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
13inch iBook?
Kodawarisan posted some information about an iBook update.
The translation is not perfect but suggests a 13" (1024x768) iBook made of iMac-like materials by late this...
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Security Update 9-20-02
Apple has another update in Software Update:
Security Update 2002-09-20 includes the following updated components which provide increased security to prevent unauthorized access to applications, servers, and the operating system.
Only Terminal is listed as being updated. Direct download is also...
MacRumors.com 'Switch Video Contest' Winners
Inspired by Apple's own Switch Ads, MacRumors users competed in a contest to make their own "Switch" ads to be judged by other members of the MacRumors community. The results are in:
1st Place
And the winner of the First Ever MacRumors Switch Ad Contest is Teabgs, who received almost 20% of the votes with his Monkey Switch Ad. Monkey Switch Ad was recently featured on TechTV...
Larry Ellison steps down from Apple Board
Larry Ellison (CEO of Oracle) has stepped down from Apple's Board of Directors.
"I will continue to offer my advice to (Apple CEO) Steve (Jobs) and the executive management team at Apple, but my schedule does not currently allow me to attend enough of the formal board meetings to warrant a role as a director,"
Ellison had been a long time proponent of the net-appliances...
September 18, 2002: MacRumors.com PowerBook Rumor Summary
The PowerBook line has received a lot of attention from a rumors/speculation standpoint during the past few months, primarily due to the fact that it is the oldest product in Apple's current product line... with an introduction date of April 2002.
April 29, 2002 brought us a top end Powerbook at 800MHz, pushing down the previous top-end configuration of 667 to become the low-end model....
New Palms in October
According to Palm's CEO, Palm will be releasing three new Palm devices in October:
In a bid to expand its consumer base, Palm will begin selling a new $100 consumer model through a wider range of retail outlets, Bradley said in an interview with ZDNet UK. The company will also release two new high-end models--one based on the ARM architecture and Bluetooth connectivity and another using...
Apple, IBM and 64-Bit CPU
eWeek has further reports of an Apple-IBM partnership for upcoming PowerPC processors (called GPUL -- GigaProcessor Ultralite)
Some observers say GPUL -- which shares technology with IBM's server-focused Power4 chip -- will double Mac performace. However, they caution that the chip probably won't reach Apple's consumer systems for more than a year at the earliest
The article...
Stuffit Deluxe 7? (released)
Aladdin Systems is rumored to released Stuffit Deluxe 7.0 for the Macintosh very soon.
Stuffit Deluxe is currently at version 7.5 for Windows, and 6.5 for the Macintosh. The new versions is reported to improve compression up to 30%.
Update: Stuffit 7.0 released
The new StuffIt X(TM) (pronounced "ex"), file format integrates compression with security and safety options to...
Mac OS X 10.2.1
Now in your Mac OS X Software Update:
The 10.2.1 Update delivers enhancements and improvements to the following applications, technologies and components: Mail, Image Capture, Help Viewer, graphics, printing, networking, Rendezvous, Kerberos, USB, FireWire, SCSI device compatibility and includes additional Digital Hub peripheral device support.
For detailed information on this...
iTunes 3.0.1
iTunes 3.0.1 is now in your software update control panel:
iTunes 3.0.1 includes a number of performance enhancements to iTunes 3.0, and provides improved support for Mac OS X version 10.2....
Apple vs. Linux
MacMinute.com reports that Apple will be showcasing Mac OS X at Linux Expo UK 2002 which is held in London from October 9th to 10th.
Previous O'Reilly articles put forward the opinion that Linux/Unix users are adopting Mac OS X in droves. It seems Apple is taking this potential market seriously.
Link submitted by...
Mac OS X 10.3 in 2003
eWeek rehashes the prematurely posted Mac OS 10.2.1 articles on Apple's Support site, but also mentions that that Panther is due next year:
Sources have told eWEEK that the next major upgrade to Mac OS X, code-named Panther, is slated to ship in 2003.
Apple's updates have been steady with Mac OS X 10.0 in March 2001, 10.1 in September, 2001, and 10.2 in Aug,...
So Long Internet Explorer?
Spymac claims that Apple may break free from Internet Explorer at MacWorld San Francisco.
Rumors over the past year have pointed to Apple attempting to gain some further independence of Microsoft... with Sun-Apple StarOffice rumors, updated AppleWorks rumors, iCal, and updated Mail clients.
Apple's browser support has remained with Internet Explorer...
Apple :k: Mystery
If you visit Apple's MPEG4 information page, let your eyes drift to the bottom of the page... which houses a small hyperlink with the following characters :k: (screenshot) and a link to http://uncaptheride.com/babble.html which contains white text on white background:
Je sais que vous avez un endroit spcial dans votre coeur pour beemers.
Vous devez voir mon noir 1974 2002 coupe....
ATI All in Wonder - Mac DVR
ThinkSecret reports that ATI is working on a Mac version of their All-In-Wonder video card.
Amongst other features, ATI's All-In-Wonder provides DVR (Digital Video Recorder) functionality which was popularized by ReplayTV and Tivo. ATI would not be the first to the Mac market... El Gato Software released their Eye TV Recorder for the Mac a few months ago....
1.25 GHz PowerMacs Shipping
The 1.25 GHz PowerMacs appear to be shipping. Both ClubMac and MacMall mail order houses are reporting that PowerMac G4 1.25GHz machines are finally shipping this week.
Apple's own online store, however, still reports a 2-3 week ship time.
...
100,000 .Mac Subscribers
Apple announced that over 100,000 Mac users have subscribed to their .Mac service with over 1000 new subscribers daily.
"We're thrilled to have more than 100,000 .Mac subscribers so quickly,"
said Sina Tamaddon, Apple's senior vice president of Applications. "We're
getting over ...
10.2.1 This Week
CNet (amongst other sites) describes the upcoming 10.2.1 update, and confirms that the update will arrive this week:
Apple would not comment on the retracted support pages or imminent release of the 10.2.1 update. But sources familiar with the company's product strategy said the update would be available this week.
The features described in the pulled document can be found in this thr...
About the Mac OS X 10.2.1 Update
This Applecare Knowledge Base article details the new features of Mac OS 10.2.1... which hasn't yet been released.
Disc Burning Enhancements
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
Networking and Mail Enhancements
Printing Enhancements
Other Enhancements
The document provides details as to what the specific improvements are in each category.
...
OS 9 Team Reorganized
eWeek reports that the Mac OS 9 team is being reorganized:
the Mac OS 9 engineering team (as well as the team responsible for international OS versions and text rendering) will move under Platform Technologies
Other members are apparently being moved onto the Marklar project (OS X-on-x86), per...
