- 1. 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 like ...
- 2. 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. ...
- 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. 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 ...
- 6. 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
- 7. 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 ...
- 8. BBC News
- (iBook arguments)
- It's a long way from a toilet laboratory in Chigwell, north London to the heart of Silicon Valley, California. But in eight years, Jonathan Ive has covered this distance to establish himself as one of ...
- 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
- (iBook arguments)
- 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. 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 ...
- 12. 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 ...