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
UT 2003 Mac Release Date
In followup to the news of an in-house port of Unreal 2003, Inside Mac Games posted a followup Q&A with Epic Games which reports that Mac UT 2003 is aiming for Christmas 2002 release.
Q&A with Westlake Interactive provided reassurance that the Epic Games in-house port would not hinder development of future ports based on the UT 2003 engine.
Correction: Originally mistyped as ...
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SMS in .Mac?
Spymac reports that SMS may be a new feature coming to .Mac users.
Apple's implementation of SMS is centered around notification, not actual messaging. E-mail addresses can be flagged using .Mac's web mail, resulting in a notification on your cell phone each time a message is received from a flagged...
IBM G4s in 2003
MacEdition posts vague details and a report that IBM's 64-bit Power 4 Chip will make its way to the next generation of PowerMacs with a new Apple Processor Interconect bus.
While the new systems are reported to be in prototype form presently, are not expected for full production until later in...
Powerbook G4 - 3rd Week of Oct?
Kodawarisan posts some more information about upcoming PowerBook G4 upgrades (Excite Translation)
Most significantly -- the Superdrive is not expected to be an internal option, and no case changes are...
Official Apple Expo Keynote Stream
Apple posted the official Apple Expo keynote stream on their site.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered the opening Apple expo keynote address on Tuesday, September 10 from Palais des Congrs in Paris to more than 5,000 hyped-up Mac users.
See the video-on-demand presentation of his keynote address right here exclusively in QuickTime and...
Powerbook G4 1GHz/Superdrive
MacOS Rumors claims that updated Powerbooks up to 1GHz in speed with a Superdrive option is due in a matter of weeks.
This repeats previously unconfirmable reports of 1GHz PowerBooks due in October. (which may be the same sources)
Much attention falls on Powerbook updates with low supplies and educational discounts driving speculation. The Powerbook is Apple's oldest model with...
Keynote Streams
Apple Posted Phil Schiller's Seybold keynote as an MPEG-4 Stream.
Meanwhile, Mac-tv.de is providing the full Apple Expo Paris Keynote from Steve Jobs for a small bandwidth fee ($2.49). The full stream is 100 minutes and 300MB.
Addendum: "New Newton" is simple a stutter on the part of Schiller. If you don't believe it, he also mentions an entity called "Aud Audio" at...
QuarkXPress OS X Soon
CNet expected a Quark announcement at Seybold:
Many in the publishing industry expected Quark to announce a release date for an OS X-compatible version of its dominant QuarkXPress software at this week's Seybold trade show. A Quark representative confirmed that the company is working on such software but offered no target dates.
Quark officials told MacCentral this week that...
MacRumors Switch Contest Vote
The user created MacRumors Switch Video Contest Vote is underway:
Dukestreet writes: After much work, we now have a poll with all the Switch Ads for all the Mac Rumors Members to vote on. So get out and vote for the one you think is best and show your support for all the effort these truly talented group of individuals...
OS 9, G5's in 2003, and Apple Engineers
The announcements at Apple Expo Paris brought to light previously-rumored information about future motherboards not being allowed to boot Mac OS 9.
The first of this rumor, however, came from an unlikely source... a reader report of an discussion by an Apple engineer back in June:
the new models of motherboards do not support os 9, it is thus finished definitively on the next...
Future uses of Rendezvous
From the Apple Expo Press Release about Rendezvous, Philips CEO gives some examples of possible future devices:
"We both believe that consumers want devices throughout the home to talk to each other, so that, for example, the music stored in iTunes on your Mac can play through the Philips stereo system in your living room, or the photos stored in iPhoto can be displayed as a stunning...
Of iPhones and Apple Tablets
International Herald Tribune has an article with excerpts from an interview with Steve Jobs. Jobs is asked some questions about potential products:
Q: Will there be an iPhone?
Jobs: "One never knows. We don't usually discuss products we haven't announced."
Q: What do you think of the tablet PC?
Jobs: "We're not sure the tablet PC will be successful. It's...
InDesign Promotion
Apple began a new promotion: Design freely
Buy a Power Mac G4 between September 10 and December 31, 2002, and Adobe InDesign 2.0 is yours for the asking. For creative professionals who want an integrated suite of layout and publishing tools that runs on Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar and like the concept of saving up to $699 its the ultimate design...
Apple Expo Paris Keynote Video and Photos
Apple-Expo.tv posted movie clips of Steve Jobs during the Apple Expo Keynote speech this morning. Including:
Demo of iChat
OS X Only Announcement
Rendezvous Demo
- the Rendezvous enabled iTunes will not be available until the "first half of next year".
- Supporting Dual Boot systems (OS 9 and X) takes a lot of resources.
Key Quote from Steve Jobs: "And so...
iSync in Beta
According to Apple-Expo.tv, iSync is currently in Beta and is expected by the end of September.
iSync was announced at MacWorld NY and provides automatic syncronization between iCal, Cell Phones, PDAs, the iPod and the Mac OS X Address...
Mac OS X Only Macs as of Jan 2003
Apple annonunced that all new Mac models as of January 2003 will only boot into Mac OS X. Classic compatibility will remain.
Now its time for Apple and our third-party developers to focus all of our resources exclusively on Mac OS X, rather than dividing them between two different operating systems. -- Steve Jobs.
Apple's removal of OS 9 support has been rumored as far back as ...
Apple Expo Paris 2002 Coverage
The Apple Expo Paris Keynote starts at 10am (France Time). For the current time in France, visit here.
MacPlus is providing video updates at Apple-Expo.tv of Apple Expo 2002.
Cube-Zone also states that they will have coverage.
Update: iCal is here! ... Download iCal now.
As of Jan 2003 all new Mac models will boot only into Mac OS X. (The rumors were...
iSync, Quark, 10.2.1
A large iSync banner is pictured in one of Pre-Apple Expo photos...
eWeek had heard of a possible surprise Quark demo... which was vigorously denied by Quark's Communications Manager.
...and Seagate's Travan Drive Support Page lists support for Mac OS X 10.2.1 or greater. Mac OS X 10.2.1 has not yet been...
Unreal Tournament 2003 Port
Despite previous comments against an ongoing Mac port of Unreal Tournament 2003, Inside Mac Games confirms that a port is being done in house.
No other information is currently available.
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Apple Expo Paris 2002
99Mac posted pictures from setup of Apple Expo Paris 2002.
Apple Expo Paris 2002 starts on September 10th, 2002 and lasts until September 14th, 2002.
Last year's Apple Expo Paris was cancelled due to the Sept 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S.
No new hardware is expected during this expo, as reported by ThinkSecret and Spymac....
