- 1. Play your favorite Youtube movies
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- Unfortunately, the flash-based Youtube movies ask too much of the iBook hardware. My workaround: Save Youtube movies with a little help from keepvid.com in mp4 format. The video player VLC (OSX 10.3.9 ...
- 2. Interior view: Display hinges
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- ... fact that even invisible parts have to be designed in a beautiful way. Here you see a set of iBook Clamshell display hinges that are not only beautiful, but furthermore the most reliable hinges ever placed ...
- 3. How to identify the display panel: LG, Samsung, IBM
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- 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 ...
- 4. iBook Display Case Skin Mod
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- 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 ...
- 5. Cleaning the display bezel
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- 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. ...
- 6. The iBook Display
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- Apple uses displays of different manufacturers with native 800x600 pixel resolution in the Clamshell iBooks. The displays have different connectors for the display itself, therefore a broken display has ...
- 7. Playing Playstation 1 Games
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- The Connectix Virtual Game Station was a great opportunity to expand the range of games, which was meager compared to the Windows platform. With this software (costs around 50 euros) you could play ...
- 8. Playing Games on the iBook
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- Playing games on the iBook is one of the nicest things. In 1999-2001, many Mac games for Mac OS9 came out and run well and smoothly on iBook. An example is the Tomb-Raider series, which can be had cheaply ...
- 9. 800x600 Display - End of the Story?
- (Hardware hints)
- ... output of the built-in display is mirrored. The only solution is to swap the display and us a Firmware hack. The built-in ATI Rage graphics with 4MB VRAM in the 300s and 366s of the first edition ...
- 10. German Plastics Museum: Plastic components of the iBook
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- 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 ...
- 11. Tulip Ego - The Clamshell Clone
- (Trivia)
- ... 12.1 inch WXGA widescreen display 1280*800 pixels, 1GB RAM, 80GB hard disk, DVD+/-RW drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth included. Price: around 4000 euros in the basic configuration. Below is a side-by-side ...
- 12. Youtube Videos = Clamshell+MacTubes+VLC
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- You are not able to use the Youtube platform on your Clamshell iBook any more? The Freeware Program MacTubes (min. MacOSX 10.4.2) searches the Youtube platform and displays a list of videos that match ...
- 13. Clamshell LG TFT 800x600 - 1024x768 from iBook G4
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- ... The Export EDID function will create a text file which contains manufacturer information about the Display. Buy a known-good screen from a white iBook G3 or G4. Swap Displays. LG display cable from Clamshell ...
- 14. German Consumer Magazine recommends iBook
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- Stiftung Warentest is a independent german consumer organization which runs comprehensive tests on all sorts of products and publishes the results in the monthly magazine "test". The iBook Special edition ...
- 15. The yellowing of polycarbonate plastic
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- 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 ...
- 16. Just another Clamshell Clone: HP Mini 100e
- (Trivia)
- ... and education market. Technical specs: Intel Atom N455 Processor (1.66 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache), up to 2GB RAM. A 10.1-inch LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1024 x 600. Windows 7 or Linux OS. ...
- 17. MacAlly iVoice adapter
- (Accessories)
- ... and features external jacks for an extra microphone or other input and output devices. System requirement: MacOS 9.04 or OSX, no drivers required - plug and play. You can find more informations at macally.com. ...
- 18. Mactracker-get infos on any mac
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- Mactracker provides detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made, including items such as processor speed, memory, optical drives, graphic cards, supported Mac OS versions, and expansion ...
- 19. Luminiscent Apple Mod
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- ... display is on in a dark room, you will see that the surrounding of the apple is gently glowing. Roll up your sleeves - we can do better than that. After the Luminiscent Apple Mod you will get a lovely ...
- 20. 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 ...