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The Clamshell iBook may very well be the best looking notebook computer ever made, but for being ten years old it will not leave you waiting at the keys as long as you avoid installing newer software. Most older iBooks will need a new battery and you couldn't go wrong investing in a modest RAM increase. This machine is considerably heavier than the newer notebooks, but hey it does come with a handle! The 3.2GB Hard Drive is a joke considering that you can buy a 32GB+ flash drive or an iPod with 160GB of storage space. The Clamshell G3 iBook is a really cool retro machine that is still useful.
If you surf the net, write papers and stuff like that, this machine still works as well as when it came out a decade ago, if not better. For best results, get a Firewire model with 10.4 Tiger, maxed memory and at least 20 gb hard drive. Don't go crazy installing software and you have a useful and eye catching machine. Pour fureter, rédiger et d'autres tâches quotidiennes, cet ordinateur marche aussi bien que lors de sa sortie il y a plus de dix ans, voire mieux. Pour de meilleurs rendements, achetez-vous un modèle Firewire à 10.4 Tiger, le maximium de mémoire et un disque dur d'au moins 20 go. Ne vous acharnez pas à trop de logiciels et vous voilà un appareil utile et attirant.
These adorable clamshell iBooks are just plain fun. They seem to bring out the creativity in the user too. If you're looking for a cheap machine to surf the web, look elsewhere. These models aren't really upgradeable enough run today's web browsers, and the older browsers have trouble with the newer pages. If you want to write, draw, email, play some older games and have fun in a tough, colorful package, then the G3 Clamshell iBook is for you. If you want to make a statement, this laptop is for you. They are also loads of fun to take apart and work on. You can go to ifixit.com and get detailed instructions with photos about how to take your iBook apart and change out various parts. Word of warning: get a keyboard protector. Spills happen, and they can trash the logic board in these things in a heartbeat.Read full review
I bought this iBook because its a solid running workhorse and classic and one of the first laptops that came out after the return of Steve Jobs to the company. As with all Apple products, the fit and finish is extremely good, even for this plastic case. The plastic they chose for it is high quality, similar to what you would find on their desktop line at the time. No creaking or rubbing of plastic parts is heard when moving the laptop as is often with similar Wintel laptops of this era. Its a very solid piece of hardware. The design of the laptop is really groundbreaking and holds its looks even in 2014. The screen size is decent and 800x600 resolution is fine to work with. Keep in mind your scope with what you want to accomplish with this laptop, as you still need to bear in mind that it is from 1999. The PowerPC G3 is a great architecture and Jobs talks about the power of it in several Apple press announcements of the time. This being said, it still cannot accomplish tasks with similar performance to that of an Intel processor based on the Core architecture. It is upgradable to Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) with pretty decent performance. The laptop's Airport card (if it came with one) can then connect with wifi access points over 802.11b that use WPA2 encryption. Also with 10.4, you can use a semi modern browser, TenFourFox, which is a relatively new(2013) fork of firefox ESR 31. With those two critical pieces, WPA2 and relatively modern firefox, combined with a decent battery (around 2 hours with the clamshell i got) I find this laptop to be a very very solid laptop for actual use in 2014, on 1999 hardware. Be aware that if you get one with OS9, while its semi useful and has the most compatibility/performance as it was the OS that the clamshell g3's were designed for, the nostalgia will wear off quickly and you will soon be wanting to do more. If you do not need heavy internet usage and would like to use the laptop for productivity apps, games or itunes, OS9 would make an excellent choice however. I mentioned itunes for OS9, and I would like to point out that you will need version 2.0.4 which is the last version released for OS9. It still supports CD listening/burning, mp3's and streaming radio stations but lacks a lot of the other fluff features of later iterations, such as the music store. Overall, this is an amazing laptop that is truly a monument for Apples hardware engineering talent and product design. Would still recommend to any collector or power use alike.Read full review
The second-generation iBook Specil Edition adds key lime (below) as an alternative to graphite (above). It replaces the 366 MHz G3 processor with the new G3e running at 466 MHz. The G3e includes an on-chip L2 cache that runs at full CPU speed for improved processor efficiency (the larger backside cache in first generation iBooks ran at half of CPU speed). Other big changes include a DVD-ROM drive, FireWire, and video output. Like the original iBook, it has full AirPort support and a battery rated at six hours. The iBook Special Edition is the least expensive DVD laptop in Apple's line, and it offers nearly the same speed as the PowerBook G3/500. Other than the new colors, the most visible difference between the second-generation iBooks and the first is the colored button by the trackpad on the newer models. Key Lime iBookDetails * introduced 2000.09.13 at US$1,799; replaced by dual USB iBook 2001.05.01 * requires System 9.0.4 through OS X 10.4.x * CPU: 466 MHz PPC 750CX (a.k.a. G3e) * bus: 66 MHz * ROM: 4 MB, NewWorld ROM in RAM architecture * RAM: 64 MB of SDRAM, expandable to 576 MB via one 1.25" 3.3V PC66 compliant SO-DIMM * Level 2 cache: 256 KB on-chip cache * Video: ATI Rage Mobility 128 with 2x AGP * VRAM: 8 MB * display: 12.1" 24-bit SVGA (800 x 600) color active matrix, resolution scaling supports 640 x 480 * video out: composite video * hard drive: 10 GB 9.5mm IDE * DVD-ROM: 6x * floppy drive: external USB only * expansions bays: none * USB: 1 USB 1.1 port * FireWire: 1 FW400 port * ethernet: 10/100Base-T * modem: v.90 56k * WiFi: 802.11b AirPort optional * PC Card slots: none * size: 11.6 x 13.5 x 2.1" (29.4 x 34.4 x 5.2 cm) * weight: 6.6 pounds (3.0 kg) with battery * machine ID: PowerBook2,2 * family number: M2453Read full review
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