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Clamshell iBook
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Southern New Jersey
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My wife was given a Blue Clamshell iMac from a friend. What is the most ram I can install in it and what is the highest version of OS X I can install. It has one USB and one Firewire port. It has a 10 GB hard drive but I have a larger one laying around but I think there is a limit to the size that will work on this model.
Is there a good version of Linux that would run on this too? I mainly want tinker with it. It is in perfect condition and it brings back memories to my first Mac which was the very first iBook.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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The maximum HD size is 128 GB (what hard drive manufacturers like to call 137), and the maximum official OS X version is 10.3.9.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by P
The maximum HD size is 128 GB (what hard drive manufacturers like to call 137), and the maximum official OS X version is 10.3.9.
Actually the maximum OS is 10.4.11 (Tiger) I don't recall if you have to partition the drive so that the boot disk is within the first 8GB or not? It's been a few years since I worked on a Clamshell. I know it's ATA-2.
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Stoneham, MA, USA
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The worst part of this computer is the 800x600 screen resolution. Many apps will not be useable, or will simply refuse to run at all with such a low resolution. It could be fun to play around with, but there really won't be very much this machine can do usefully.
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Join Date: Sep 2014
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To install 10.4, you have to hook up firewire to a laptop that has a DVD drive. 10.3.9 will run much faster. Even with 10.4, you will have a kind-of fast computer that will not play Flash videos and you have to have a little patience when going on the internet or looking at 50 pictures on Preview, but is definitely still usable. If you wait a while, you might see an Intel Core 2 Duo version of the Clamshell come out.
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The iBook Clamshell expert.
On the hunt for any unwanted Clamshells.
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: UK
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I have the guts of a 2nd generation iPad which I've been meaning to install in something. A clamshell iBook would actually be a pretty cool iPad case. Mount the iPad in the lid and put a bluetooth keyboard in place the real one. I think I might fit mine in the lid of a flight case but if you want a way to keep the look of the old iBook but make it more useful it could be a nice project.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Originally Posted by Waragainstsleep
I have the guts of a 2nd generation iPad which I've been meaning to install in something. A clamshell iBook would actually be a pretty cool iPad case. Mount the iPad in the lid and put a bluetooth keyboard in place the real one. I think I might fit mine in the lid of a flight case but if you want a way to keep the look of the old iBook but make it more useful it could be a nice project.
Nice, been done here with a wired keyboard and camera connection kit, if its any help or inspiration . iBook Clamshell
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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