Clamshell on the front page
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The Clamshell iBook showed up on several front pages such as Playboy right after the Apple Expo in Paris on the 13. of September 2000 where Steve Jobs revealed the Second Edition iBooks . The Apple Logo was hidden by the forearm (maybe to avoid a lawsuit) of Playmate Lauren Michell Hill who was dressed up in Jeans - convenient to the color of the indigo iBook.
Coloured macs gallery
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Clamshell iBook-aficinados should take a look at the german Bunte Macs Galerie. Werner Schmitz collects Clamshell iBooks and iMacs and makes excellent photos. He has assembled a number of iBooks loaded with software and accessories for different purposes such as "the jukebox", "iBook-Playstation" or the "Disney Edition". Here you will also find tips how to run four differnt operation systems on a single partition.
Blueberry preferred
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The german website MacGadget stated that Apple wholesalers Gravis in August 1999 gave the color preferences of initial orders from Germany after the appearance of the first iBook series as follows: Blueberry 60%, Tangerine 40%.
Steve Jobs had chosen differently: at the presentation of the iBooks on July 21 1999, he held the Tangerine iBook in his hand, the Blueberry was covered under a sheet on his desk.
Since today the orange iBooks models achieve significantly higher prices at ebay.de
Exhibition Stylectrical: How Apple conquered design
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The exhibition Stylectrical in Hamburg, Germany ended in January 2012. The "Museum für Kunst und Gerwerbe" showed everything´ Designer Jonathan Ive made for Apple starting from 1997 when the Apple Logo was multicolored and the computers were grey, which he instantly turned upside down. One of the Designers which had a great impact on Ive was the German Dieter Rams - his products for electronics manufacturer Braun were also at exhibition.
A illustrated catalog is still on sale.