- 1. iBook completes new 4-Box product strategy
- (Trivia)
- ... one pro desktop, pro notebook, consumer desktop and consumer notebook with a catchy nomenclature. Products for professionals started with Power (PowerMac, PowerBook), consumer products with the letter ...
- 2. iBook Clamshell Product Placement: Film Good Advice
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- Apple used to promote its products via Product Placement in major TV-Series and Cine films. A paradigm is "Good Advice" (2001) with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. A Blueberry iBook shows up right after ...
- 3. 30 years of Apple Products, wired.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Announced in July 1999 at Macworld New York, the iBook was perhaps the most anxiously awaited Apple computer ever. Aimed at the same consumer market as its big brother, the iMac, the iBook filled the 2x2 ...
- 4. Worker bee's betrayal of iBook secret
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- Starting in February 2000 websites like appleinsider and ZDnet seemed to be well informed about upcoming Apple products including iBooks, the Power Mac G4 and the Pro Mouse . The specs of the Second Edition ...
- 5. Unified Motherboard Architecture
- (Trivia)
- ... The scalability of UMA systems makes it possible that future models can be built on same architecture, reducing development and production costs. For example: the AGP graphics can be accessed with ...
- 6. German Consumer Magazine recommends iBook
- (Trivia)
- 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 ...
- 7. Microsoft ad for Clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... with 366Mhz and 466mhz were presented at the Macworld Expo in Paris. The strategy to put a different product optically in the foreground in order to win over sympathy to his own is already very innovative. ...
- 8. MacOSX Tiger 10.4 - CD and DVD versions
- (Software hints)
- ... a black DVD is suited for your iBook, grey install DVD are connected to other Aplle hardware products and will not run on your iBook. Minimum system requirements for Mac OS X v10.4: * A PowerPC ...
- 9. Macenstein: Mac Chick of the month with Clamshell iBook
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- The american website MACENSTEIN (Link: Wayback Machine)presents randomly a "Mac chick of the month". The formula for success: attractive young ladies present their favorite Apple products. The x-rated Chick ...
- 10. Will my iBook run OS 8.6?
- (Software hints)
- ... to Apple's product policy all new hardware turned out from that point need OS 9 as minimum OS. Clamshell iBooks with 300mhz were produced until September, so it is likely that your Tangerine or Blueberry ...
- 11. Interior view: Display hinges
- (Trivia)
- Apple Designer Jonathan Ive mentioned in an iBook advertisement film: You will be discovering features and details months into actually owning the product. Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive agreed about the ...
- 12. No more hardware support
- (Hardware hints)
- ... if it is defective. So Clamshell owners have to look for second-hand parts. According to company policy, Apple is labels equipment, whose production has been discontinued for 5 years ore ...
- 13. Tribute to emate 300
- (Trivia)
- ... interface. The emate targeted on the educational sector. As Steve Jobs returned back to Apple, he stopped the whole Newton product line in 1988 . Some elements of the emate design were resumed in ...
- 14. Earthquake delays iBook delivery
- (Trivia)
- 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 ...
- 15. Codename P1: bMate, WebMate, eBook, iBook?
- (Trivia)
- 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 ...
- 16. Clamshell Unboxing Part 3: Accessories Box
- (Trivia)
- ... in four steps. This one was also available in new design. The paperwork included the software license, warranty information, service information and a product registration card You will find ...
- 17. 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 ...
- 18. Exhibition Stylectrical: How Apple conquered design
- (Trivia)
- ... was multicolored and the computers were grey, which he instantly turned upside down. One of the Designers which had a great impact on Ive was the German Dieter Rams - his products for electronics manufacturer ...
- 19. Mark Wilson, salon.com
- (iBook arguments)
- But Apple’s color pendulum eventually swung back, and Apple trended toward less ostentatious products, both in hardware and software. “Steve always wanted to stay one step ahead. When the industry started ...
- 20. Andrew Gore, Macworld.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Although Apple's consumer portable may be one of the company's most hotly anticipated products ever, the iBook's reality falls short of its media-generated hype. It's not exactly a case of the emperor having ...