- 1. 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. ...
- 2. 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 ...
- 3. It's history repeatin
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- Years before he moved to San Francisco to join the Apple design team, iBook Designer Jonathan Ive started his designer career in 1990 as a partner of the London agency tangerine. A major customer was the ...
- 4. The Barbie iBook
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- ... 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 ...
- 5. Clamshell Unboxing Part 2: The contents
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- The subsequent part of the Clamshell Unboxing series describes the contents of the box. You are on the edge of your seat with anticipation when the assessories box shows up which is placed in a rounded ...
- 6. Ronald O. Carlson, mac.blorge.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple’s first consumer/education notebook shipped in 1999 and broke a lot of new ground. From the durable construction and floppy-drive free design to its fruity iMac inspired styling and, of course, 802.11b ...
- 7. Owen W. Linzmayer, Apple Confidental
- (iBook arguments)
- Depending on your outlook, the original iBook resembles a toilet seat, Hello Kitty Handbag, or clamshell. Owen W. Linzmayer, Apple Confidental 2.0
- 8. Michael Simon, maclife.com
- (iBook arguments)
- With equal parts toilet seat, suitcase and clam, the iBook had a funny sort of charm that did little to reflect the personality of the user (unless, of course, they happened to be running away with the ...
- 9. 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 antenna ...
- 10. gizmodo.com
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- We heartily agree with Laptop's assessment of the absolute worst notebook design, the Apple iBook from 1999 that most of us thought looked exactly like a toilet seat in a cheap motel. Sure, it was available ...
- 11. Toni Kistner, HomeOfficeComputing
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- Weighing in at 6.6 pounds, it's large and flat like a seat cushion--specifically, as a colleague remarked, a "comfort station fixture." It's far too big for a tray table, or even my lap if a passenger in ...
- 12. Henry Norr, sfgate.com
- (iBook arguments)
- The iBook, Apple's curvy and colorful new notebook computer, has been compared to everything from a Creamsicle to a toilet seat and lid. It's also been called a "people magnet" and "almost a sensuous object ...
- 13. Nicknames of the Clamshell iBook
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- ... looked completely different from the other rectangular notebooks in black or silver-grey. Mockers soon came up with nicknames : Toilet-Seat, Barbie-Purse or make-up case. In fact, toys later appeared ...