- 1. Power suppy damage
- (Hardware hints)
- ... available. It is not advisable to buy the black power supply units from Apple with the model designation M4402 that are still on sale today, as there was a recall campaign due to the risk of fire. In ...
- 2. How vintage are you ?
- (Trivia)
- How vintage are you - that is the question for every Clamshell user today. The first iBook generation has the Apple status of "vintage" which means that spare parts are no longer produced. The family of ...
- 3. 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 ...
- 4. The breathing sleep light
- (Trivia)
- The love for the detail shows up with the Clamshell iBook even in small things. Apple chief designer Jonathan Ive (quotation) provided for example the small green light, which signals the current energy ...
- 5. Clamshell Unboxing Part 1: The covering box
- (Trivia)
- More than 12 years have passed since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iBook in July 1999. Most of the used Clamshell iBooks you can buy today have lost their original packaging and accessories. If you ...
- 6. Blueberry preferred
- (Trivia)
- The german website MacGadget stated that Apple wholesalers Gravis in August 1999 gave the color preferences of initial orders from Germany after the appearance of the first iBook series as follows: Blueberry ...
- 7. Herbert Muschamp, New York Times
- (iBook arguments)
- ... 1969. And the popularity of these machines demonstrates the degree to which design today is erotically driven.few nice features -- helps explain why the iBook is one the most popular laptops sold in retail, ...
- 8. Declining value of the clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- Anyone who ordered the new iBook from the Apple Store in late summer 1999 had to pay the equivalent of 1,917 euros for it, about twice as much as for a MacBook today or as much as for a MacBook pro. ...
- 9. VW Beetle convertible + iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... the VW, the clamshell iBook runs and runs and runs, while the faster successor models in the fast lane are left behind after a few years. Today, before buying a new model, it is advisable to at least wait ...
- 10. Playing Games on the iBook
- (Software hints)
- Playing games on the iBook is one of the nicest things. In 1999-2001, many Mac games for Mac OS9 came out and run well and smoothly on iBook. An example is the Tomb-Raider series, which can be had cheaply ...
- 11. iBook: Technical criticism
- (Trivia)
- ... card could be exchanged or upgraded. From today's point of view, the screen resolution of 800x600 pixels is the most annoying - although the installation of a high-quality TFT screen in a consumer notebook ...