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1. Goodbye, www.BlueberryiBook.com: (Trivia); ... for years, it stayed online for historical and entertainment purposes, but now it is permanently unavailable. You can still recover some information using the Wayback machine archive.org Addendum: Good ...
2. iBook Clamshell Product Placement: Film Good Advice: (Multimedia); Apple used to promote its products via Product Placement in major TV-Series and Cine films. A paradigm is "Good Advice" (2001) with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. A Blueberry iBook shows up right after ...
3. Running Windows 98: (Software hints); ... allows you to allocate part of the RAM for you virtual Windows machine, starting with a minimum of 64MB. Some years ago Connectixx was bought by Microsoft. You can still find a good documentation and FAQ ...
4. The leaf is missing: (Hardware hints); A common deficiency in used iBooks is the lack of the leaf near the large colored Apple on the top case. You will hardly notice when it gets lost. I had a good looking Blueberry iBook, which i preperred ...
5. Wayback machine: iBook: (Trivia); ... follow the links to explore the features of these models, but sometimes you will see missing images. Be warned that the archived pages are loading very, very slow - remember the good old times surfing ...
6. Clamshell brainteaser: Who is Robin?: (Hardware hints); ... the years, i did find two other Robin heatsinks in Clamshells from different parts of the world. Who is Robin? Did you find other words - Lady Marian for example? What is it good for - any suggestions? ...
7. Clamshell LG TFT 800x600 - 1024x768 from iBook G4: (Hardware hints); ... The Export EDID function will create a text file which contains manufacturer information about the Display. Buy a known-good screen from a white iBook G3 or G4. Swap Displays. LG display cable from Clamshell ...
8. OS9 treasures: Appleworks 6: (Software hints); ... module. The Appleworks version 6 comes with a converter for older MS Office formats. Apple Works 6 has a good performance on low equipped Clamshell and works sufficiently for for private use. With the ...
9. Changing the optical drive: (Hardware hints); ... and use even a DVD burner as long as you make sure that it is set to master or cable select. All parts are either screwed and / or glued together. You need a philips screwdriver, a good scraper ...
10. New battery won't charge - PRAM capacitor problem: (Hardware hints); Your old battery is dead and gone - but the new one refuses to charge. A good many times a defective PRAM capacitor (the blue round one in the middle of the picture) might be the cause. It is located near ...
11. Clamshell Sustainability Redesign: (Trivia); The clamshell iBook is the most durable notebook Apple has ever built. But we can do better - look at the Clamshell Sustainability Redesign project on Shrakner.net. It contains a lot of good ideas such ...
12. iBook top case: Shine a light: (Trivia); It is good to put some spare parts back for rainy days. But this Tangerine Top Case looked so nice... I've removed the metal shield carefully and put it on top of a wall lamp. There a two screw nuts integrated ...
13. LaCie Firewire speakers: (Accessories); The LaCie Firewire Speakers look pretty good and don't need an AC adapter because they are bus-powered. If you own a firewire Clamshell this might be the right choice. There connecting cable between the ...
14. Dicota WinBag for Clamshell iBook: (Accessories); The Winbag bag is made for the Clamshell iBooks. One side is transparent and gives a good view on the iBook. There is a large side pocket for the YoYo power supply, cables, mouse and so on. The ...
15. iBook paper craft: (Accessories); The Clamshell iBook is also available as a paper model. The website of Mitsuaki Ohashi is down but I've found a different site which provides the download. Take a look at his other works of paper craft. ...
16. iBook Display Case Skin Mod: (Hardware hints); Create a unique iBook: The transparent polycarbonate plastic case of the non firewire editions in tangerine, blueberry and graphite is a good picture frame for your own special motive, for example the ...
17. Harddrive upgrade: (Hardware hints); ... your iBook almost completely , there a more than 40 screws to go. Take a look at Ifixit.com for a good tutorial with a screw guide. For those who prefer a much more easier method (only 19 screws), i ...
18. Ellen Feiss Switch Apple Commercial: (Multimedia); The legendary Apple Switch-spot with the student Ellen Feiss, who reported that her father's Windows PC crashed while she was writing a paper. Some people who saw the spot thought that the girl was stoned, ...
19. It's history repeatin: (Trivia); 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 ...
20. Consumer vs. Pro: Pricing of iBook and PowerBook: (Trivia); Back in 1999 the prize for Apple notebook hardware was twice as high as nowadays. In Germany the Clamshell iBook was sold for 3699 Deutsche Mark which was about $ 2020 in these days. A good deal more ...

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