- 1. Nicknames of the Clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... looked completely different from the other rectangular notebooks in black or silver-grey. Mockers soon came up with nicknames : Toilet-Seat, Barbie-PurseĀ or make-up case. In fact, toys later appeared ...
- 2. Power suppy damage
- (Hardware hints)
- Even the clamshell iBook's power supply was given a distinctive design. The connection cable to the DC-in port on the iBook can also be rolled up to prevent cable clutter. It received nicknames like ...
- 3. Spoof: iToilet
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- iToilet was a spoof advert written by Stephen Murray in March 2002, targetting at the coloured iMac and iBook models. It was also a parody of Apple's persuasive advertising. But nevertheless nicknames like ...
- 4. The Barbie iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... 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 ...
- 5. Codename Toiletseat
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- Toilet seat was a nickname for the Clamshell iBook because in their eyes it looked like a comfort station fixture. So a manufacturer of sanitary articles placed an iBook quite innocently on its web pages. ...