- 1. Running Windows 98
- (Software hints)
- ... software or as a bundle with DOS or Windows. It is better to install it under OS9 because of the limited ressources of the iBook. The more RAM you have the better for the performance, the installer dialogue ...
- 2. Keyboard mod: white vs. bronze
- (Hardware hints)
- ... got one of these, so you have to try yourself. My tool for removing the keycaps is a small screwdriver. You can slip under the plastics and lift it carefully. The larger keys like SPACE or RETUR ...
- 3. OS9 treasures: Appleworks 6
- (Software hints)
- On the original iBook OS9 installation CD you will find in addition to the operating system some bonus programs that are easily overlooked. The first iBooks which came with Mac OS8.6 were bundled with ...
- 4. Changing the optical drive
- (Hardware hints)
- The CD-ROM or DVD drive in the Clamshell iBook is disguised to an extent that you can hardly believe that a standard drive lies underneath the cage which holds it in its place. You can dismantle the drive ...
- 5. XPostFacto brings Tiger to original iBook
- (Software hints)
- ... can replace the standard optical drive with a DVD-ROM, for example the one from the 466mhz Clamshell. XPostfacto is installed under the current operating system as a DMG file for OSX or a OS9 SIT file. ...
- 6. LaCie Firewire speakers
- (Accessories)
- ... Lacie Firewire Speakers as default and system output. Then set audio output properties to 44.100 Hz. There seems to be a fatal bug if you're running OSX 10.4 Tiger: while everything seems right under 10.4.6 ...
- 7. iBook Display Case Skin Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- ... favourite little kittens of your daughter. Underneath the plastics is a thin metal sheet on which you can fix an adhesive foil. These are available for color printers - or you buy a adequate professional ...
- 8. Earthquake delays iBook delivery
- (Trivia)
- ... seriously damaged. The iBook manufacturer Alpha Top, located in the less affected Hsinchu region, Taiwan's Silicon Valley, was not damaged. Understandably, the transport capacity of the island ...
- 9. Cleaning the display bezel
- (Hardware hints)
- ... torx screws near the sleep light. The display bezel ist jammed underneath the bulging top case, therefor you need to get between the case parts and pull the bezel away from the rest. A thin ...
- 10. First Apple computer with Airport
- (Accessories)
- ... from of Lucent Technologies (not to be confused with the Airport Extreme card, which does not fit into the Clamshell) can be placed underneath keyboard and is also supported by all MacOS versions from ...
- 11. Blueberry preferred
- (Trivia)
- ... 60%, Tangerine 40%. Steve Jobs had chosen differently: at the presentation of the iBooks on July 21 1999, he held the Tangerine iBook in his hand, the Blueberry was covered under a sheet on his desk. ...
- 12. Beep Codes at startup
- (Hardware hints)
- If you hear several beeps instead of the startup-chime - this is an error code: 1 one beep: There is no RAM installed 2 Two beeps: a EDO-RAM module installed The iBooks only works with SDRAM SO-DIMMS. ...
- 13. 256 or 512MB RAM Expansion?
- (Hardware hints)
- ... and 512MB modules. In your System Profiler you will find you current firmware version. This upgrade needs to be installed under OS9. 2. Compatibility ? Ask your vendor if it works in a G3 iBook. Practical ...
- 14. 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 ...
- 15. Webbrowser Opera: Pseudo 1024x768 resolution
- (Software hints)
- ... quite good quality, even the reduced font remains good readable. A workaround published on macmod.com by Tom Mordasky (thank you very much!), which also only worked under OSX 10.4 Tiger via the so-called ...
- 16. 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 ...
- 17. iBook secrets: Logicboard RAM ressources
- (Trivia)
- The clamshell iBook's logic board, which is based on the Unified Motherboard Architecture (UMA), still has untapped reserves: For cost reasons, initially only 32MB RAM (later 64MB RAM) was installed ...
- 18. The Ultimate iBook Book
- (Books)
- Another English-language iBook introduction comes from Dan Parks Sydow "The Ultimate iBook Book" (ISBN 096670261-1, 400 pages). It provides little, easily understandable information about the technology ...
- 19. iBook secrets: Charging contacts
- (Trivia)
- Many iBook users will wonder what the deeper meaning of the two conspicuous holes on the underside of their iBook is. As the clamshell iBooks were also being used in classrooms, Apple designer Jonathan ...
- 20. iBook for Dummies
- (Books)
- ... about the technology of the clamshell iBook, you will be disappointed. Above all, the book provides an easy-to-understand introduction for beginners to Mac OS9 and its possibilities. However, this works ...