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It's unfortunate that the minute you walk out the door with your new iBook, you must start thinking of ways to protect it from theft. Let's face it: the iBook, with its rich blue or orange skin, is attractive not only to you but also to those who'd like to make your iBook their own.


Christopher Breen, macworld.com (Link:Wayback Machine)

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In the end, however, there was still enthusiasm among the Apple aficionados. Three new "iBook" models in new colors ("Indigo" and "Key Lime") appeared one after the other: The "Firewire" connection for docking digital video cameras is now also standard on the "iMacs to tgo". . The top model "iBook Special Edition" in a slightly different but still gray outfit ("Graphite") also comes with a built-in DVD-ROM drive, which also makes it possible to play DVD videos.


Michael Stein, spiegel.de

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But Apple still has a long way to go to regain a significant chunk of the market. Apple's market share in the U.S. retail notebook market in May was a meager 2 percent, according to Infobeads. Senior analyst Matt Sargent said in a written report that Apple's share of the retail desktop market was in the same situation last year before the iMac rescued Apple from the doldrums. Since the release of iMac, Apple's desktop computer share has stayed in the 5-percent range, double their share before iMac, according to Sargent.

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Tangerine? Is it the fact that Tangerine is among the least popular choices of color for the iMac, or just the fact that its ugly that Apple chose it to be half the color options for the iBook? Very strange indeed although Steve Jobs' choices have proven fairly on track so far. :-)
While many had hoped the iBook would be priced a little cheaper than US$1600, when you consider the feature set, it is a great price indeed. There are no comparable Wintel laptops with anywhere near the power of a 300 MHz G3 in that price range. The iBook will be a huge success. Not "could" be, "will" be.

Dave Hamilton and John F. Braun, macobserver.com

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All in all, the keynote audience was very pleased with the iBook except for two points: pricing and availability. At $1599, $400 more than the iMac, I think the iBook is reasonably priced for a consumer 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 the school year, but if they coulda done it, they woulda.

Michael Tsai, atpm.com

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We think the iBook with iMovie 2 will prove to be a useful tool for the fledgling DV editor who wants to put together home videos with a simple interface, powerful processing and moderate price tag for a laptop.


Bruce Coykendall, videomaker.com