Arnold Kim
Arnold is the Editorial Director of MacRumors and founded the site in February, 2000.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold was also a practicing physician but gave it up in 2008 to focus on this website. He has been writing about Apple for over 20 years, and has been profiled by the New York Times, and interviewed by various news publications about his knowledge of Apple.
He continues to run MacRumors, and provides editorial oversight as well as business direction.
Arnold Kim's Articles
Futureshop and Apple
FutureShop.ca -- a Canadian subsidiary of Best Buy -- has recently launched an Apple section on their website -- suggesting that previous rumors of increased Apple participation were at least partially correct.
The Apple section carries the eMac, iMac, and iBook lines along with various Apple accessories.
Recent rumors have suggested that Apple's presense will also be increasing in...
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15% off Dell LCD's (til 7/2/03)
Dell is offering 15% off select LCD's until July 2, 2003
Dell 15-inch Flat Panel LCD - $279.65 (was $329.00)
Dell Ultrasharp 15-inch LCD - $322.15 (was $379.00)
Dell Ultrasharp 2000FP 20-inch LCD - $934.15 (was $1099.00)
Dell Ultrasharp 19-inch LCD - $636.65 (was $749.00)
Dell? Yes... people seem to like their Ultrasharp monitors... and if you wanted to pick up a...
You Save. They Rave. ($99 Rebate)
Apple's You Save. They Rave. rebate offers $99 back with purchase of a Mac and an HP Printer.
Offer is only available at participating stores and lasts until September 27,...
Xserve G5 Updates?
MacBidouille posts some unconfirmed (new source) rumors regarding Xserve updates.
They claim the Xserve will be upgraded to the G5 around September, and maintain that the PowerBook G5's will not be available before 2004 due to heat issues. Further notes claim that the Power5 is due in December, with PPC 980 chips arriving in 2004.
MacRumors readers have speculated about an Xserve ...
iMic for iChat
Griffin Technology's iMic provides Mac users without audio in capabilties, the ability to plug in a microphone or other audio in source into their Macs.
With iChat AV, there's one more reason to need such a device -- the iMic, along with a headset/mic combo, lets you talk to others in a more familiar headset mode, rather than in speakerphone mode by using your built in speakers.
The...
IBM's PowerPC 750GX
IBM's June 2003 Processor News article discusses the PowerPC 750GX in detail.
The PowerPC 750GX processor is sampling in July 2003 with production targetted in December 2003.
Manufactured in IBMs advanced 0.13-micron copper process with Silicon-on-Insulator technology, the 750GX will be offered at frequencies up to 1.1 GHz. The 750GX expands the capabilities of the IBM PowerPC 7xx...
MultiChannel AAC in Quicktime
Afterdark.com references a 3ivx.com thread as well as their own sources, indicating that the next version of Quicktime (6.4d37 bundled with Panther) includes support for 5.0 and 5.1 encoded multi-channel AAC files.
Screenshot in 3ivx.com thread.
These features were detailed in Apple's Quicktime State of the Union....
Fuel Cell Laptops - Here?
FoxNews reports that NEC has revealed a prototype fuel-cell based Laptop computer that will go on sale next year -- with big plans in the near future
NEC initially plans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40...
PowerMac G5 Benchmarks (again)
For those still following the G5 Benchmark discussions... Luxology posted some details surrounding their demo and their belief that this represented an accurate methodology in comparing systems:
The demo set up itself was designed to require a large number of computes and to push a large amount of data in and out of the chip to show both processor speed and bandwidth. ...
Best Buy to Carry...
Early reports indicate that BestBuy will carry (almost) a full line of hardware, including 17" LCD, 12" PowerBook, 15" PowerBook, 17" iMac, 15" iMac, eMac, 12" iBook, PowerMac G4 1.25. Notably absent are the high end configurations of the 17" PowerBook and G5 PowerMacs.
Obviously, stock/inventories may change by launch day.
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Apple Tablet Rumblings (again)...
Several readers have noted that Gizmodo.com has posted a small rumor from TaiwanHighTech.com:
Apple has contracted Quanta to make its 15-inch tablet PC. This is larger than most tablet PCs.
While Gizmodo's story is dated today (June 30, 2003), it's unclear when TaiwanHighTech's story was posted. The story is similar to an old (April, 2003) rumor originally reported by a Chinese...
iSight and Microphone Patent
In March 2003 a couple of new patent applications were published from Apple. The most descriptive patent filed in July 2002 described a method for to filtering out background noise from two independent microphones -- allowing for improved Speech recognition by eliminating extraneous background noise. This spawned speculation of renewed speech efforts by Apple as well as assistive devices built...
Best Buy and Apple - Together Again?
As first reported by ThinkSecret, Apple and Best Buy are in talks to bring Apple's products back into the national retailer.
Earlier this month, insiders confirmed that the two companies are still considering a plan where Best Buy would sell Apple products, and Apple would staff the stores with its own employees to help boost sales.
A recent report indicates that the Apple's...
PowerMac G5 and Sales Tax
A reminder that Apple's online store automatically charges local sales tax on your purchases -- which on a $3000 PowerMac can add up.
The following MailOrder vendors only charge sales tax in states in which they hold a presense:
MacWarehouse: CT, NJ, OH and TN
MacMall: CA, TN, WI
ClubMac: CA, TN, WI
These vendors are also offering "Free" Printers and other discounts...
Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal Tournament 2003 is now shipping for Mac.
Unreal Tournament 2003 uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and gameplay are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 is a lightning-fast, no-holds-barred sport of the future, where warriors face off like the Gladiators...
Xcode Screenshots
This FunMac thread contains screenshots and some discussion regarding Apple's Xcode software which was also released at WWDC.
Xcode provides developers with a faster development environment, and the final release is targetted with...
MacRumors Folding @ Home - Moving Up In the Ranks
In the midst of the significance of WWDC Announcements of Apple's new PowerMac G5, MacRumor's members achieved their own milestone last week...
MacRumors' Folding Team surpassed Team Mac OS X, bringing MacRumors' team to the 28th position overall in the Folding team stats. Of more interest, this now makes MacRumors' team the #1 Mac-Folding team.
Congrats to everyone involved...
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$10 off $100 at TechDepot(OfficeDepot)
TechDepot/Office Depot has a special coupon valid until June 30, 2003 which gives you $10 off when you spend $100 or more.
$10 off any $100 purchase at Tech Depot....
Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse Support in Panther?
Rumors and speculation of an Apple Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard has been a popular topic of conversation ever since Apple's inclusion of Bluetooth support.
It appears Apple has built or is starting to build Bluetooth keyboard/mouse support into Panther. The following options are included in a special "Bluetooth" tab in the Keyboard/Mouse control panel:
- Show Bluetooth Status...
Upgrade Potential of the PowerMac G5?
In perhaps what should be taken in the strictest definition of a rumor, one Xlr8yourmac.com post indicates that one Apple engineer suggested that the PowerMac G5's may be difficult to upgrade (Processors) due to the cooling/venting requirements:
One thing he said is that it will be extremely difficult to upgrade the chips in this machine. Each computer is uniquely paired with its...
