steve will tell, September 12th, 2006. The Cube was cool but the mini seems more in line with the times.

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