- 1. iBook at the Museum of Modern Art
- (Trivia)
- As a design object, the clamshell iBook has even found its place in the renowned Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Here it is in the Architecture and Design department alongside the G4 Cube, the ...
- 2. New replacement battery
- (Accessories)
- The first iBook Clamshell came with a battery of 3200mAH. New replacement batteries with more powerful cells have 4000mAh, 4400mAh oder 4800mAh or even more. They come from china and one a few have ...
- 3. MacCase Classic
- (Accessories)
- Would you like a brand new case for your vintage iBook ? The MacCase Classic is available in five beautiful clamshell colors. You will find them also on ebay, auctions starting with US$ 24,95 - even ...
- 4. Design Museum
- (Trivia)
- The unique Clamshell iBook Design is appreciated by well known Museums of Modern Art. You will find it in the London Design Museum along with other objects from Apple Designer Jonathan Ive. The New York ...
- 5. How vintage are you ?
- (Trivia)
- ... Pinot and Dita from Indonesia uses that old fashioned Clamshell in everyday life in addition to the modern iPhone. Due to the long battery life and airport card it is still useful. In their Flickr account ...
- 6. Film: Thriller The Glass House featuring Tangerine iBook
- (Multimedia)
- ... visible Apple logo in several scenes, and wireless networking as well as long battery life were casually introduced. The interior decoration of the modern "Glass House" corresponded with with fashionable ...
- 7. Clamshell in the movies
- (Trivia)
- ... film partner of Denise Richards. In a modern "Heidi" remake (2001) of the Swiss director Markus Imboden Heidi communicated wireless from the alp with her friends. In the TV series "Gilmore ...
- 8. Booting from a USB drive
- (Hardware hints)
- Modern Intel-based Macs can boot from USB, but you will encounter some difficulties when you try this method on a iBook G4 or PowerBook G4. When you buy a OSX Panther or Tiger license you'll get DVDs by ...
- 9. Bruce Coykendall, videomaker.com
- (iBook arguments)
- We think the iBook with iMovie 2 will prove to be a useful tool for the fledgling DV editor who wants to put together home videos with a simple interface, powerful processing and moderate price tag for ...
- 10. Small Clamshell Movie Theater
- (Accessories)
- Is a 466Mhz clamshell iBook suitable for connection to a modern digital projector? Yes, it is even possible to set up a small home cinema with it: Digital Projector: I chose ...
- 11. Tamara Keel, lowendmac.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Seven years down the road, that "obsolete" machine is sitting on my lap as I type this, relaxing on the front porch on a cool springtime evening. For seven years that obsolete iBook has been my trusty ...
- 12. Online Petition for Clamshell 2
- (Trivia)
- Unfortunately, a lonely little online petition (archived website) to Apple to re-edition the classic iBook with modern components was unsuccessful. Over 400 signatures were collected. Incidentally, ...
- 13. Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
- (iBook arguments)
- ... series of extraordinary, wildly postmodern machines. With their translucent, candy-coloured plastics and, in the case of the desktops, large, inviting handles, they had an almost overpowering tactile quality. ...
- 14. OS9: iCab Browser
- (Software hints)
- ... due to changed web standards. A free modern alternative is iCab, which is also available in a classic version. A small downer: iCab has to be downloaded every 6 months in a new version because ...
- 15. Clamshell Purchase Advisor
- (Hardware hints)
- ... DVD drive. Only the 10 GB hard drives are large enough to record a minimum of personal data, music and photos, application programs and modern operating systems such as 10.3 Panther and 10.4 Tiger. OS9 ...
- 16. Music station with remote control
- (Accessories)
- The clamshell iBook is a real eye-catcher as a music jukebox in the living room or at parties. However, the remote control that comes standard with modern MacBooks or MacBookPro ...
- 17. Nicknames of the Clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- Opinions were divided on the striking retro design of the clamshell iBook when it was introduced in 1999. The Apple advertising slogan "Think different" was also expressed in the model design, the iBook ...