TheINQUIRER publishes daily news, reviews on the latest gadgets and devices, and INQdepth articles for tech buffs and hobbyists. Book Wikipedia. Not to be confused with the i. Books book reader application for i. OS and mac. OS. An i. Book G3 right and i. Mac G3 left in Blueberry color. The original i. Book G3 sported a clamshell design in one of five colors that matched the i. Mac G3. An i. Book left and i. Mac right in Tangerine. The i. Book is a line of laptop computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Inc. The line targeted entry level, consumer and education markets, with lower specifications and prices than the Power. Book, Apples higher end line of laptop computers. It was the first mass consumer product to offer Wi Fi network connectivity, which was then branded by Apple as Air. Port. 12The i. Book had three different designs during its lifetime. The first, known as the Clamshell, was inspired by the design of Apples popular i. 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Ati Radeon 7500 Tv Software' title='Ati Radeon 7500 Tv Software' />They were also a major name for education, with Henrico County Public Schools being the first of many school systems in the United States to distribute one to every student. Book G3 Clamshellediti. Book G3 ClamshellThe original i. Book in Blueberry color. Developer. Apple Computer Inc. Type. Consumer laptop. Posted%20Mods/Radeon%207500%20install/ati118.jpg' alt='Ati Radeon 7500 Tv Software' title='Ati Radeon 7500 Tv Software' />Release date. June 2. Discontinued. May 1, 2. CPUPower. PC G3, 3. MHz. Successori. Book G3 SnowIn the late 1. Apple was trimming its product line from the bewildering variety of intersecting Performa, Quadra, LC, Power Macintosh and Power. Book 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 i. Mac was the consumer desktop, the Blue and White G3 filled the professional desktop box, and the Power. Book 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 June 2. Steve Jobs unveiled the i. Book G3 during the keynote presentation of Macworld Conference Expo, New York City. Like the i. Mac, the i. Book G3 had a Power. PC G3. 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 i. Books new interfaces, which lacked the exposed pins of earlier connectors. 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 i. Book G3s to be charged on a custom made rack. The i. Book G3 was the first Mac to use Apples new Unified Logic Board Architecture, which condensed all of the machines core features into two chips, and added AGP and Ultra DMA support. The i. Book was the first mainstream computer designed and sold with integrated wireless networking. On the i. Books introduction, Phil Schiller, Apples VP of Marketing, held an i. Book 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 contained the wireless antenna, which attached to an optional internal wireless card. Lucent helped create this wireless capability which established the industry standard. Apple released the Air. Port Wireless Base Station at the same time. There was heated debate over many things such as the aesthetics, features, weight, performance and pricing. To provide sufficient impact protection, the i. Book was larger and heftier than the Power. Book 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 i. Book gained the label Barbies toilet seat, due to the distinctive design. Nevertheless, this same design made the i. Book G3 unmistakable in movies and television shows. The i. Book was a commercial success. The line continually received processor, memory, hard disk upgrades and new colors. Fire. Wire and video out were later added. The design was discontinued in May 2. Dual USB i. Books. Book G3 Clamshell in all five colours Tangerine and Blueberry on the top row, and Graphite, Indigo and Key Lime on the bottom row. Key Lime was an Apple Online Store exclusive. The design was clearly influenced by Apples consumer desktop, the i. Mac. In fact, one of the marketing slogans for the i. Book was i. Mac to go. The clamshell design also echoed the e. Mate 3. 00. Apple continued its trend of using transparent colored plastics for the shell, and released the i. Book clamshell series in several colors, starting with Blueberry and Tangerine, later adding Indigo, Graphite and Key Lime colors. However, unlike the i. Mac, all i. Book except for the original Graphite did not use pinstripes. Steve Jobs announced that the Key Lime color, a little less conservative, a little more fun, was exclusive to the online Apple Store. This resulted in some crowd members booing, to which Jobs replied Dont you like buying on the Apple Online Store8Compared to follow up i. Book and Power. Book notebook computers, the Clamshell i. Book proved to be the more reliable model. The original i. Book is on exhibition at the London Design Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery. Vestiges of design ideas first adopted in the i. Book G3 can still be seen today moving interface ports from the back to the sides and leaving them uncovered, omitting a latch for the computers lid and providing color options and an eye catching design intended to be seen with the computer open. Book G3 Clamshell. Modeli. Booki. Book SE Special Editioni. Book Fire. Wire, i. Book Fire. Wire SERelease date. June 2. 1, 1. 99. February 1. 6, 2. September 1. 3, 2. Colors                     Special Edition      SE and regularKey Lime exclusive to Apple Online Store. Order number. M7. LLA1. 2M7. 71. LLA7. LLA M7. LLAspecial editionModel identifier. Powerbook 2,1. Powerbook 2,2. Model number. M2. M2. 45. 3M6. 41. 1Processor. MHz Power. PC G3 7. MHz Power. PC G3 7. MHz regular or 4. MHz SE Power. PC G3 7. Best Open Source Cmdb Software Vendors. Cache. 64kb L1, 5. L2 backside cache 1 26. L1, 2. 56kb L2 cache 1 1Front side bus. MHz. Memory. 32 MB or 6. MB of PC6. 6 SDRAM soldered to the logic boardExpandable to 5. MB or 5. 76 MB 2. MB or 3. 20 MB specified by Apple6. MB of PC6. 6 SDRAM soldered to the logic boardExpandable to 5. MB 3. 20 MB specified by Apple6. MB of PC1. 00 SDRAM soldered to the logic boardExpandable to 5. MB 3. 20 MB specified by AppleDisplay. TFT display, 8. 006. Graphics. ATI Rage with 4 MB of SDRAMATI Rage 1. MB of SDRAMAGP 2x. Hard drive. 3. 2 GB or 6 GB ATA6 GB ATA1. GB ATAOptical drive. Tray loading. 24 CD ROM2. CD ROM regular or 4 DVD ROM SEConnectivity. Optional Air. Port 8.