- 21. How to identify the display panel: LG, Samsung, IBM
- (Hardware hints)
- ... 3.87. You will locate the software in your System Preferences. When you open SwitchResX you are able to write your display identifier down in a text file. Using Osx 10.3.9 Panther look for ...
- 22. Design Museum
- (Trivia)
- The unique Clamshell iBook Design is appreciated by well known Museums of Modern Art. You will find it in the London Design Museum along with other objects from Apple Designer Jonathan Ive. The New York ...
- 23. iBook spare parts
- (Hardware hints)
- ... the battery, keyboard and power supply, but there are more parts you will need to keep your iBook up and running. The largest second-hand market can be found on Ebay. The cheapest way is to buy a similar ...
- 24. iBook Clamshell overclocking
- (Hardware hints)
- ... up their iBook by overclocking the CPU and the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). Since there is no fan but only passive cooling elements to pull away the heat from the chips, they will get hotter as usual ...
- 25. Apple iBook discussion forum
- (FAQ)
- The only forum exclusively for the Clamshell iBook is the Apple discussion forum for this model series. You can use your Apple ID to log in, and you will find answers to the common problems, don't hesitate ...
- 26. iBook Apple Expo 2000 Paris
- (Multimedia)
- ... FireWire (indigo, keylime and graphite) According to Steve Jobs, the green keylime is the favorite color of the iBook designer Jonathan Ive and his team. The announcement that this color will be available ...
- 27. iBook AirPort Card - AirMac Card
- (Hardware hints)
- Sometimes you will find AirMac Cards that come in the same design as the original Airport Card. They are indeed identical wireless cards , which Apple sold in Japan. The japanese company I-O Data owned ...
- 28. Harman Kardon Soundsticks for your iBook
- (Accessories)
- ... the iBook: The iSub will not work with you Clamshell running MacOS 9. When OSX Panther or Tiger is installed, you will notice that the iSub and the poor integrated 1W Mono Speaker are totally out of sync. ...
- 29. No more hardware support
- (Hardware hints)
- Apple has discontinued the hardware support for the Clamshell iBook series. This means that original spare parts are no longer manufactured. Apple service partners will be not able to get a new logicboard ...
- 30. Firmware update
- (Hardware hints)
- The iBook Firmware Update 4.1.7 will only run on iBook computers running Mac OS 9.1 from a local drive. If you are using Mac OS X you must boot from a local Mac OS 9.1 writeable partition (not a CD, or ...
- 31. Harddisks larger than 128GB
- (Hardware hints)
- ... disks. If a 160GB hard drive is installed, the Clamshell will only recognise it as a 128GB HD. If you want to use the full capacity, only a workaround helps. Place the hard drive in an external ...
- 32. 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 ...
- 33. External Video an a Clamshell
- (Accessories)
- ... supply is not needed. The EyeTV software in version 1.2 is, upgrades to version 1.8 are possible - but I did not, as there are increased hardware requirements (500Mhz processor). You will see on ...
- 34. DVD drives
- (Hardware hints)
- The iBook with 300 and 366MHZ Clocking were only equipped with a CD-ROM drive. Users reported that the following internal drives will work in Clamshell iBooks: DVD ROM Matshita SR-817x CD-RW Toshiba ...
- 35. Watching DVD movies
- (Software hints)
- Only the 466MHZ Clamshells were equipped with a DVD drive, although the 366MHZ firewire Models are capable of playing DVD movies too if you connect a DVD drive instead of the CD-ROM. You will a face ...
- 36. Cleaning the display bezel
- (Hardware hints)
- ... You will need a Torx T8 and a Philipps screwdriver. First you have to remove the two torx screws on the left and right side. On the back whre the handle is located, there are tow more ...
- 37. 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 ...
- 38. Codename P1: bMate, WebMate, eBook, iBook?
- (Trivia)
- David Moody, Apple's director of worldwide desktop product marketing, said during his keynote speech at Macworld Expo Singapore '98: "In the first half of 1999, we will be able to show you something completely ...
- 39. Clamshell Unboxing Part 3: Accessories Box
- (Trivia)
- ... well-regulated. Let me introduce the hardware and paperwork included, the software will be reviewed in part 4 of the series. First of all you will notice the beautiful designed power adapter, ...
- 40. Clamshell Unboxing Part 2: The contents
- (Trivia)
- ... will notice that the sides and the back of the first edition is grey with a bigger white apple. When you remove the box, the iBook which still rests in beautiful designed Styrofoam shows up. There ...