- 21. Michael Tsai, atpm.com
- (iBook arguments)
- ... portable, but more than people had hoped for. TFT displays and six-hour batteries don’t come cheap, after all. I’m sure Apple is just as disappointed as we are that the iBook won’t be available to start ...
- 22. Small Clamshell Movie Theater
- (Accessories)
- Is a 466Mhz clamshell iBook suitable for connection to a modern digital projector? Yes, it is even possible to set up a small home cinema with it: Digital Projector: I chose ...
- 23. 30 years of Apple Products, wired.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Announced in July 1999 at Macworld New York, the iBook was perhaps the most anxiously awaited Apple computer ever. Aimed at the same consumer market as its big brother, the iMac, the iBook filled the 2x2 ...
- 24. Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNet.co.uk
- (iBook arguments)
- With the iBook, Jobs, Apple's seemingly permanent interim CEO, jumped through a daunting business hoop of his own. He needed one year to create products in four areas (professional and consumer desktops ...
- 25. Ruffin Bailey, lowendmac.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Yet the iBook clamshell remains one of my favorite portable Macs. The great battery life, AirPort, rugged feel, and, yep, even the handle are all reasons it still often makes the WiFi coffee house run ...
- 26. BBC News
- (iBook arguments)
- It's a long way from a toilet laboratory in Chigwell, north London to the heart of Silicon Valley, California. But in eight years, Jonathan Ive has covered this distance to establish himself as one of ...
- 27. Washington Apple Pi Journal
- (iBook arguments)
- Leaving the cafe table, carrying the iBook by the built-in handle, it became obvious there are some Very Clever People at Apple: half a dozen people stopped to ask if this blue thing with the big Apple ...
- 28. Peter Lewis, Fortune magazine
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple's original iBook was the computer equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album. With its whimsical toilet-seat design, its fruity colors, including orange, blueberry, and lime, and its built-in ...
- 29. Michael Krantz, time.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Now, in tangerine or blueberry, comes the iBook, Apple's "iMac to go," a clamshell-shaped laptop that promises to do for the portable market what iMac did for the desktop--sell like crazy and leave the rest ...
- 30. Stephen H.Wildstrom, BusinessWeek.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Still, the important news is that Apple has followed up on its iMac success by again becoming a significant innovator in portable computing. At a time when most of the industry is straining to make cookie-cutter ...
- 31. Patrick Leyden, Inside Mac Games
- (iBook arguments)
- A variety of games were tested on the iBook, from the original Quake to Unreal. With proper configuration these games will run with acceptable performance, but be prepared to make sacrifices in terms of ...
- 32. Nanosaur Game
- (Software hints)
- The bloodless first-person shooter "Nanosaur", which is also suitable for children, was already supplied with the iMac and is also available on the iBook software CD, but has to be installed later. The ...
- 33. Buy Clamshell from overseas
- (Hardware hints)
- ... PayPal customers cannot have their address verified. Two disadvantages of devices from the USA are that they have an international keyboard without German umlauts and that you have to buy a suitable power ...
- 34. Toni Kistner, HomeOfficeComputing
- (iBook arguments)
- Weighing in at 6.6 pounds, it's large and flat like a seat cushion--specifically, as a colleague remarked, a "comfort station fixture." It's far too big for a tray table, or even my lap if a passenger in ...
- 35. VW Beetle convertible + iBook
- (Trivia)
- ... who are smart sell their portable Mac after the warranty has expired for fear of having to reckon with an expensive total write-off. The alternative would actually be to manufacture products that simply ...
- 36. 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
- 37. 800x600 Display - End of the Story?
- (Hardware hints)
- ... resolution of the displays installed in the iBook clamshell does not yet play along. The frequently used utility Screen Spanning Doctor is only suitable for later Ibook series. When installing Linux ...
- 38. 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 ...