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
Mac OS X
MacUser UK has an article on the upcoming Mac OS X Beta:
Apple is planning a low-key roll out of Mac OS X beta, continuing fears about negative reaction from users pushing back the roll out of its next generation operating system to late September. The final version is now not likely to debut until March 2001.
From a MacWorld UK article
"Experienced Apple-watchers say...
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Steve Jobs Campaigns Against a Book
Eric Blair writes "
The New York Times is reported that Steve Jobs is actively campaigning against a new biography that doesn't seem to be too flattering. He's been calling the publisher. Hmm. Or is this just an elaborate way for Jobs to encourage people to buy the book?
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/08/biztech/articles/14media-talk.html "
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G5's to replace G4's? IBM over Motorola?
Clara writes "http://lowendmac.com/rumormill/2k0817.html
If you haven't seen slashdot's blurb, there's a rumor on LowEndMac that by January 2001, we'll have G5's instead of G4's. This would use IBM's not-AltiVec solution...
"the G5 will include a 1 MB cache running at full CPU speed, which will range from 700 MHz to 1 GHz upon the chip's release"
Sounds good, if it's true. "...
Hall of Fame - Apple's own
MacCentral notes
The CMA has received over 14,000 votes on its Web site since the public was invited in June to help choose the next five inductees into its Computer Hall of Fame. Currently, Apple CEO (and company co-founder) Steve Jobs is tied for the lead with Doug Engelbart, the inventor of the first computer mouse in 1963. Steve Wozniak (known to many simply as "Woz"), Apple's other...
Leaks squashed... as always
ZDNetNews reports this about an upcoming Jobs biography:
I was so looking forward to Vanity Fair's excerpt of the upcoming Steve Jobs biography (unauthorized, of course). Now it looks as if we're going to have to wait until the book's official publication, thanks to an abrupt cancellation that the author, Alan Deutschman, believes was orchestrated by Apple's Supremo Leader. Paranoia?...
NASP - Aluminum Shells for Newton
NASP is the Newton Aluminum Shell Project for the Newton.
Inspired by the sleek shell replacements for the Palm by DaveDesign. Their thoughts:
"In quantities of 10 or more, I would guess around
$500 each. For that price though, you would have a completely unique piece of industrial art."
A bit costly, but for those diehard newton fans......
Next Mac OS 9.x announced...?
yandfeng writes "Mac OS 9.1 or 9.5? According to Macwelt Germany magazine, it's coming out. Steve Jobs, our leader, promised at the Expo, that there were to be a new MAC OS coming out every six months. Anyway, here's the full scoop (don't worry, it's in English): http://www.macwelt.com/detail.lasso?-token.id=165 "...
Apple and Palm?
At The Register...
Meanwhile, the potential Apple connection comes
through Calvin/M100's facility to interpret "to write in your
own handwriting and have the Palm translate
it".
... also in the article ...
Instead Palm and Apple entered into a technology
agreement, that's believed to centre on bringing
Newton features to the Palm platform.
Sounds like a...
Apple and Nintendo?
Tony DeRuiter writes: "The release of this new G4 is causing quite a stir in the video game community believe it or not. And not PC gaming, but console gaming. You see, Nintendo's next generation game console, has been rumored to be under the name of Star Cube, and in a cubic shape. Not only that, but seeing as how this Star Cube uses a CPU of the PowerPC architecture, and the fact that many ...
Apple Products in Circuit City
macostech writes "http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2000/jul/18circuitcity.html
In addition to the quarterly financials, Apple has announced that it will be selling it's consumer-line products, including AirPort, in Circuit City stores throughout the U.S.
Good Luck to Apple and Circuit City. Let's hope this goes better than Best Buy did! "...
Newton Technology Reborn?
MacEdition has updated with their MacTheKnife-like report which reveals the following:
"Dubbed Rosetta Stone (apparently in homage to the Blade's former nom de drag queen), the software -- currently in development for Mac OS X -- is aimed at resurrecting the mummified remains of the handwriting-recognition technology behind Apple's long-dead Newton PDA and putting it to work on...
New Mac Products?
One MacRumors reader (Fergal) writes in and claims the following:
"Hi,
i know this could be old stuff at this stage but it looks like Jobs is only gonna show the new speedbumped iMac's and G4's for the MacWorld Expo. Although I heard from Apple sources that their will also be a couple of new Monitors to be shown.
As regards the new G4 cube, it's about just over a quater of the size...
More Cube madness
AppleInsider continues with more stories on the Apple "Cube" rumors... which were first heard on MacOS Rumors
According to sources, the cube is not a revolutionary advancement in Apple computers; in fact, it is rumored to be made completely from off the shelf components. Overall, MacBench scores for processor, hard drive and graphics are said to be almost identical to the iMac DV...
MacWorld Coming...
MacWorld Expo is upon us...
Next week is a big one for Apple Computer, with quarterly earnings set to be announced Tuesday and CEO Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote on Wednesday.
This CNet article gives a good overview of what's been going on and what's up in the air..
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Ambrosia Eats Live Bugs at MacWorld!
Andrew Welch writes "Yes, that's right -- the day of reckoning has come, we'll actually be eating bugs at the MacWorld expo, as per our pledge last August! Read the article for the juicy (ick!) details:
3dfx Interactive, maker of high-end 3D video cards, has teamed up with Ambrosia Software, Inc. to host the public spectacle in their...
Site News: Set Top Box Winner
The result of our first giveaway are in...
The MacRumors registration Set Top Box Contest winner is Scott Peters of Ohio. Congrats Scott!
We will be having future giveaways as well...
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Expo Announcements
MacMike writes "Apple will announce at least one new iMac and 2 new G4's at Expo. All will carry new Graphics Cards inside, among other improvements. "...
MacTheKnife R.I.P.
Official word that MactheKnife is, in fact, no more...
So we've decided to make official what has been apparent for some time: we have retired Mac the Knife. We have also discontinued the Mac the Knife message boards, which are now redundant because readers can post comments directly on news stories....
AppleInsider's Mouse?
MacMike writes "If you thought ZDNet's "new" Apple mouse was ugly, wait til you get a load of the AppleInsider one
This will be a nice test of whether or not AppleInsider really knows what it's talking about. Personally, I think it's part of another sting operation by Apple. "
Do they expect you to paw your...
