Back in 2002 Griffin released the iCurve, a nearly invisible laptop stand which was made of a single bar of crystal clear plastic. The elegant and curvy design matches the Clamshell in a perfect way. The iCurve lifts your iBook display to a comfortable viewing height when you work for hours on your desk- and to save your aching neck. You have to use it with an external keyboard and mouse, because the stand is not rock-steady enough to type on it. If you are a collector, the iCurve is an ideal way to show your beloved Clamshell.In 2006, the iCurve was detached by the Griffin Elevator which is not as beautiful but more solid.
OS9 Retail CD and Update must not be confused
Many Clamshell Owners don't posess the original Software installation and restore CD (orange or grey) any more. If you plan to install OS9 (some say they best OS ever) keep an eye out for the orginal white OS9 retail CD with the number 9 in orange.
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 the rights for Airport, so Apple used the slightly different AirMac.
Apple iBook - First Impressions (1999)
Promotional film featuring iBook Designer Jonathan Ive, Phil Schiller and user testimonials. Thanks, vintagemacmuseum for sharing this great commercial !
TV Series Dr.Psycho - German Columbo with an iBook
The award-winnung german TV Comedy series Dr. Psycho - The Bad, The Coppers, My Wife and Me (2007 / 2008) by Ralf Husmann had a friendly and disheveled-looking main charcter (a bit like the american detective Columbo) - Dr. Max Munzl (Christian Ulmen) who seems to belong to a different era. He rides an old folding bicycle and uses a Blueberry iBook - whilst his team consists of car-drivers and Wintel PC users.
Yes, the iBook is cool, if a little goofy looking, resembling a breath mint on steroids even more than the iMac does. And yes, it's a hot machine with impressive stats. But it won't be the 300 MHz G3 processor, the 32 Mbytes of RAM, the 56k modem, the built-in Ethernet, not even the low price tag that moves these things out the door.
No. What will sell the iBook is that Jobs understands that consumers want more than megahertz and memory -- they want to be entertained.
