[P1] Clamshells, icebooks, etc...

[Donald Keenan]

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 10:25 PM, KathyMac! wrote:
> I bought mine on eBay as well. As I said before, I paid a lot more for 
> the
> color - $1100. But I was lucky because the woman I bought it from kept 
> it
> pristine. It came packed in the original Apple box, all manuals in the
> cellophane wrapping, all cords with the original twistie ties! It had an
> airport card pre-installed and the piece that was taken out was in the 
> box.
> The ram had been maxed out and she gave me a brand new Kensington bag 
> with
> the tags still on it! I swear it all came like it was factory packed.
>
>

I nearly creied when I lost an auction like yours on ebay for a Key Lime 
iBook. It also had a complete airport system and iSub set up! I was 
HEARTBROKEN for the first time over an auction. I know that this is a 
little pathological :)
The worst part...it had a custom 30GB HD!!!!
I don't want this flashback :(




>> I've walked by folks with the iceBook and was struck by the halo-like
>> beauty of them. I originally thought of them as bland. There IS a 
>> beauty
>> in their simplicity and they are so much more beautiful than the Compaq
>> whities.
>> D
>
> Anything is more beautiful than Compaq! Yes, I suppose the iceBooks have
> their own beauty and fan clubs. They seemed so cheap and plastic 
> looking to
> me when I first saw them but I haven't really looked at them close in a 
> long
> time.
>
>

I found the whole Titanium/ice generation of portables bland and too 
industrial when they first came out. But check out those iceBooks in 
action in a room and you'll be impressed by their elegance.
Don't get me wrong, I'm praying that the patent Apple took out for 
color-changing plastic means that we'll be getting back to some 
colorful, playful design!
Anyway, we key Lime owners definitely have a piece of history.
Donald