- 21. Harddrive upgrade
- (Hardware hints)
- ... GB drive. You will regognize these ancient drives by their loud operating noise. If you want to replace them, there is no need to buy a superfast 5400rpm model, because the old controller hardware is not ...
- 22. Bottom case double-shot in rubber
- (Hardware hints)
- ... iBooks. Afer several years of use the rubber might peel off, you may glue it back using a transparent all-purpose-adhesive. Unfortunately there has never been a spare part by Apple to replace the rubber ...
- 23. Clamshell tuning-up
- (Hardware hints)
- ... Replacement of the battery by a more powerful model Middle Difficulty Installation of an internal DVD drive High degree of difficulty Mounting of an internal hard drive (ATA, up to 128 ...
- 24. First Apple computer with Airport
- (Accessories)
- ... from of Lucent Technologies (not to be confused with the Airport Extreme card, which does not fit into the Clamshell) can be placed underneath keyboard and is also supported by all MacOS versions from ...
- 25. Codename Toiletseat
- (Multimedia)
- Toilet seat was a nickname for the Clamshell iBook because in their eyes it looked like a comfort station fixture. So a manufacturer of sanitary articles placed an iBook quite innocently on its web pages. ...
- 26. Clamshell Unboxing Part 2: The contents
- (Trivia)
- The subsequent part of the Clamshell Unboxing series describes the contents of the box. You are on the edge of your seat with anticipation when the assessories box shows up which is placed in a rounded ...
- 27. Clamshell Unboxing Part 1: The covering box
- (Trivia)
- More than 12 years have passed since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iBook in July 1999. Most of the used Clamshell iBooks you can buy today have lost their original packaging and accessories. If you ...
- 28. 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 ...
- 29. 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 ...
- 30. French army aims at airport
- (Trivia)
- ... army was quite alarmed by an expected fast increasing number of private users all over the country. In the first place airport cards sold in France were limited to the channels 10-13 ( USA channels 1-11). ...
- 31. O'Grady, powerpage.or
- (iBook arguments)
- My Blueberry wonder will not replace my 17-inch SuperDrive iMac. But it is surprisingly competent and not just at simple tasks like email, Web browsing and word processing. O'Grady, powerpage.org ...
- 32. 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 ...
- 33. My Powerberry 466MHz Firewire Mod
- (Hardware hints)
- ... and mounting holes are in exactly the same place. If you put two lower shells of a 300 Mhz Blueberry and a 366 indigo iBook with FireWire on top of each other, they are identical except for the cut-out ...
- 34. The Key Lime iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... iBook, which can also be seen in the high prices that these models achieve. Appropriate housing replacement parts are also difficult to obtain. The Keylime was available in both the 366MHZ and a 466MHZ ...
- 35. Clamshell Purchase Advisor
- (Hardware hints)
- ... Used replacement power packs are available from 25 euros. - Ask if the original equipment is present, including box, modem/AV cable, manuals and OS8 or OS9 operating system CDs. Some sellers install a ...
- 36. iBook at the Museum of Modern Art
- (Trivia)
- As a design object, the clamshell iBook has even found its place in the renowned Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Here it is in the Architecture and Design department alongside the G4 Cube, the ...
- 37. keyboard keys no longer respond
- (Hardware hints)
- A common error that occurs after years of use is that one or more keys no longer respond, although everything mechanically seems to be in order. As a workaround, you can replace individual keys by pressing ...