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- July 21, 1999 — The iBook is unveiled running at 300MHz with a choice of Tangerine or Blueberry and integrated AirPort.
- February 16, 2000 — A new 366MHz iBook Special Edition is introduced in Graphite. All iBooks now ship with 6GB hard disks and 64MB of RAM.
- September 13, 2000 — iBooks get FireWire, video output and faster processors. The 366MHz model is Indigo and comes with a CD drive, the 466MHz is Graphite and has DVD. Both are available build-to-order in Key Lime.
- May 1, 2001 — The iBook gets a new compact white enclosure and a choice of CD, CD-RW, DVD or Combo drives. Each model has a 500MHz G3 and 1024x768 display. The Combo model is an Apple Store exclusive.
- May 22, 2001 — The iBook line up is reconfigured to make the Combo drive available retail and CD-RW available build-to-order only.
- October 16, 2001 — iBooks are bumped to 600MHz processors and 100MHz bus.
- January 7, 2002 — A 14-inch iBook is added to the line up, and the other models are reconfigured.
- May 14, 2002 — The iBook is bumped to 700MHz and gets an improved graphics chip.
- November 6, 2002 — The iBook gets G3 processors up to 800MHz and a 32MB graphics chip.
- April 22, 2003 — The iBook gets G3 processors up to 900MHz.
- October 22, 2003 — The iBook G4 is introduced. It featuring the same enclosure but with a slot-loading optical drive.
- April 19, 2004 — The iBook G4 gets processors up to 1.2GHz and a SuperDrive is available for for the first time.
- October 19, 2004 — The iBook gets faster processors up to 1.33GHz. AirPort Extreme cards are now included as standard.
- July 26, 2005 — The iBook G4 is updated to 1.33GHz or 1.42GHz processors. The two new models feature a Sudden Motion Sensor, two-finger scrolling and Bluetooth as standard.
- May 17, 2006 — Apple introduce the MacBook, a portable that replaces the iBook and 12-inch PowerBook G4.
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