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The clamshell iBook was the first Mac based on the new Unified Motherboard Architecture (UMA). The logicboard sported new Apple specific ASICs which supported the new standards (USB, FireWire, Ethernet 100mbit, Ultra DMA).

The integration of the controller chips "UniNorth" and "KeyLargo" shows the figure on the Japanese website Medicalmac, the link is a Google translation - or the Apple Developer Notes

The scalability of UMA systems makes it possible that future models can be built on same architecture, reducing development and production costs. For example: the AGP graphics can be accessed with 2x or 4x speed, The bus speed is adjustable from 66MHZ to more than 100MHZ - which is particularly useful for Overclockers.

It is a pity that the Clamshell series ended in 2001, so many possible features were not integrated. The logic board had e.g. still had free space for RAM banks and other interfaces.

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Here are the frontpages of some German Mac magazines in 1999 and 2000 when the original iBook and the two revisions were released.

Read more: Frontpages of German MacMagazin, Macup, Maclife

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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 stacked up very well against its Windows Multimedia notebook competitors - look at the (funny) Google translation. The iBook had the best battery life, and its rock solid construction and multimedia capabilities impressed the examiners. Disadvantages were the lack of a floppy disk drive and the small display.

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One of the first beloved Clamshell websites, www.BlueberryiBook.com, which provided a lot of information, is gone. When i got my first iBook it was the first resource of information. No longer updated for years, it stayed online for historical and entertainment purposes, but now it is permanently unavailable. You can still recover some information using the Wayback machine archive.org Addendum: Good news - bad news! BlueberryiBook.com is back (end of June 2008). The new Blogger Design is a drawback, and the new owner is "borrowing" content from my website word-by-word without even asking. I refer to my article concerning Harddisks larger than 128GB. Stay away !