- 1. German Consumer Magazine recommends iBook
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- Stiftung Warentest is a independent german consumer organization which runs comprehensive tests on all sorts of products and publishes the results in the monthly magazine "test". The iBook Special edition ...
- 2. Peter Lewis, Fortune magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple's original iBook was the computer equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album. With its whimsical toilet-seat design, its fruity colors, including orange, blueberry, and lime, and its built-in ...
- 3. Bruce Brown, PC Magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- If you want your notebook to make a statement, look to the Apple iBook Special Edition. Bruce Brown, PC Magazine
- 4. John Dvorak, PC Magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- You expect to see lipstick, rouge, and a tray of eye shadow inside when you open it up. You don't expect to see a 12-inch LCD; you expect to see a 12-inch mirror. No male in his right mind will be seen ...
- 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. The Barbie iBook
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- ... that the design and color of Clamshell iBooks has caused some mockery stimulated by a comment the PC Magazine columnist Dvorak. Until today some people call the iBook by the nickname "Barbie purse" - which ...
- 7. Consumer vs. Pro: Pricing of iBook and PowerBook
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- ... than $ 1599 in the USA! The picture shows a printed advertising of the distributor GRAVIS in the german magazine MacUp 10/99. The PowerBook G3 333Mhz (Bronze Keyboard) which was released in ...
- 8. Codename P1: bMate, WebMate, eBook, iBook?
- (Trivia)
- ... new comsumer notebook: "later this year". P1 was Apple's preliminary name of the portable computer - bMate, WebMate, eBook and iBook were most frequently mentioned names in magazines and websites. Apple ...
- 9. 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: ...
- 10. Chris Taylor, Time Magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- Intended as a kind of portable iMac, the two-year-old iBook started life as a bulky, gaudy rubberized clamshell that barely fit into backpacks, with a carry-case plastic handle and choice of colors that ...