Love that form factor, and the keyboard is really the best ive ever experienced on a mac. Ideas in modding a apple ibook g3300 originalclamshell i just got a clamshell ibook from somebody i doesnt work at all liquid damage looks like since the inside was wet. The 4th is an original apple key lime clamshell ibook, in the 366 model, but has been upgraded so that i may use it today. Pull the keyboard release tabs toward you and lift up on the keyboard until it pops free. Apple ibook g3 clamshell we have divided our categories by laptop manufacturers. Your keynote or power point book will be there waiting for you. I plan to manage all aspects of this blog entirely from my newly purchased ibook g3 clamshell indigo 366mhz with firewire. The second generation ibook clamshell was introduced in september 2000. I cant seem to find anywhere that sells a copy of tiger now. About feature support for keynote presentations in ibooks.
The ibook did have a number of semirevolutionary features for such a lowend machine. If you dont have your user guide, a copy can be downloaded from apples website. In fact, i had forgotten it was running os 9 last time i had it out. Here we see steve jobs introducing the very first ibook. A short production run faded these design worthy items into oblivion. Key lime clamshell ibook apple clamshell ibook history. The categories relate directly to individual laptops and their parts most important when choosing a replacement part new, used, discounted, laptop, notebook, computer, parts. Fourteen years ago the ibook clamshell was introduced, in june of 1999. To find your keynote or power point pdf file, click on the word books on the menu bar at the top. Originally the apple ibook laptop that i received was not the requested 600mhz powerpc g3, 128 mb ram, 20 gb hard drive. I knew how to use it immediately, as well as how to make the desktop look exactly the way i wanted. The line targeted entrylevel, consumer and education markets, with lower specifications and prices than the powerbook, apples higherend line of laptop computers. Videos of steve jobs keynotes product announcements. Openbsd is the exclusive operating system on the machine since it only has a 10 gb hard drive.
Learn about the ibook clamshells that i sell on ebay and craigslist. It was the first mac to include agpbased graphics, and included a handle, a feature rarely seen in a portable. Putting an end to this speculation, on july 21, 1999, steve jobs unveiled the ibook g3 during the keynote. Under two years later, in may of 2001 they were discontinued. So i just picked up a new ibook g3 600mhz, 128mb ram, 20gb hd, cd, model a1005 m8600lla yesterday to run classic mac os. In that time, over 500,000 orders have left our facility for us and international destinations to help save old devices from the landfill and bring them back to working condition.
This is a good link for operating on an ibook clamshell. Two versions were made at 366mhz in graphite, lime green and indigo and a 466mhz version with a dvdrom in graphite the second 366mhz and the. When the seller was made aware of this, they immediately sent me not just the originally requested laptop, but an upgraded 800mhz256mb ram30gb. No other details indicated, so unsure if a 330mhz or 466mhz model. Ideally, we want it to be upgraded to tiger or later. Buy laptop charger for apple ibook 1999 2000 blueberry clamshell firewire graphite indigo special edition tangerine, powerbook 1400 2300 2400 3400 g3 firewire 1997. Then another ad appeared showing a lime clamshell booted into os 9. Apple ibook g3 clamshell hd swap quick and dirty 8. To remove your keyboard, follow the instructions in the apple user guide which came with your ibook. Steve jobs announces the ibook at the mac conference in june 1999.
The subsequently released 12inch white ibook systems weigh 4. I remember a 2006 keynote where jobs said he wanted to incorporate the mac name into their notebooks. This post will aggregate a collection of links and resources for finding and downloading old mac software, including old mac system software, old macintosh applications, and more, for everything from older intel macs, to powerpc macs, to 68040 and 030 macs. Then a month later, identical photos of the same lime clamshell, but from a different location. You could argue that the ibook wasnt really a mac, until they started naming them macbooks. My lime green clamshell ibook, bought in december 2000, came loaded with just about everything i needed for work and for fun, certainly more than macs come loaded with now.
What are the differences between the firewire clamshell. There were two ranges of clamshells made this page deals with the first generation of machines, which came in blueberry and tangerine, are translucent, and do not have a firewire port. This time, i decided to load the power pc version of openbsd 3. I cover the different models such as the blueberry, tangerine, indigo, graphite, and key lime. I have sold more people on the ipod touch than the newton ever will. Note that the keyboard ribbon is still attached to the logic board, so you cannot completely remove the keyboard yet. Keynote is a powerful app for building and delivering beautiful presentations. It brought speed increases and a colour change to apples consumer level portables. Gorgeous templates and tight integration with other apple apps make it an editors. The design of the first generation ibooks was clearly influenced by apples consumer desktop, the imac.
Keynote for mac, ios, and icloud lets you make dazzling presentations. Information from its description page there is shown below. Life with an ibook will give readers an insight into how my favourite obsolete mac product, the ibook clamshell, can fit into the modern digital life. Insert the applications cd into the cd or dvd drive. Yes, you can refurbish a clamshell ibook, that should not be a problem at all, but there will be limitations. Nu power batteries for ibook g3 clamshell models while we have made every effort to continue producing this battery, we unfortunately are unable to offer one at the present time. Apple continued its trend of using transparent colored plastics for the shell, and released the ibook clamshell series in several colors, starting with blueberry and tangerine. Apple clamshell ibook history long live ibook clamshells forever, this is a site dedicated to their eternal coolness.
The g3 ibook clamshell has a distinctively styled case, and can be distinguished easily from apples other portables. Using the end of a screwdriver or paper clip, push in the eject button to open the cd drive. Lime green clamshell apple ibook laptop jayne cravens. Clearmedium clamshell packaging mockup free download. I was going to get an ibook clamshell for the above reasons mentioned. Whatever the older macintosh computer is, to make it useful nowadays youd likely want to find and download some old mac software for it. You can drag and drop a keynote file into a keynote widget in ibooks author. When you click on books you will be given two choices. It wont run the new leopard operating system, and it wont even run the previous tiger system its maximum is panther, i. The keyboard must be lifted up before the label can be read. It was the first mass consumer product to offer wifi network connectivity, which was then branded by apple as airport. Life with an ibook g3 clamshell living with an ibook a. Then the ipod touch was released and that changed everything.
They came in versions with built in ram of 32mb and 64mb plus a single ram slot which can take up to a 512mb pc100 or pc3 module provided it is of the correct construction apple stated it only supported 256mb modules. The clamshell has been in the hall closet for a while now. One thing i noticed when putting the display back on is the segment between the joints had to fit on to some hooks on the lower part of the case. The first post on how we came to the mac, by jonn, our nottingham store manager and his beloved clamshell g3 ibook the first time it was the summer of 2002, a young musician found himself spending hours up and down the country in the back of a sweaty, beaten up white transit van. The easyiest ibook clamshell mod is to place an ipad and keyboard in an empty clamshell case. The ibook g3 was the first mac to use apples new unified motherboard architecture, which condensed all of the machines core features into two chips, and added agp and ultra dma support. However, the low resolution of the screen made me sell mine pretty quickly. About feature support for keynote presentations in ibooks author when you add keynote presentations to books that you create in ibooks author, some features work differently. The ibook g3300 originalclamshell, codenamed p1, features a 300 mhz powerpc. Apple ibook g3 clamshell 2,2 466mhz 12 memory upgrades welcome to data memory systems. The ibook was the first mainstream computer ever designed and sold with integrated wireless networking. We will certainly resume production should we find materials and demand sufficient in the future. Upgrading a clamshell ibook to xga 1024x768 open firmware hack. Ideas in modding a apple ibook g3300 originalclamshell.
Both share the same handleequipped clamshell case design with the same display as their predecssors, but have a single firewire port as the informal name implies as well as faster processors with on chip level 2. I want to add that these computers arent lightening fast on the internet. Dont expect to use them for gaming or youtube, even. These models have the highest spec of the range 466 mhz processors and are the only models that have dvdrom drives, if you dont need to play dvds then the indigo. The best thing about it is i have a mobile device that actually does not make me look like a goof. This guy made an intel core i5 ibook g3 clamshell, and it. Apple clamshell ibook repair manual powerbook medic. Bought an ibook clamshell from ebay for my partner, which works and runs really well.
Macworld ny 1999the first ibook introduction youtube. Possible new discovery regarding ibook clamshell ata interface. He came back fighting and shaped the apple we know today with 4 new macs that were part of a 4 square model. The ibook was the first mac released using unified motherboard architecture uma, which allowed apple to standardize most motherboard components. From user perspective, this shouldnt be too much of an issue you could get.
Possible new discovery regarding ibook clamshell ata interface hi everyone, ive been reading this forum for some time, but only recently signed, so i can comment on some new discoveries that ive found out while ive attempted to upgrade my indigo ibook clamshell. The entire clamshell ibook line is striking in person. Installation loading and getting openbsd to run on the ibook is kind of tricky. Apple ibook clamshells are coming back in style apple. Dms sells only 100% compatible apple memory upgrades for your application your apple ibook g3 m7720lla needs dms certified pc100 sdram 144 pin sodimm. You could spend hours creating personalized books for your students. Apple back on track hardwarestrategie, powermac g3. For over 15 years, powerbook medic has been providing parts, repair, and service for a variety of gadgets.
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