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IBooks at the O'Reilly P2P Conference

by Tim O'Reilly
Nov. 8, 2001

The ibook was definitely the laptop of choice at the O'Reilly P2P Conference in Washington DC. I didn't do any scientific sampling, but the darn things seemed to be everywhere. Nice bright screen, airport card neatly inside the case instead of sticking out, reasonably light weight and small size, and the best of the GUI and UNIX worlds. What's not to like? I think I might like the ibook even more than the platinum powerbook, which is also pretty darn cool (and heavily in evidence as well). That these machines were so heavily in use by this gathering of alpha geeks may suggest good things for Apple and OS X.

Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. In addition to Foo Camps ("Friends of O'Reilly" Camps, which gave rise to the "un-conference" movement), O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the Gov 2.0 Summit, and the Gov 2.0 Expo. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar, "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim's long-term vision for his company is to change the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators. In addition to O'Reilly Media, Tim is a founder of Safari Books Online, a pioneering subscription service for accessing books online, and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, an early-stage venture firm.