- 21. Herbert Muschamp, New York Times
- (iBook arguments)
- ... could be the symbols of this show. With their lollipop colors, swelling lines and toylike ease of operation, they hark back to the sexy red plastic Valentine typewriter Sottsass designed for Olivetti in ...
- 22. My Powerberry 466MHz Firewire Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- "More power!" (Tim Taylor, do-it-yourself king from the TV series Hear who's hammering) - or how to literally "drill" a 300Mhz Blueberry iBook into a Powerberry iBook..... The last 466 iBooks not only ...
- 23. Declining value of the clamshell iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... This shows how much the hardware costs for notebooks have fallen in the last 20 years. If one assumes that the iBooks in the original configuration in good condition bring in more than 200 euros when ...
- 24. Bill Palmer, BillPalmer.net
- (iBook arguments)
- When Apple retired the clamshell iBook model in favor of the new and boxy "snow white" iBook last year, I lamented the loss of a champion. While the new iBook was a half-inch thinner, a pound lighter, a ...
- 25. Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
- (iBook arguments)
- ... series of extraordinary, wildly postmodern machines. With their translucent, candy-coloured plastics and, in the case of the desktops, large, inviting handles, they had an almost overpowering tactile quality. ...
- 26. iMovie 3 install
- (Hardware hints)
- iMovie is Apple's popular video editing program. Unfortunately, version 2 was the last one that could be used on a clamshell iBook due to the limitation to 800x600 pixels. With the help of a hack (archived ...
- 27. Clamshell Purchase Advisor
- (Hardware hints)
- ... lasts a few more hours, the value increases by 50 euros. The best price/performance ratio is offered by the 366 Second Edition indigo model with Firewire (8MB graphics and 10 GB hard drive, CD drive ...
- 28. Charles Moore, macopinion
- (iBook arguments)
- From my perspective, the Pismo and the clamshell iBook were the last Apple portables that were a good prospect for being a long-lasting keeper. Charles Moore, macopinion
- 29. 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 ...
- 30. Which MacOS ?
- (Software hints)
- ... OSX 10.3 (Panther) can be installed on all iBooks with a 128 MB memory expansion, but a 256 MB memory expansion is recommended. The last Clamshell Ibook series with Firewire port even runs with OSX 10.4 ...
- 31. Chris Taylor, Time Magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- Intended as a kind of portable iMac, the two-year-old iBook started life as a bulky, gaudy rubberized clamshell that barely fit into backpacks, with a carry-case plastic handle and choice of colors that ...