- 1. Steve Jobs presenting the iBook at Macworld 1999
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- Steve Jobs introduces the iBook during the keynote presentation of Macworld Conference & Expo, New York City on July 21, 1999. cdpRSj7tLiY
- 2. Apple iBook - First Impressions (1999)
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- Promotional film featuring iBook Designer Jonathan Ive, Phil Schiller and user testimonials. Thanks, vintagemacmuseum for sharing this great commercial ! zlhMzQaydh8
- 3. Welcome!
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- The iBook Clamshell was produced by Apple Computers from September 1999 until May 2001 in five colours and several configurations. Because of the distinctive design and relialble hardware components ...
- 4. Wayback machine: iBook
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- The website www.archive.org stores recurring snapshots of websites. Even the launch of the original iBook 1999 on apple.com, and is the presentation of the Second Edition models in autumn 2000. You can ...
- 5. Frontpages of German MacMagazin, Macup, Maclife
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- Here are the frontpages of some German Mac magazines in 1999 and 2000 when the original iBook and the two revisions were released.
- 6. RetroMacCast: iMac to Go
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- If you like audio podcasts and vintage Apple Computers, take a look at RetroMacCast. In episode 27 James and John are taking a closer look at the presentation of the Clamshell in 1999, discussing the ...
- 7. Will my iBook run OS 8.6?
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- When the original iBook in Tangerine and Blueberry was presentesd by Steve Jobs on July 21 in 1999 it came with Mac OS 8.6. Only a couple of months later in October the new OS9 was released. According ...
- 8. iBook model overview
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- ... Tangerine, Blueberry Graphite Indigo, Key Lime Graphite, Key Lime introduced discontinued 21.7.1999 13.9.2000 16.2.2000 13.9.2000 13.9.2000 ...
- 9. iBook completes new 4-Box product strategy
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- When Steve Jobs returned as Apple CEO, he tried to get rid of the perplexing variety of computer models of Quadra, Performa, LC, Power Macintosh and PowerBooks. A new simple Four-Box grid - respectively ...
- 10. Harman Kardon Soundsticks for your iBook
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- During a Special Media Event in October 1999, Steve Jobs presented the new MacOS 9 and new enhanced iMac Desktop Compters, which sported integrated Hi-Fi Stereo Speakers manufactured by Harman Kardon. ...
- 11. Earthquake delays iBook delivery
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- On September, 21. 1999, the date of the iBook delivery a major earthquake of magnitude 7.6 shook Taiwan. There were approximately 2300 dead persons, almost 10000 buildings collapsed, about 7500 were ...
- 12. It's history repeatin
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- Years before he moved to San Francisco to join the Apple design team, iBook Designer Jonathan Ive started his designer career in 1990 as a partner of the London agency tangerine. A major customer was the ...
- 13. The integrated handle
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- A new and unique feature of the Clamshell iBook was the seamlessly integrated handle which is invisible at first sight. Steve Jobs demonstrated this feature during the presentation of the iBook at the ...
- 14. First Apple computer with Airport
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- At the Macworld Expo 1999, Steve Jobs unveiled not only the iBook, but also surprised his audience with the demonstration of wireless Internet access on the new iBook. The 11 mbit so called "Airport card" ...
- 15. Consumer vs. Pro: Pricing of iBook and PowerBook
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- Back in 1999 the prize for Apple notebook hardware was twice as high as nowadays. In Germany the Clamshell iBook was sold for 3699 Deutsche Mark which was about $ 2020 in these days. A good deal more ...
- 16. Codename P1: bMate, WebMate, eBook, iBook?
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- David Moody, Apple's director of worldwide desktop product marketing, said during his keynote speech at Macworld Expo Singapore '98: "In the first half of 1999, we will be able to show you something completely ...
- 17. Clamshell Unboxing Part 1: The covering box
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- More than 12 years have passed since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iBook in July 1999. Most of the used Clamshell iBooks you can buy today have lost their original packaging and accessories. If you ...
- 18. Clamshell in the movies
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- Nowadays younger people will see the Clamshell iBook for the first time in movies or TV-series which were produced from 1999-2001. They are mostly in the hands of young women, e.G. Reese Witherspoon in ...
- 19. Is the iBook a Girlie-Computer ?
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- As soon as the new iBook was released in 1999, the revolutionary design met with criticism. The columnist John C. Dvorak, (PC Magazine) wrote a pamphlet which contained well known sexist stereotypes: ...
- 20. Booting from a USB drive
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- ... The Developer Note for Apple iBook from 1999 stated on page 30: "The Macintosh USB software supports booting from an external USB storage device" Indeed, my 300MHZ Blueberry iBook booted via ...