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
Puma (10.1) Screenshots
AppleUnion, a Chinese site, has pictures of the
upcoming Puma (OS X 10.1) release...
While most of the page is in Chinese, you can see
screen shots depicting new Dock options, and
Preferences control...
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No LCD iMacs Part II
This MacUser UK article reports another confirmation that no LCD iMacs will be available at MacWorld next week:
Sources confirmed new iMacs announced next week will remain in their current form factor, and there will be three new models, with G3 processors in the range of...
New iBook Rumors Again...
This MacMinute blurb reports an analyst expects a 14-inch iBook to be introduced at MacWorld Expo next week... consistent with this May CNet report which Apple...
ZDNet Speculation on MacWorld Expo
ZDNet speculates
with predictions about the upcoming MacWorld.
Overall, a rehash of what's been reported... the only
new piece of information is this:
From what I hear, Apple isn't even purchasing the
CRT displays that shaped the current all-in-one
systems.
Based on this, the author bets on LCD'd iMacs being...
New iMac model numbers
ThinkSecret
has a short blurb which reports that 4 new iMac model
numbers have appeared at Micro Center. Pricing
seems to be at $1029 and $1329. Few other details...
No LCD iMac?
According to MacMinute.com
, there will only be speed bumped iMacs at MacWorld
Expo, rather than a revamped flat screen iMac.
Speculation/rumors of an LCD iMac have persisted
almost since the iMac was first...
New G4 pic or Hoax?
Another image has popped up... seen on Go2Mac, this new image of the G4 is a clear "PR"-like shot. It can be
compared to Apple's current front-view of the G4.
The most notable difference in this new "spy" photo is
the addition of the Apple Logo.
Real or Photoshop'ed? Wait and see... (thanks to user
Classic and thinman for pointing this link...
Psion pulls out of the PDA market
Psion, it appears,
has pulled out of the PDA market:
The firm, battered by the global slowdown and rivals
such as Palm, Compaq and Microsoft, is to abandon
development or production of new personal digital
assistants (PDAs).
Perhaps of mostly historical significance (as one of the
initial handheld/PDAs), though this now leaves
PocketPC and Palm... which,...
New ID Games...
From Blues News, in a concise press release, id Software is planning to release/announce (?) new games at QuakeCon in August:
NEW GAMES FROM ID SOFTWARE.
QUAKECON 2001
AUG. 9 - 12 -- MESQUITE, TEXAS
A follow up press release localizes it to Aug 10th. As you must know, Carmack has always been a strong proponent of NeXTStep and subsequently Mac OS X. Presumably, ...
Apple I Owners Club
Tom Owad writes "The Apple I Owners Club
, founded in 1977 by Joe Torzewski, is back, along
with the most extensive reference to the Apple I in
existence. The site contains over 120 pages detailing
the Apple I computer. "
An impressive site. Ah, and it seems some things
never change:
Joseph Torzewski: Shortly after I purchased the
Apple 1 computer, Apple Computer...
New G4 Case Leaked?
MacOSX.org
claims to have spy pictures of the new G4 enclosure
due out next week at macworld. Real or not? Either
way, you should
click to see it before they get pulled...
UPDATE:
It appears
that the page reporting the "spy" photos and the
images of the new G4 have been...
iMac Supplies Dwindling
A CNET article points out:
Supplies of Apple Computer's iMacs are dwindling at resellers and distributors, a sign that changes could be in store for the company's venerable all-in-one computer.
and...
Changes may also be afoot for the PowerMac, Apple's professional line. All of the single-processor PowerMacs show a 10-day wait for shipment at Apple's online store. The...
G4e vs Pentium 4
Ars Technica has posted Part I of a technical comparison of the G4e and the
Pentium 4.
The article actually aims to describe the P4 and uses
the G4e as a comparison. A technical, and interesting
read... gives you some insight into the different
philosophies behind the design of the...
New TiBook Rumor...
As the Apple Turns predicts a TiBook revision as soon as Friday:
"...if you were just about to rush out and snap up a titanium PowerBook G4, you might want to wait until Friday..."
"...but in this particular instance, we think a two-day wait before placing an order for a PowerBook is at most a minor inconvenience, and the payoff could be...
iPicture
A trademark search reveals a relatively new registration from Apple... iPicture:
Internet-based services; on-line applications; storing, enhancing, distributing, editing, manipulating of data
...
Demise of the Clones
Royce Priem writes: My name is Royce Priem, executive producer of "Send in the Clones" (working title), a film documenting the rise and fall of the clone industry.
Initially we were going to focus simply on the the industry itself, Apple's direction, the quick starts of the clone companies, and their rather abrupt demise at the hands of Apple.
As I started asking questions,...
PDA Speculation
One analyst feels Apple should re-enter the PDA market it created:
Dorsey cites Handspring as the most attractive proposition for an alliance with Apple. Cheaper than Palm, its acquisition price of $1.3billion is a drop in the ocean compared to Palm's $3.7 billion, he claims.
Meanwhile kuro5hin speculates about a new "iPad" - which in various forms, has drummed up a lot of...
More New iBooks...
According to this CNet article and a loose-lipped Alpha Top spokesman:
Apple Computer plans to release a larger-screen version of its recently introduced iBook laptop in July, according to the Mac maker's Taiwan contractor.
The new iBook, which Alpha Top will build for Apple, will have a wider screen and come in a variety of colors instead of the white version introduced May 1,...
The Future is Here. OS X pre-installed
Apple today announced that it will begin pre-installing Mac OS X alongside Mac OS 9 on all new Macs shipping from its factories beginning today, two months ahead of schedule.
So... the future is here. OS X preinstalled on all new macs. Sure, most of us have used/played with OS X... but now OS X's marketshare will begin to grow... unfortunately, OS 9 is still the default os. (baby ...
17" LCD from Apple
Fullfiling previous rumors, Apple has introduced a 17" LCD Display - providing a family of LCD's to choose from. At, $999, it's still quite a bit up from standard...
