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hey guys this is Austin and today mute the review of the Apple iBook the iBook was first announced in 1999 and even though many things have changed it's interesting to take a look back first let's go over the design there's no doubt that it's unique even today with its rounded corners and rubber coating open it up and inside you'll see a fairly standard keyboard and 12-inch display while things have obviously advanced in the last 13 years there's actually a lot that's the same take the keyboard and trackpad for example the layout of the keys isn't too far off from Maxima today and the trackpad while a bit small really isn't half bad the iBook also has several firsts for example you could get one with an airport Wi-Fi card which made the very first mainstream laptop with wireless internet well it's something we take for granted and everything from our phones to thermostats today it's kind of amazing to realize that just over ten years ago this was a feature that wild an entire audience another impressive thing with the ports within a year Apple that introduced the iBook special edition which is what I have here with a 56k modem Ethernet USB firewire 400 and a headphone jack / composite video out for running a second display not too different to what you'll see on a MacBook Pro today Oh in dimension it has a handle yeah the first iBook clamshell models came with a 300 megahertz PowerPC g3 processor 32 megabytes of RAM 3.2 gigabyte hard drive and a CD drive the final special edition models came with a four hundred and sixty six megahertz CPU 64 megabytes of RAM 10 gigabyte hard drive and DVD Drive not exactly cutting-edge specs but since I'm crazy I've upgraded mine to 576 megabytes of RAM as well as a 32 gigabyte SSD the iBook clamshell is released with OS 8.6 however you can upgrade it to OS 10 easily while the 800 by 600 screen was impressive back in the day it definitely looks dated today as most websites struggle to be viewable with the low resolution even some OS 10 menus aren't usable that said the iBook actually does a respectable job as a laptop as long as you keep your expectations low everything is slow but it gets the job done what's most impressive is how the iBook actually passes newer laptops in some areas for example there are no fans in the laptop as everything is passively cooled which makes it silent except for the noisy stock hard drive with an SSD it's 100% quiet unless you're using the optical drive battery life is also really impressive giving about four to five hours on a charge which is right on par with my MacBook Air well it's little more than a novelty these days there's still a lot to like about the iBook clamshell the design is definitely one of those love it or hated things but personally I like it as it still looks unique without being obviously dated if you want to upgrade it a bit you can even get a computer that's still usable today regardless though the iBook clamshell definitely remains one of my favorite Apple products ever if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up if you're interested in more videos like this definitely be sure to subscribe