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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple’s revamped iBook is an amazing little computer. In fact, For a roving reporter like myself, it may actually be a better choice than the Titanium PowerBook. Overall, the new iBook offers solid ...

Apple Computer last week pulled a long-awaited polycarbonate rabbit from its design hat. The technical specifications of the second-generation iBook are pretty much what you’d expect from a revision ...

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, ...

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 ...

Everything I liked about the second-generation iBook in my previous hands-on review is still here in the latest revamping — and a mighty fine consumer portable has gotten even better. The iBook, ...