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
MacRumors: Back Online
After an unfortunate incident on Friday, where MacRumors was hacked into... we're back online. Most unfortunate was that I was unable to address the issue until Sunday evening, as I was out of town.
The offending code has been removed, in fact, the entirety of SlashCode has been removed from this site (while retaining the same look, for now). Hopefully, no more...
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'Financial Analyst Meeting' with Steve Jobs
Financial Analyst Meeting streaming is now available online which is the source of the previous handheld and Flat Screen Mac comments by Jobs:
Steve Jobs speaks in the Q&A session at 2hrs 33mins into the meeting. Of the topics discussed, the most interesting were the ones mentioned before (imac and handheld) as well as......
Flat Screen iMac Coming (seriously)
In this article:
Chief Executive Steve Jobs, asked by analysts whether future iMacs would have the flat screens, declined to comment on products before they were announced but said, "We are absolutely headed in that direction as fast as economics would allow."
So, I guess keep an eye on the LCD prices... Another quote that I can't really tie to the surrounding text is a bit...
Handheld Market - no fun
MacNN quotes Steve Jobs regarding Apple
possibly entering the Handheld market.
"I'm not so sure that's the funnest place to be right
now." - due to how competetive that market is.
...
Mac OS 9.2
DJ Keegan
writes "I found this on an iMac model page and
thought i'd mention it. If you look at the chart and go to
"iMac (Summer 2001)" you'll see the Original OS says:
9.2:
take look here"
Indeed, it appears 9.2 was originally scheduled for
release with the Summer iMacs. Either Steve forgot to
mention it, or things got delayed. The big question is
when we'll see...
Apple's Design Team
The Wall Street Journal has a very timely article
about Apple's design team.
Apple's reliance on hit computers, analysts say, has
locked Messrs. Rubinstein and Ive into a cycle where
they constantly need to outdo themselves with
innovative machines.
Sound familiar? Two other promising quotes from the
article:
Now, even as other PC makers scale back,...
Tidbits...
Don't forget... Steve Jobs is supposedly appearing on Moneyline tonight... (6:30pm EST) however, the Moneyline site gives no hint of this.
...also a reader, Jeremy, points out that Apple's Mac OS X page's eightball sees more clearly now... "New Macs at Expo? Answer: Yes."
Regarding rumors/expectations/disappointment... there
will always be the promise of the "one more thing..."...
Keynote/Rumor Wrapup
Well, the biggest news is the speed-bump of the PowerMac G4. Overall, rumors regarding the G4 speed bumps were relatively accurate - and even exact specs posted 1-2 days ago on various message boards. Of course, it was impossible at that time to distiguish the real specs vs the fake ones. A consistent rumor though, was that 733mhz would become low end. This is pretty remarkable, as the 733mhz ...
MacWorld NY 2001 Keynote Speech
Steve Jobs Keynote Speech:
- Discusses the new Retail stores. 4 more in August. 25 by end of the year.
- Video of Retail Store
- Mac OS X. Over 1000 native OS X apps today. "10 on X" - 10 great apps running on OS X to be demoed today.
- 1) Microsoft Office demo by Kevin Browne. OS X only. redesigned for OS X. new look.
- 2) Adobe demo by Shantanu Narayen. "very excited...
Apple Store being Updated
Apple' s online
Store is being updated:
We'll be back soon.
We are busy updating the store for you and will be back
within the...
Get an Early Seat for the Show
Jeff writes
"if you go to Apple's website you can start watching the keynote right now 8 hrs early! "
Indeed, the streaming link is active and you can secure
your seat as early as you like... and watch a streamed
title image until the show begins. ...
New G4 Image has Surfaced
11 hours before the keynote, another G4 Tower image
has surfaced on the internet.
This one looks to be a photograph, which lends more
credence to it's authenticity... The image is... well --
interesting. But, you just have to judge yourself... :)
G4 Image
Click while you...
Q3 '01 Financial Results
Listen to Apple's Q3 '01 Financial
Results... via Quicktime streaming. No product
announcements, but we'll see how well Apple has
done this past quarter.
Details - $61 Million Profit
Of note, during the conference call - regarding new
products, one person stated to wait until tommorrow's...
Apple PDA hints?
Anonymous writes:
"Not sure how old this is, but check out this Job description at Apple:
Title: Software Engineer
Req. ID: 1675775
Location: Irvine, California
Country: United States
Become part of a small, dynamic, energetic team building information management software for handheld devices. Seeking software engineer with commersial experience in world-wide...
Software Tidbits...
To distract you from the continued countdown (1 day, 1
hr, 14 mins at the time of this posting) to the Expo
Keynote... here are a couple of things to keep you
busy...
Quake v1.0 has been ported to
OS X (software rendering only). You'll need the shareware PAK file to get it
working.
Also, here's a Config...
'Rumor Roundup' Roundup - Net iMac?
MacOS Rumors and ThinkSecret have posted their "Rumor Roundup's" for this MacWorld Expo. I won't bore you with the details - but the bottom line is that no one seems to have any new information. Both reports are basically rehashes of what is already known... with even a digging up of Apple Handheld rumors.
The only interesting piece brought together is this: MacOS Rumors hints at new...
Adobe at the Keynote
According to this article,
Adobe will be part of the keynote:
Bryan Lamkin, Adobe senior vice president for Web
publishing, said an Adobe executive will participate in
Jobs' keynote address, and several Adobe
representatives will attend. Lamkin said Adobe will
continue to fully participate in Macworld San Francisco,
a January show that he said is better attended by
Adobe...
Jobs to Speak... on CNN
Per MacNN, Steve Jobs will be on CNN's
MoneyLine at 6:30pm EST of a yet unspecified day
:)
The MoneyLine page doesn't seem to
mention it specifically yet. Perhaps we can get some
hints of announcements to come.
UPDATE: No Jobs... it
looks like it'll be later this week. ...
Final Predictions
With the Macworld Expo Keynote drawing nigh (only 2 days away, see the countdown above), and a mix a rumors floating around... it comes time for some fun...
Add your specific predictions to the comments of this
thread. Be as specific as possible... and we'll see who
turns out to be right. The winner will get 10 seconds of
fame before the next round of rumors roll in for the next...
New Flat Panel iMac Photo?
chenlaoshi writes "friend
works for apple asia and mailed me this link:
Flat Panel iMac"
If that's not real, it's a nice iMac concept. It also correlates to the following
submission by Aj:
Aj writes "I
was told by a techie that Apple will be doing a change
with the iMac screen, but it won't be LCD. It will be
some form of flat screen (like the recent EOL...
