- 1. First Apple computer with Airport
- (Accessories)
- At the Macworld Expo 1999, Steve Jobs unveiled not only the iBook, but also surprised his audience with the demonstration of wireless Internet access on the new iBook. The 11 mbit so called "Airport ...
- 2. Apple iBook - First Impressions (1999)
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- Promotional film featuring iBook Designer Jonathan Ive, Phil Schiller and user testimonials. Thanks, vintagemacmuseum for sharing this great commercial ! zlhMzQaydh8
- 3. Power suppy damage
- (Hardware hints)
- ... attention to the model number M7332) is available on Ebay from 30 euros. Since the YoYo power supply with the same model number was also available in smaller quantities with a smaller plug for the first ...
- 4. Welcome!
- (Welcome)
- ... the original iBooks has still a lot of aficionados around the world - i am one of them. I started this website in 2006 in german - my first language. When i noticed that a lot of people from anglophone ...
- 5. Unified Motherboard Architecture
- (Trivia)
- The clamshell iBook was the first Mac based on the new Unified Motherboard Architecture (UMA). The logicboard sported new Apple specific ASICs which supported the new standards (USB, FireWire, Ethernet ...
- 6. Goodbye, www.BlueberryiBook.com
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- One of the first beloved Clamshell websites, www.BlueberryiBook.com, which provided a lot of information, is gone. When i got my first iBook it was the first resource of information. No longer updated ...
- 7. 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 ...
- 8. New replacement battery
- (Accessories)
- The first iBook Clamshell came with a battery of 3200mAH. New replacement batteries with more powerful cells have 4000mAh, 4400mAh oder 4800mAh or even more. They come from china and one a few have ...
- 9. XPostFacto brings Tiger to original iBook
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- The minimum system requirements for OSX 10.4 Tiger: G3 with at least 256MB RAM and a FireWire port. The first clamshell editions in Blueberry and Tangerine as well as the first Special Edition in Graphite ...
- 10. My iBook Clamshell Gemini
- (Hardware hints)
- ... Inc., the first one was called Freestyle and featured a PowerPC 603e Processor. I bought my 366Mhz Indigo Gemini in 2009 and carefully upgraded it with a DVD Drive and 120GB HD. The Gemini has no ...
- 11. Luminiscent Apple Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- ... because only the top case has to be removed, leaving the rest untouched. You need a Torx T8 and a small Philipps screwdriver. For a start you have to remove the display bezel first as described in this ...
- 12. 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 ...
- 13. No iBook promotion: Film Zack and Miri make a Porno
- (Multimedia)
- ... friends since the first grade. Despite Miri working at the local shopping mall and Zack working at a coffee shop, they have not paid their utility bills in months, Listen to to following conversation: ...
- 14. How to identify the display panel: LG, Samsung, IBM
- (Hardware hints)
- The Clamshell iBook was a commercial success. Apple sold 300.000 iBooks during the first weeks. The display component suppliers were not able to handle such demands, so displays of different manufacturers ...
- 15. iBook harddisk swap quick and dirty
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- There is a much more easy way to put a new harddisk in your iBook Clamshell - only 19 screws which takes only 8 min 17 seconds (without time to re-assemble) The trick is to remove the screws in the region ...
- 16. iBook spare parts
- (Hardware hints)
- After Apple cancelled the hardware support for the Clamshell iBook which means that new parts are no longer produced, there are only a few sources of supply left. The first parts you have to replace are ...
- 17. iBook Clamshell overclocking
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- The first things you should do to speed up your iBook is to max out the RAM to 576MB (or 544MB) and to pull out the old HD and put a new one in. Apart from these modifications, people tried to speed ...
- 18. iBook Clamshell defects: Part 2 - The small Apple logo
- (Hardware hints)
- A small colored Apple logo is integrated in the display bezel. The first models in tangerine, blueberry and graphite show very often tension cracks around this logo, the firewire Clamshell iBooks seldom. ...
- 19. 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 ...
- 20. Harddrive upgrade
- (Hardware hints)
- The first iBook came with a 3 GB HD, which was a fair balance because MacOS needed only 500 MB space. The next revision in February 2000 had a 6 GB HD installed, the final second Edition sported a 10 ...