Editing IBook (section)

== iBook G3 ("Clamshell") ==
{{Infobox information appliance
| name = iBook G3 ("Clamshell")
| developer = [[Apple Computer]]
| type = Laptop
| successor = [[#iBook G3 Dual USB ("Snow")|iBook G3 (Snow)]]
| photo = Indigo iBook.jpg
| caption = The original iBook in Indigo color
| first_release_date = July 21, 1999
| discontinuation_date = May 1, 2001
| processor = PowerPC G3, 300–466 MHz
| MSRP = {{US$|1599|1999}}
| related = {{flatlist|
*[[iMac G3]]
*[[Power Macintosh G3#Blue and White|Power Mac G3]]
*[[PowerBook G3]]
}}
}}

In the late 1990s, Apple was trimming its product line from the large number of intersecting [[Macintosh Performa|Performa]], [[Macintosh Quadra|Quadra]], [[Macintosh LC|LC]], [[Power Macintosh]] and [[PowerBook]] models to a simplified "four box" strategy: desktop and portable computers, each in both consumer and professional models. Three boxes of this strategy were already in place: The newly introduced [[iMac]] was the consumer desktop, the [[Power Macintosh G3]] filled the professional desktop box, and the [[PowerBook G3]] line served as the professional portable line. This left only the consumer portable space empty, leading to much rumor on the Internet of potential designs and features. Putting an end to this speculation, on July 21, 1999, [[Steve Jobs]] unveiled the iBook G3 during the keynote presentation of [[Macworld Conference & Expo]], [[New York City]].

Like the iMac, the iBook G3 had a [[PowerPC G3]] [[central processing unit|CPU]], and no legacy Apple interfaces. [[USB]], [[Ethernet]], [[modem]] ports and an [[optical drive]] were standard. The ports were left uncovered along the left side, as a cover was thought to be fragile and unnecessary with the iBook's new interfaces, which lacked the exposed pins of earlier connectors. Featuring a [[clamshell design]], when the lid was closed, the hinge kept it firmly shut, so there was no need for a latch on the screen. The hinge included an integrated carrying handle. Additional power connectors on the bottom surface allowed multiple iBook G3s to be charged on a custom-made rack. The iBook G3 was the first Mac to use Apple's new "Unified Logic Board Architecture", which condensed all of the machine's core features into two chips, and added [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] and Ultra DMA support.

The iBook was the first mainstream computer designed and sold with integrated [[wireless networking]].<ref>[http://mac.blorge.com/2012/01/23/wi-fi-apple-to-leap-ahead-again/ Wi-Fi: Apple to leap ahead again – MAC.BLORGE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128121643/http://mac.blorge.com/2012/01/23/wi-fi-apple-to-leap-ahead-again/ |date=January 28, 2012 }}</ref> On the iBook's introduction, [[Phil Schiller]], Apple's VP of Marketing, held an iBook while jumping off a height as data from the computer was transferred to another in order to demonstrate the wireless networking capability. The display [[bezel (screen)|bezel]] contained the wireless antenna, which attached to an optional internal wireless card. [[Lucent Technologies]] helped create this wireless capability which established the industry standard. Apple released the [[AirPort]] Wireless Base Station at the same time.

There was heated debate over many things such as the [[aesthetics]], features, weight, performance and pricing.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Henry Norr |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F1999%2F10%2F21%2FBU85766.DTL&type=tech_article |title=Checking Out Apple's New iBook / Apple's new laptop is a pleasure to use but not made for travel |publisher=SFGate |date=October 21, 1999 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=May 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503042509/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fchronicle%2Farchive%2F1999%2F10%2F21%2FBU85766.DTL&type=tech_article |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macobserver.com/perspectives/observer/99/july/ibookcolors.html |title=The Mac Observer-Hey Apple? Can You Make My iBook Charcoal Gray? |publisher=Macobserver.com |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=June 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606204420/http://www.macobserver.com/perspectives/observer/99/july/ibookcolors.html |url-status=live }}</ref> To provide sufficient impact protection, the iBook was larger and heftier than the PowerBook of the time, and yet had lower specifications. Standard features like PC card slots were absent, and so were speculated features such as touch screens and an ultra-long battery life. The iBook gained the label "Barbie's toilet seat", due to the distinctive design.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/REVIEW-iBook-looks-less-different-This-time-2920054.php |title=REVIEW / iBook looks less different / This time, internal features distinguish Apple's notebook – SFGate |publisher=Articles.sfgate.com |date=May 17, 2001 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701124355/http://articles.sfgate.com/2001-05-17/business/17600970_1_ibook-hard-drive-dell-s-inspiron |url-status=live }}</ref> Nevertheless, this same design made the iBook G3 unmistakable in movies and television shows.

The iBook was a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lowendmac.com/coventry/06/1013.html |title=Apple's Climb Back to Success, 1999 to 2001 |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Lowendmac.com |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314100757/http://lowendmac.com/coventry/06/1013.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The line continually received processor, memory, hard disk upgrades and new colors. [[FireWire]] and video out were later added. The design was discontinued in May 2001, in favor of the new "Dual USB" iBooks.

=== Design ===
[[File:IBook flavors.jpg|thumb|250px|right|iBook G3 ("Clamshell") in all five colors: "Tangerine" and "Blueberry" on the top row, and "Graphite", "Indigo" and "Key Lime" on the bottom row. Key Lime was an [[Apple Store (online)|Apple Online Store]] exclusive.]]

The design was clearly influenced by Apple's consumer desktop, the [[iMac G3|iMac]]. In fact, one of the marketing slogans for the iBook was "iMac to go." The clamshell design also echoed the [[eMate 300]]. 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, later adding Indigo, Graphite and Key Lime colors. However, unlike the [[iMac G3|iMac]], the iBook did not feature pinstripes. Steve Jobs announced that the Key Lime color, "a little less conservative, a little more fun", was exclusive to the [[Apple Store (online)|online Apple Store]]. This resulted in some crowd members booing, to which Jobs replied: "Don't you like buying on the Apple Online Store?"<ref name="KeyLimeKeynote">{{Cite web|author1=EverySteveJobsVideo|title=Steve Jobs introduces OS X Beta & new iBooks – Apple Paris Expo (2000)|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=GNYIYx7QRdc?t=39m20s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221195424/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNYIYx7QRdc&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=December 21, 2013 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube|access-date=December 23, 2016|date=September 13, 2000}}</ref>

Compared to follow-up iBook and PowerBook notebook computers, the Clamshell iBook proved to be the more reliable model.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/laptops.html |title=MacInTouch Special Reports: iBook and PowerBook Reliability |publisher=Macintouch.com |date=January 3, 2006 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012235024/http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/laptops.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The original iBook is on exhibition at the London [[Design Museum]] and the [[Yale University Art Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/jonathan-ive-on-apple/ibook-1999-powermacg4 |title=iBook 1999 + PowerMacG4 – Design, Architecture and Fashion – Design Museum London |publisher=Designmuseum.org |date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135108/http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/jonathan-ive-on-apple/ibook-1999-powermacg4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=78098 Yale University Art Gallery – eCatalogue – iBook G3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522042946/http://ecatalogue.art.yale.edu/detail.htm?objectId=78098 |date=May 22, 2012 }}</ref> Vestiges of design ideas first adopted in the iBook G3 can still be seen today: moving interface ports from the back to the sides and leaving them uncovered, omitting a latch for the computer's lid, and providing multiple color options.

=== Technical specifications ===

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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="font-size:small; text-align:center"
! colspan=2 | Model
! colspan=2 style="background:#FF9999" | Original
! style="background:#FF9999" | SE (Special Edition)
! style="background:#FF9999" | FireWire
! style="background:#FF9999" | FireWire SE

|-
! rowspan=2 | Timetable
! Released
| July 21, 1999
| colspan=2 | February 16, 2000
| colspan=2 | September 13, 2000
|-
! Discontinued
| February 16, 2000
| colspan=2 | September 13, 2000
| colspan=3 | May 1, 2001

|-
! colspan=2 | Color(s)
| colspan=2 | {{Color box|#069ac0|border=darkgray}} Blueberry<br/>{{Color box|#ff9f1b|border=darkgray}} Tangerine
| {{Color box|#535e62|border=darkgray}} Graphite
| {{Color box|#19377f|border=darkgray}} Indigo<br/>{{Color box|#58dc26|border=darkgray}} Key Lime ({{Gray|exclusive to [[Apple Store#Online store|Apple Online Store]]}})
| {{Color box|#535e62|border=darkgray}} Graphite<br/>{{Color box|#58dc26|border=darkgray}} Key Lime ({{Gray|exclusive to [[Apple Store#Online store|Apple Online Store]]}})

|-
! rowspan=3 | Ordering info.
! Order number
| M7707 (Blueberry) or M7619 (Tangerine)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/index-ibook.html |title=A vast reference for e.g. model number, order number and specific information for 'every Macintosh' |publisher=EveryMac.com |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905075437/https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/index-ibook.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| M7717 (Blueberry) or M7718 (Tangerine)
| M7716
| M7721 (Indigo) or M7722 (Key Lime)
| M7720 (Graphite) or M8245 (Key Lime)

|-
! Model identifier
| colspan=3 | PowerBook 2,1
| colspan=2 | PowerBook 2,2

|-
! Model number
| colspan=3 | M2453 (EMC 1847)
| colspan=2 | M6411 (EMC N/A)

|-
! rowspan=5 | Performance
! [[Microprocessor|Processor]]
! colspan=3 | [[PowerPC 7xx#PowerPC 740/750|PowerPC G3 (750)]]
! colspan=2 | [[PowerPC 7xx#PowerPC 750CXe|PowerPC G3 (750CXe)]]

|-
! [[Clock speed]]
| colspan=2 | 300&nbsp;MHz
| colspan=2 | 366&nbsp;MHz
| 466&nbsp;MHz

|-
! Cache
| colspan=3 | 64&nbsp;KB L1, 512&nbsp;KB L2 backside cache (1:2)
| colspan=2 | 64&nbsp;KB L1, 256&nbsp;KB L2 cache (1:1)

|-
! [[Front side bus]]
| colspan=5 | 66&nbsp;MHz

|-
! Memory
| 32&nbsp;MB of PC66 SDRAM (soldered to the logic board)<br/>{{Gray|''Expandable to 544&nbsp;MB (288&nbsp;MB specified by Apple)''}}
| colspan=2 | 64&nbsp;MB of PC66 SDRAM (soldered to the logic board)<br/>{{Gray|''Expandable to 576&nbsp;MB (320&nbsp;MB specified by Apple)''}}
| colspan=2 | 64&nbsp;MB of PC100 SDRAM (soldered to the logic board)<br/>{{Gray|''Expandable to 576&nbsp;MB (320&nbsp;MB specified by Apple)''}}

|-
! rowspan=3 | Video
! Display
| colspan=5 | 12" active-matrix TFT display, 800×600 pixel resolution

|-
! rowspan=2 | Graphics
| colspan=3 | ATI Rage with 4&nbsp;MB of SDRAM
| colspan=2 | ATI Rage 128 with 8&nbsp;MB of SDRAM
|-
| colspan=5 | [[Accelerated Graphics Port|AGP]] 2x

|-
! rowspan=2 | Storage
! Hard drive
| 3.2&nbsp;GB or 6&nbsp;GB [[Parallel ATA|ATA]]
| colspan=2 | 6&nbsp;GB [[Parallel ATA|ATA]]
| colspan=2 | 10&nbsp;GB [[Parallel ATA|ATA]]

|-
! Optical drive<br/>Tray loading
| colspan=4 | 24× CD-ROM
| 4× DVD-ROM

|-
! rowspan=3 | Connections
! Connectivity
| colspan=5 | 10/100 BASE-T [[Ethernet]]<br/>56k V.90 modem<br/>{{Gray|Optional [[AirPort]] 802.11b}}

|-
! Peripherals
| colspan=3 | 1x [[USB#USB 1.x|USB 1.1]]<br/>Audio out mini-jack
| colspan=2 | 1x [[USB#USB 1.x|USB 1.1]]<br/>Audio out mini-jack<br/>1x [[FireWire]] 400

|-
! Video out
| colspan=3 {{N/a}}
| colspan=2 | Composite video out

|-
! colspan=2 | Battery
| colspan=5 | 45-watt-hour removable lithium-ion

|-
! rowspan=2 | [[Operating system]]
! Original
| colspan=2 | [[Mac OS 8]].6
| [[Mac OS 9]].0.2
| colspan=2 | Mac OS 9.0.4

|-
! Maximum
| colspan=3 | [[Mac OS X Panther|Mac OS X 10.3.9]] "Panther" and [[Mac OS 9|Mac OS 9.2.2]]<br/>{{Gray|Unofficially, can run [[Mac OS X Tiger|Mac OS X 10.4.11]] with [[XPostFacto]].}}
| colspan=2 | [[Mac OS X Tiger|Mac OS X 10.4.11]] "Tiger" and [[Mac OS 9|Mac OS 9.2.2]] with G4 Upgrade [[Mac OS X Leopard|Mac OS X 10.5.8]] "Leopard"

|-
! rowspan=2 | Dimensions
! Weight
| colspan=5 | 6.7&nbsp;lbs / 3.0&nbsp;kg

|-
! Volume
| colspan=5 | 1.8×13.5×11.6 in / 4.6 x 34.3 x 29.5 cm

|}

=== Expandability and upgrades ===
The original iBook's only customer-serviceable parts were the RAM and AirPort card, accessed via two slots under the keyboard. No other modifications were possible in-warranty. There was no [[PC Card|PCMCIA port]] for additional expansion capabilities. 40 screws needed to be removed to access the hard drive. The optical drive, however, can be accessed far more easily, requiring only 11 screws and one standoff to be removed. Later on, some users transplanted a 1024×768 LCD from the more recent white iBook into a clamshell iBook. This is only possible with the "FireWire" and "FireWire SE" models, as they have 8&nbsp;MB of video RAM; the older ones only have 4&nbsp;MB.<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/ibookmod The iBook Modification Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712160050/http://community.livejournal.com/ibookmod |date=July 12, 2009 }}. Accessed on March 25, 2009</ref>

All clamshell iBooks shipped with Mac OS 8.6 or 9.0. All clamshell iBooks supported [[Mac OS X 10.0]] through [[Mac OS X Panther|10.3.9]]. [[Mac OS X Tiger]] (v10.4) can also be installed.