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
No New iMacs yet...
MacOS Rumors previously speculated about a speed bumped iMac this month.
This month is almost gone, and they are now reporting that nothing looks likely until at least WWDC. ...
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Woz approves... Giant Tetris
Brown students from the Techhouse dorm created a huge playable tetris on the side of their science library.
While this is old news, apparently Woz made a special trip to Providence from California to see the installation.
"His friends said Wozniak was 'stupid' for traveling to watch the large video game display.
'I'm not stupid. I'm just crazy,' Wozniak said. He said he's looking ...
ATI's new Card
MacMike writes "MacNN is third in line to break the story (http://www.macnn.com/features/atiradeon.shtml), after Reuters (http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000419/tc/tech_ati_1.html) and MacWEEK (http://macweek.zdnet.com/2000/04/23/0424atichip.html), of ATI's latest graphics ship but has the most correct details. The new chip, is called the Radeon 256 (who comes up with these lame names?).
But ...
After 3 years, EMR Infinity is finally released
Bill Catambay sent us a press release: "The Marathon Map Makers Guild announces the release of Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge for Infinity!"
So, dust off that copy of Marathon, and have fun...
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Quicktime growth
MacNN has a humerous post this morning. Apparently Quicktime was the 3rd fastest growing Internet Media Player behind MS's Media Player and Real Networks.... can you name a 4th? :)
I guess there's nothing wrong with a positive...
Microsoft Breakup?
Microsoft may infact be facing a possible breakup by the Department of Justice.
Per this CNet Article, "Defiant" comments by Microsoft's CEO has pushed the DOJ to this more drastic...
Apple's Jon Rubinstein
MacNN posted this link from the February 2000 Issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. It's an article about Jon Rubinstein, Apple's head of hardware engineering.
Not a typical interview, this profile follows Rubinstein's career from college up to being recruited by Jobs for NeXT and then Apple. A great article.
"For Rubinstein, Apple's appeal was simple: it was the last company doing...
Extending Your AirPort Range
Earlier this month, a Macintouch reader reported about his experiences trying to extend his Airport's range.
He tested a variety of antenna configurations with success. The most impressive test came when he used 2 directional antennas at a distance of 14 km. He had to be in the line of the site - but still a fun...
New iMac Clone - more litigation?
An australian company just introduced their Fish PC - a translucent fish-shaped computer.
Surprisingly, an Apple spokesperson did comment on the new machine... but hasn't decided yet what they'll do.
It's a pretty unattractive machine. :) But does come in our favorite 5...
Quake 3 Mission Pack Coming
Not to be outdone by the upcoming Unreal Inoxx Pack, id is releasing a Quake 3 Mission Pack, which adds 3 new game types, team powerups and new weapens - including proximity mines and shotgun type Nail Gun.
More details at Inside Mac Games.
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Prototypes, Hacks and Custom Macs
Apple Fritter
is a cool Mac site which features pictures of various
Mac hacks, prototypes and more.
There are some cool custom hacks, including a purple and blue G4 and Silver G3 Powerbook...
Ebay Watch: iMac Clock?
Here's a curious auction on eBay.
An iMac Blueberry Timex Clock.
The seller claims Timex never got approval from Apple to produce this product. Proceed at your own risk. The picture looks real.... now if it have a Mac startup chime as the alarm......
New Office?
MacNN and Macintouch reports that Microsoft let the cat out the bag this morning by posting details of a yet to be released update to the Mac version of Microsoft Office.
Of interest, both PIM (addressbook, calender, to dos) and email functionality appear to be coming to Office. We may hear more next...
Quake 3 and UT Tournaments in NY
MacLedge reported early today, that the Rochester Institue of Technology and the Mac User Group at RIT is holding a gaming tournament on May 6.
Apple supplied computers will be used for the...
Palm and Pocket PC
Microsoft released it's rebranded handheld platform as Pocket PC.
Apparently, Palm doesn't see it as a threat... Palm may have a good point. The Pocket PC market is perhaps aimed at those looking at higher end handheld devices. The new devices, complete with MP3 players, and full web browsers, certainly fill a gap.
Part of Palm's appeal has always been it's focus and simplicity....
Macster Preview 4
Macster Preview 4 has been released:
"Not only is it a new release, it's a new Macster! We have rewritten this app from the ground up. It has some impressive new features and a whole new look. "
You can download it here.
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Apple's Shareholder Meeting
MacWeek reports on Apple's shareholder meeting with some interesting notes:
Jobs was asked about tension between Apple/IBM/Motorola. "Jobs said the only real tension arose last year when Motorola couldn't supply sufficient quantities of G4 chips. Since then, he said, 'We've been in a strong dialog with Motorola.'"
Jobs stated there will be some big news about WebObjects at WWDC...
Altivec Support for VPC?
Largo writes "Hey Mac gamers, Sick of the so called kick butt performance of games with a voodoo 2 running in Virtual PC?
Well a friend of mine who works at Connectix says they've been working on [altivec support] for quite some time now, in fact he says apple and Connectix have had close communication and have been working on an attack on the PC Gamers market for quit some time also,(we've all...
Ghz Mac Followup
MacAddict has an article which sheds some light on the 1 Ghz PPC that one of our readers was asking about.
This article points to the International Solid State Circuits Conference... where IBM is reporting that they will begin selling a GHz PPC in the second half of this...
Apple's Profits up
Apple announced their first quarter results today, with good news all around.
Apple earned $160 million... up 47% from last year at this time. Another nice stat was that 28% of iMac sales were from new-time computer buyers, and 17% from Intel...
