- 21. Codename P1: bMate, WebMate, eBook, iBook?
- (Trivia)
- ... new comsumer notebook: "later this year". P1 was Apple's preliminary name of the portable computer - bMate, WebMate, eBook and iBook were most frequently mentioned names in magazines and websites. Apple ...
- 22. Clamshell Mod with a touchscreen
- (Trivia)
- Do you know the ModBook - a MacBook modified to a full-featured Tablet PC ? In 2001, there was a similar project with the iBook clamshell called Gemini computer. The Topcase with a built-in touchscreen ...
- 23. Exhibition Stylectrical: How Apple conquered design
- (Trivia)
- ... was multicolored and the computers were grey, which he instantly turned upside down. One of the Designers which had a great impact on Ive was the German Dieter Rams - his products for electronics manufacturer ...
- 24. Abiword - freeware word processor
- (Software hints)
- Abiword is a free word processor similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. You need Mac OS X 10.2 or later. Abiword is compatible with OpenOffice, Microsoft ...
- 25. Steve Lohr, New York Times
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple Computer's iBook, introduced two weeks ago, has a high ''ooooh'' factor -- the involuntary reaction elicited from some people when they see a thoughtfully designed product. The person mainly responsible ...
- 26. Keoni Chavez, maclife.com
- (iBook arguments)
- ... colors to computers, shattering the dominant beige paradigm present at that time. Unfortunately, only five colors were made available (and some crazy designs later), and Apple has yet to repeat the experiment, ...
- 27. Bob Levitus, Huston Chronicle
- (iBook arguments)
- Last week, I attended the greatest show on Earth - if you're a computer geek - Macworld Expo. As you may have heard by now, Apple iCEO Steve Jobs introduced the new iBook there, and it was awesome. Bob ...
- 28. Brooke Crothers + Jim Davis, cnet.com
- (iBook arguments)
- But Apple still has a long way to go to regain a significant chunk of the market. Apple's market share in the U.S. retail notebook market in May was a meager 2 percent, according to Infobeads. Senior analyst ...
- 29. mactivist.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Ooh la la! Nothing else looks like the clamshell iBook, the first of the iBook line. Nothing else in computer form has those thick, sensuous curves that beg to be touched. Hefty but oh-so-sexy, the clamshell ...
- 30. 30 years of Apple Products, wired.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Announced in July 1999 at Macworld New York, the iBook was perhaps the most anxiously awaited Apple computer ever. Aimed at the same consumer market as its big brother, the iMac, the iBook filled the 2x2 ...
- 31. Kevin Anderson, BBC news
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple has been pressing hard to retain its place in the education market as it offers more appealing computers to consumers, and the iBook introduced new technologies that it hopes will appeal to both ...
- 32. BBC News
- (iBook arguments)
- ... the world's most celebrated and sought after designers. In his role as vice-president of industrial design at Apple, he has been responsible for a whirlwind of innovation, including the original iMac computer ...
- 33. 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 ...
- 34. Peter H. Lewis, New York Times
- (iBook arguments)
- Now I know how my dog must feel. I'm not supposed to be on the sofa, at least not with a computer. Computers have been banned from the living room, mainly for aesthetic reasons. But with no wires and power ...
- 35. Kenny Hemphill, macuser.co.uk
- (iBook arguments)
- There can never have been a personal computer, not even the iMac, which has been designed from start to finish with such attention to detail. Everything from the design of the packaging to the smooth curves ...
- 36. Jeff Goldblum, actor
- (iBook arguments)
- Is it possible to fall in love with a computer ? Oh, Yes. Oh, Yes. Sure it is. Jeff Goldblum, Schauspieler
- 37. Steve Jobs #1, Apple Ceo
- (iBook arguments)
- And this is the back (of the iBook) which is even more beautiful than the front of the other guy's computers. Steve Jobs, Apple ceo ...
- 38. 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 ...
- 39. the iMac to go
- (Trivia)
- The clamshell iBook was the missing link in the existing product range. The products for the professional sector received the root word "Power" - The "PowerMac" was the desktop model, the notebook ...