iBook Clamshell
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I had Debian running on an old clamshell iBook for a bit; the main things I remember were that it was kind of neat, and that it took less cpu to play music from my server via mpd and pulseaudio-over-network than it did to play the files directly on the iBook.
On the subject of cookie banners, https://gdpr.eu/cookies/ says
“To comply with the regulations governing cookies under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive you must […] Make it as easy for users to withdraw their consent as it was for them to give their consent in the first place.”
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a site with “withdraw cookie consent” functionality.
The best you can get is that it is as easy to not consent as to consent (and this site doesn’t even accomplish that. Not consenting requires two click, consenting only one)
That looks right to you as you open the laptop, but wrong to everyone else. Now when you’re in a coffee shop, all the little metal promotional billboards are correct.
Why is it a shame that they didn't choose to lose money on purpose?
Apple literally released a colorful laptop and you’re complaining that it’s not colorful enough. If you were saved from a burning building, you’d complain about which door the firemen used to enter.
Price USD Price DM Euro
$ 1,599 DM 3749 EUR 1917
$ 1,799 DM 4249 EUR 2172
$ 1,499 DM 3999 EUR 2045
$ 1,799 DM 4699 EUR 2403
Laptops used to be a premium product, even on the lower-ish end. I don't think that properly changed in the mass-market until the eee pc, but I might be misremembering.
I'd long thought it'd gone underappreciated how much slow but steady progress Apple has made in the past couple of decades at improving the value of their computers, but everyone has been talking about that since the Neo dropped. Well deserved and overdue, in my opinion.
This was pre-Mac OS X. The thing had a terrible 800x600px screen but still it was my gateway to decades of Macs.
The switch to Unix in MacOS X cemented their place in my life.
I will totally deny that the Macs in Independence Day and Mission Impossible were major influences on my juvenile mind to switch to the Mac.
I'm sad everything's serifless these days...
This is a much more convenient solution
My dad asked for a portable USB monitor for Christmas and someone got it for him. He mentioned he could now have dual monitors when traveling. I casually mentioned he could have triple monitors, using an iPad as well, and he had completely forgotten that was a feature. He likely would have not asked for the monitor had he remembered (he has 2 iPads he already travels with).
I did get NT running on mine using that project from last year and it's quite the feeling to see space cadet pinball on a G3 clamshell lol.
On the slightly newer ibooks you can run relatively modern Debian (i think i have 11 on my G4?) or else Adelie Linux is pretty good but i haven't messed as much with the clamshell.
1499 usd for the cheapest clamshell!
I always enjoyed the concept of the iBook, but never found it something that I wanted, personally.
I used to refer to it as "the MacBook Toilet Seat."
It used to be that you were looked down on if you used an Apple device, because it meant you were more concerned with aesthetics rather than actual usability.
As the sibling comment notes, the distinctive look helps too. I thought it was cool then and still like it today. It wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea but that’s exactly why it’s so appealing to those who like it.
Later iterations of the iMac G3 also addressed some bottlenecks in the earlier models which might also factor in.
>Clam is a Unix(tm) shell that has many features of tcsh, sh and improvements all its own.
>Clam is copyright (c) 1988 by Callum Gibson. Clam is provided free of charge.
This came on CohWare Vol1 with Cohorent OS and gave one a small csh(1) environment. I think it was for the 286 version of Coherent which I used back then.