If anyone ever asks you to explain what the saying "less is more" is all about, Apple Computer's new iBook makes a great illustration. The new model has only half the mass of the original iBook design ...

On May 16, 2006, the seven-year production run of the iBook line of laptop computers was coming to an end. Taking its place was the MacBook, which signaled the transition of manufacturer Apple to a ...

Last week, I detailed my first impressions of the new iBook, which at 4.9 pounds is the lightest of Apple’s current laptop Macs. I finished that column on a bus while jostling to the airport and I ...

COMMENTARY--If you equate Microsoft with all things evil, here's something you can do to help settle the score: Buy the new Apple iBook. This is probably the single best move you can make to keep a ...

July 21, 1999: The iBook, Apple’s colorful clamshell laptop that’s a hybrid of the iMac and the PowerBook, arrives and launches a Wi-Fi revolution. Apple’s new AirPort networking card is the key ...

COMMENTARY--I have long lamented the passing of the PowerBook 2400, Apple's first sub-notebook, and a machine which has had a remarkably loyal following over the years. Like me, many people I know ...

July 26, 2005: Apple debuts the opaque white iBook G4, the last of its laptops to launch under the iBook name. The portable computer adds Apple’s scrolling trackpad for the first time. It also ...

Sunday marked an important anniversary for both Apple and for the wider world: it saw the launch of Wi-Fi as a commercial product, in the iBook. When Steve Jobs returned to the company, he famously ...

Upon returning to Apple in the late 1990s, Steve Jobs came up with a 2×2 product grid in an effort to simplify Apple's then-bloated lineup of computers. The grid was split into four quadrants, ...

Now that Apple has released a 14-inch iBook, some folks are predicting the big screen consumer portable will encroach on sales of Apple’s high-end PowerBook line. To help determine which portable is ...