NeXT Cube
NeXTcube
Non-Apples1990Extremely Rare
The machine Steve Jobs built after Apple fired him. A 68030 in a 12-inch magnesium cube, running NeXTSTEP — a UNIX-based operating system with a display server, object-oriented frameworks, and an interface so far ahead of its time that developers wept when Apple eventually shipped it as macOS. The $6,500 price kept it off most desks, but in universities and research labs it changed how software was written. Tim Berners-Lee used one to invent the World Wide Web.
Reference →Identity
- Manufacturer
- NeXT
- Model Number
- N1000
Dates & Pricing
- Introduced
- 1988-10-12
- Discontinued
- 1993-02-09
- Release Year
- 1990
- Original Price (Low)
- $6,500
- Estimated Value
- $1,800
Processor
- CPU
- Motorola 68040
- CPU Speed
- 25 MHz
- FPU
- 68882
- Bus Speed
- 25 MHz
Memory
- RAM
- 8-64 MB
- RAM Max
- 64 MB
- RAM Slots
- 4
- RAM Type
- 100-pin SIMM
Storage & Display
- Storage
- 2.88 MB floppy drive, 330-660 MB SCSI HD, optional CD-ROM
- Graphics
- 17" NeXT MegaPixel Display 1120×832 monochrome
- Screen Size
- 17"
- Display Type
- CRT
- Native Resolution
- 1120×832
Expansion & Ports
- Expansion Slots
- 2 NeXT DSP
- Ports
- Serial (Standard): 2 (RS-422) , SCSI: 1 , Ethernet: 1 (Thin Ethernet) , Sound In: 1 , Sound Out: 1
- Ethernet
- 1 (Thin Ethernet)
Software
- Operating System
- NEXTSTEP 0.8
- Min OS
- NEXTSTEP 0.8
- Max OS
- NEXTSTEP 3.3
Physical
- Weight
- 28.0 lbs
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 12.0 x 12.0
eBay Sale Prices
Sales
10
Typical Low
$1.9k
25th %ile
Typical High
$2.3k
75th %ile
Avg / Median
$2.1k
$2.2k med
Full range: $1.5k–$4.5k across 10 sales
Auction
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BIN + OBO
Median
Typical range
All 10 sales
NeXT Cube
2026-07-19$2.2k
NeXT NeXTcube Computer N1000 Cube, Display, Printer Keyboard Mouse & Boxes Vtg
2026-06-02$4.5k
Holy Grail Early Next Cube N1000 68040 CPU S#AAK0000994 (Cube computer only)
2026-02-08$2.0k
Early Next Cube N1000 68040 CPU S#AAK0000697
2026-01-13$1.6k
NeXT Cube 68040 25Mhz 64Mb Ram, New Caps, Zulu 128Gb Openstep 4.2 Apps, Cable
2025-11-25$2.3k
Vintage NeXT Computer N1000A NeXT cube, Display, keyboard & mouse and carry case
2025-11-11$2.5k
Next Cube N1000 68040 CPU Maxtor HD Works/Tested
2025-09-09$1.5k
Complete Next Cube System N1000 68040 CPU S#AAK0004595 w/Monitor Kbd & Mouse
2025-06-11$2.3k
Complete Vintage Next Cube System N1000 S#AAK0006045 w/Monitor Kbd & Mouse
2025-04-20$1.9k
Next Cube N1000 NextStep 3.0 Early S#AAK0000687 W/MONITOR/KEYBD & MOUSE
2024-09-15$2.7k
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