Designed in California

iBook 500MHz CD-RW Retail (Dual USB)

May 1, 2001 — May 22, 2001

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Specifications

General

Price $1,599 at introduction
Order No. M7699LL/A
Introduced May 1, 2001
Retired May 22, 2001

Computer

Processor 500MHz PowerPC G3
Frontside Bus 66MHz 60x
Cache 256KB on-chip L2 cache
Memory 128MB PC66 SDRAM
Memory Slots One SO-DIMM slot
128MB on motherboard
Hard Drive 10GB 2.5" Ultra ATA/33 hard drive
Optical Drive Ultra-compact tray-loading CD-RW

Graphics and Sound

Graphics ATI Rage Mobility 128 with 8MB SDRAM on a 2x AGP bus
Monitor Ports Mini-VGA port
Mirroring only
TV In/Out Composite output (via headphone port and AV cable)
Audio In/Out No audio input
3.5mm audio output
Speakers Built-in stereo speakers
Microphone Built-in microphone

Connectivity

USB Two independent USB 1.1 ports
FireWire 400 One
Ethernet 10/100BASE-T ethernet port (with Auto-MDIX)
Modem 56K v.90 modem
AirPort AirPort ready

Display

Type 12.1-inch TFT LCD
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
Pixel density 106 dpi

Physical

Battery 42Wh battery
5 hour nominal life
Size (w x d x h) 11.2 x 9.1 x 1.35 inches
Weight 4.9 lb

Tags

ati cdrw drawer dualusb g3 ibook mac portable powerpc rage singlecore white

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