- 1. Tulip Ego - The Clamshell Clone
- (Trivia)
- In spring 2006, the Dutch computer manufacturer Tulip released the Ego (Link: Wayback Machine) - which cheekily copied and varied the iBook clamshell design. Performance data: AMD Turion 64-bit CPU, ...
- 2. Frontpages of German MacMagazin, Macup, Maclife
- (Trivia)
- Here are the frontpages of some German Mac magazines in 1999 and 2000 when the original iBook and the two revisions were released.
- 3. Just another Clamshell Clone: HP Mini 100e
- (Trivia)
- More than 10 years after the release of the original iBook, Hewlett Packard launched the HP Mini 100e (Education Edition). The design replica even has a integrated handle and is targeted towards the comsumer ...
- 4. Will my iBook run OS 8.6?
- (Software hints)
- 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 ...
- 5. Luminiscent Apple Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- ... rear lid is now display yet of 4 small Phillips screws on the screen. These must not be removed, unblocking them will release the plastic holders until you pull them out. Now you have to deal with ...
- 6. iCurve- the invisible laptop stand
- (Accessories)
- Back in 2002 Griffin released the iCurve, a nearly invisible laptop stand which was made of a single bar of crystal clear plastic. The elegant and curvy design matches the Clamshell in a perfect way. ...
- 7. Firmware update
- (Hardware hints)
- ... up your iBook. Continue to hold down the Command key and Power button until you hear a long tone. Release the Command key and Power button when you hear the tone. The update starts automatically. ...
- 8. Film: Thriller The Glass House featuring Tangerine iBook
- (Multimedia)
- "The Glass House" is a Thriller directed by Daniel Sackheim and was released in 2001. Young Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane und Stellan Skarsgard had the leading parts. The girl used a Tangerine iBook with ...
- 9. Harddisks larger than 128GB
- (Hardware hints)
- The ATA-4 controller working in the Clamshell iBook is not able to take advantage of drives larger than 128GB. Apple states that -as a guideline- all Macs released after June 2002 can address larger hard ...
- 10. Tribute to emate 300
- (Trivia)
- In March 1997 Apple released the Emate 300 for 800 $ - it was bigger than a PDA and smaller than a laptop. The emate ran the Newton operating system, the battery life was up to 20 hours. The display had ...
- 11. The Barbie iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... is of course better than "toilet seat" Apple has never dared to release a pink Clamshell. But recently, I have found in an Ebay auction a pink iBook. Someone has dyed the colored parts, but i am ...
- 12. Consumer vs. Pro: Pricing of iBook and PowerBook
- (Trivia)
- ... 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 ...
- 13. Is the iBook a Girlie-Computer ?
- (Trivia)
- 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: ...
- 14. Marina Go, womensagenda.com.au
- (iBook arguments)
- ... she was using. Apple had released a handbag-shaped 'Clamshell' iBook G3 and Carrie had one. Graeme tracked one down for me. It no longer works but I can never throw it out. Irrational? Absolutely. Marina ...
- 15. Brooke Crothers + Jim Davis, cnet.com
- (iBook arguments)
- ... Matt Sargent said in a written report that Apple's share of the retail desktop market was in the same situation last year before the iMac rescued Apple from the doldrums. Since the release of iMac, Apple' ...
- 16. iBook Colors
- (Trivia)
- The iBook was introduced on July 21, 1999 in the colors tangerine (orange) and blueberry (light blue). On 2/16/2000 a 366MHZ clocked model in Graphite (grey) was released. On September 13, ...