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
Apple Pro Runtime 1.5.1
Apple updated some of their Pro applications on Friday with Pro App Runtime 1.5.1. The update is available in Software Update for those with these applications installed
This update provides improvements for Apple's professional applications, and is strongly recommended for all users of Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools, Compressor, LiveType, Soundtrack, and DVD Studio Pro. This update ...
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Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D23
Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D23 has been seeded to developers as of Frday.
Key enhancements are similar to previous seeds, and MacNews.net.tc expects it to be released to the public on Monday.
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PowerMac and Xserve Revisions at MWSF 2004?
Appleinsider reports that they now have corroborating information that Apple will be updating their PowerMac line at MacWorld San Francisco 2004.
The best information available to the rumor site indicates that the new models will come in at 2.0Ghz, 2.2GHz and 2.4GHz configurations. Previous notes, however, had indicated that IBM was producing chips as fast as 2.6GHz at this time. Other...
AOL to Introduce Video Chat
AOL is readying the next version of client software with improvements to their instant messaging software. AOL was previously prohibited from developing such services due to a prior FCC ban.
The new version will incorporate Video Conferencing for the first time. The software is currently in beta testing and will be released in early 2004 and will be available to both AOL and AIM users.
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Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers on iTMS
Both Green Day and (some) Red Hot Chili Peppers have appeared on Apple's iTunes Music Store.
While we don't normally report on band appearances on iTunes, both of these bands were previously reported as bands that were unwilling to agree to Apple's iTunes Music Store terms.
Specifically there were concerns about allowing the sale of individual songs off of albums -- rather then the...
Apple Hiring Oracle Sales People?
Infoworld reports that Apple is "hiring away Oracle sales people to help them target enterprise accounts".
Apple has recently been trying to step up their Enterprise sales with the formation of an Enterprise sales group and enterprise purchasing programs....
IBM's 750VX Finalized?
AppleInsider claims that IBM's 750VX ("Mojave") has been finalized but won't see introduction until Q3 2004.
The new chip will reportedly support a 400Mhz DDR front side bus and Altivec.
Older rumors about the chip offered a similar description ("Altivec-enabled G3"). No information of a 750VX chip has yet been released from IBM.
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'Looking Glass' 3d Desktop from Sun
This page from Sun Microsystems offers a technology demonstration of 'Looking Glass' which is a 3D Desktop Environment written in Java.
The Demo Video (Real Media) shows the potential of a three dimensional desktop environment.
The environment offers some compositing effects presently available in Apple's implementation of Quartz, but offers some unique features and...
MDD G5 Upgrades?
Appleinsider reports that PowerLogix is working on G5 upgrades for MDD (Mirror Drive Door) PowerMac...
Apple Remote Desktop Client Update
ThinkSecret reports that Apple's Remote Desktop Client software will see a minor update...
Toshiba to Introduce 1-inch Drives
ZDNet reports that Toshiba is due to unveil a less than 1-inch hard drive next month at the Consumer Electronics Show.
While no capacities are yet known for the upcoming drives, for reference, Hitachi currently manufactures 1-inch hard drives that hold from 1GB to 4GB of data. Competition in the mini-harddrive market continues to increase as more players are introducing comparable form...
New iMacs in Early 2004? Tablet on Hold?
DigiTimes posts a news report claiming that an upcoming iMac revision will incorporate a Magnesium-Alloy case (chassis?)-- as opposed to a Stainless Steel and Zinc Alloy case that the current LCD iMac uses. This mostly appears to be a cost-cutting move, along with increased use of plastic parts. Whether this will cause a cosmetic change in the iMac's case is unclear based on the article. ...
Formac Still Around?
Some Macintouch readers seem to have had trouble contacting anyone at Formac... raising questions about the company's continued existance.
Update: Formac restructuring....
Cheaper iPods at MWSF 2004?
AppleTurns posted an interesting tidbit today...
The traditionally satirical site reports that they have a "strong feeling that a modestly-featured and modestly-priced new entry-level iPod is indeed in the offing", and seem to think that MacWorld Expo may be the launching point for the new iPod.
Steve Jobs has previously stated that they are constantly trying to lower the cost of iPod ...
Apple Has Seeded Mac OS X 10.3.2 (7D20)
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.3.2 Build 7D20. 7D18 was just seeded on December...
iApp Updates Coming: iMovie, iTunes, iPhoto and New App?
Reliable sources report that Mac users will be seeing iApp updates in the near future, possibly as early as MacWorld Expo in January 2004.
As rumored, iMovie 3.5 is in the works, but will not bring major new features to the consumer DV application. Minor improvements and interface tweaks are instead expected.
Apple last updated iTunes to version 4.1 alongside the introduction of the...
Apple to Acquire Discreet Desktop Video division?
AppleInsider claims that Apple has been in negotiations to acquire several of Discreet's video products including Combustion, Cleaner and 3dsmax.
This is in the wake of recent rumors suggested that Discreet's Cleaner Video Application may be in jeopardy due to restructuring at the company.
Apple has had numerous software acquisitions over the past couple of years, including Emagic, Not...
iTunes Music Store Has Sold 20 Million Songs
CNet reports on the iHollywood Forum's Music 2.0 conference that took place on Monday.
According to the article, Apple is up to 20 Million songs sold via the iTunes Music Store. (Apple was at 13 million songs as of October 16th.) Peter Lowe, Apple's Director of Marketing, also reported that 45% of songs from iTunes have been in the form of albums.
Some interesting statistics from the ...
Microsoft Office 11 and Virtual PC 7.0 at MWSF 2004? [Updated]
Appleinsider reports that Microsoft "will officially renew its commitment" to the Mac platform at the upcoming MacWorld San Francisco in January.
Microsoft is said to be working on upgrades for the Mac version of Microsoft Office with a new project manager and a significant focus on Entourage. The new version is expected to be announced at Steve Jobs' Keynote speech for MacWorld Expo. In...
Apple to release iMovie 3.5?
ThinkSecret reports that Apple is wrapping up development on what appears to be iMovie 3.5.
ThinkSecret is unable to provide details as to specific improvements found in the upcoming iMovie revision, but speculates it may be released at MacWorld San Francisco 2004.
The last major revision to Apple's consumer DV editing application came at MacWorld San Francisco 2003 with the release...
