- 1. German Plastics Museum: Plastic components of the iBook
- (Trivia)
- A Blueberry iBook is on display in the German Plastics Museum in Oberhausen in the virtual collection "Plastic Icons", which is also on tour as an exhibition. We learn that polycarbonate, acrylonitrile ...
- 2. The yellowing of polycarbonate plastic
- (Hardware hints)
- The bright sun causes the yellowing of polycarbonate plastics. Please store your clamshell in a shady place, otherwise the opaque white will turn to off-white and the grey will turn to green grey. The ...
- 3. The leaf is missing
- (Hardware hints)
- ... for my brother-in-law, and just this little blue leaf was missing. When i was cleaning up my daughter's room i found a plastic pearl in a beautiful shade of blue. The pearl was melted with a small burner ...
- 4. 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 ...
- 5. OSX Panther customized installation
- (Software hints)
- Who wants to install more current software on his Clamshell iBook needs at least OSX Panther 10.3. The following has to be considered: 1. RAM equipment: Panther is even executable on a 300Mhz Clamshell, ...
- 6. 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 ...
- 7. Microsoft ad for Clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... no, actually for Microsoft Office 2001 - but you won't notice it while turning the pages. The new MS Office version for the Mac was published almost at the same time when the last iBook firewire revisions ...
- 8. Microsoft Office Versions for OS9
- (Software hints)
- Micosoft Office 2001 for Mac (Office:mac 2001) Last version for OS 9 For Mac OS 8.1-OS 9.22 Compatible with Office 2000 for Windows Minimum PowerPC Processor 120Mhz or greater recommended For OS 8 ...
- 9. MacOSX Tiger 10.4 - CD and DVD versions
- (Software hints)
- Mac OSX 10.4 Tiger is the last version that can be installed on Clamshell G3 iBooks with a firewire port, because OSX 10.5 Leopard doesn't support the G3 Processor. Ony the Retail Version of Tiger on ...
- 10. Luminiscent Apple Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- ... Jonathan Ive could not decide whether people would love the luminous effect or not - and in the last moment he probably decided against it. Experienced users will only need half an hour for the operation, ...
- 11. iCurve- the invisible laptop stand
- (Accessories)
- Back in 2002 Griffin released the iCurve, a nearly invisible laptop stand which was made of a single bar of crystal clear plastic. The elegant and curvy design matches the Clamshell in a perfect way. ...
- 12. iBook completes new 4-Box product strategy
- (Trivia)
- When Steve Jobs returned as Apple CEO, he tried to get rid of the perplexing variety of computer models of Quadra, Performa, LC, Power Macintosh and PowerBooks. A new simple Four-Box grid - respectively ...
- 13. 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 ...
- 14. Cleaning the display bezel
- (Hardware hints)
- The first iBooks with a translucent polycarbonate plastic case sometimes show some stains on the inside of the display bezel. Fortunately it is possible to open the display case without touching the rest. ...
- 15. The Barbie iBook
- (Trivia)
- I always wanted to take a photo of the real Barbie iBook. I like to thank my daughter, who gave me her "French Barbie" from the Collector's Edition, and an original pink Barbie laptop. Insiders know ...
- 16. Clamshell Unboxing Part 2: The contents
- (Trivia)
- ... is an additinal package with desiccants fixed to the box. For the photo, the transparent plastic cover of the iBook has been removed in advance. The next photo shows the plastic wrap with the seal ...
- 17. Logicboard error only in white iBooks
- (Trivia)
- The iBook Clamshell series was replaced in 2001 by the new white iBook. But soon Apple had to face a growing number of complaints about logicboard failures. The Expanded iBook Logic Board Repair Extension ...
- 18. Case Mod: A whiter shade....
- (Hardware hints)
- The first non-firewire iBook Clamshell colors in Tangerine, Blueberry and Graphite had a translucent polycarbonate plastics case which enables you to see the subjacent silver-gray shielding plates. A white ...
- 19. 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 ...
- 20. Brooke Crothers + Jim Davis, cnet.com
- (iBook arguments)
- ... Matt Sargent said in a written report that Apple's share of the retail desktop market was in the same situation last year before the iMac rescued Apple from the doldrums. Since the release of iMac, Apple' ...