So I'm tearing apart my ibook G3 using the instructions on pbfixit.com (replacing the reed switch to fix the common flickering backlight problem on the LCD), and I managed to pry the connector for ...

Dated service document noting problem MacFixIt reader Peter Hilleard says he has found a document prepared by Apple's service officials in July 2001 indicating that there was prior knowledge of ...

As we reported yesterday, there has been a resurgence of reports indicating logic board failures for various iBook G4 models produced within the last two years -- similar to the failures that ...

An incremental update to the 12-inch iBook G4 line, this model offers a faster processor. When we reviewed the overhauled iBooks Apple introduced last fall (March 2004), we liked what we saw, with ...

iBooks, Quartz Extreme and G4 chips. By Dennis Sellers. Macworld JUN 16, 2002 5:00 pm PDT. ... “The iBook is designed from the ground up as a consumer and education system, ...

The top-end iBook now sports a 1.2-GHz G4 chip, a bright and easy-to-read 14-in. LCD screen and a 60GB hard drive, and it can be ordered with an AirPort card.

Much to my surprise, Microsoft’s new Virtual PC performs like a champ on a humble iBook. The machine is of recent vintage — a 1-Ghz, 12-inch iBook G4 — and is loaded with 1.25 Gbytes of RAM ...

At the time Apple discontinued the iBook, the computer was sold as the iBook G4. The model is named after its single-core PowerPC G4 processor, which has a clock speed of 1.33 GHz or 1.42 GHz.