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 Draws Visitors with iTunes
Neilson/NetRatings released statistics on Monday about a surge in traffic at Apple.com in the week ending on October 19th.
This increase in traffic of 112% to more than one million unique visitors reflects interest and downloads of Apple's iTunes for Windows application.
Indeed, iTunes use appears to be on the rise, as both students at Stanford University and Columbia University seem...
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Dell DJ, Samsung YP-910GS, and iPod
Walt Mossberg compares the iPod with two of its major new competitors: The Dell Digital Jukebox (Dell DJ) and Samsung's Napster player.
While Mossberg still gives a small edge to the iPod, these two new players mirror the iPod's functionality in many ways. Both act as integrated players for each company's music download service. The Dell DJ integrates with the Dell Music Store...
Apple Store: 6th Anniversary Discount
Apple is emailing some of its customers with a special Anniversary Promotion celebrating the 6th year of their online Apple Store.
Thanks to your continuing support, we're celebrating our sixth anniversary at the worldwide Apple Store. You've helped us grow into the premier online destination for Apple products, and the digital lifestyle accessories and...
Migrating to Mac OS X (Pixar, Government?)
MacWorld details Pixar's previously reported migration to Mac OS X.
Pixar leveraged the Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X to help create maintenance and administration scripts and moved their 400+ Macs over from OS 9 to Mac OS X.
Meanwhile, Apple has now published a knowledge base article with an Installation and Setup Guide for using the Department of Defense Common Access Card with Mac ...
Security Update 2003-10-28
Apple released a Security Update for Mac OS X Panther (10.3) today:
Security Update 2003-10-28 addresses a potential vulnerability in the implementation of QuickTime Java in Mac OS X v10.3 and Mac OS X Server v10.3 that could allow unauthorized access to a system.
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Virginia Tech Supercompuer - Now at #3?
MacBidouille links to an interim update on Supercomputer rankings (pdf - Page 53).
The latest results give the Virginia Tech G5 Cluster (2,112 Processors) a score of 9.5 TFlops. Previous preliminary results placed the G5 Cluster at 7.41 TFlops which placed it at 4th place.
The new score of 9.5 TFlops overtakes a Linux 2,304 Processor Intel Xeon cluster from last year's list along...
iChat AV for Jaguar Now Available
Apple is now offering iChat AV 1.0 for Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2.5 or later) for $29.95.
The Apple audio/video conferencing software was released into Beta in June 23, 2003.
Owners of Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) receive the final version for free with their version of Mac OS...
$100 Rebate on PowerBooks, Free Shipping
Amazon is offering $100 Mail in Rebates for Apple's PowerBooks and Free shipping:
PowerBook 17" 1.33GHz - $2899.99
PowerBook 15" 1.25GHz - $2499.00
PowerBook 15" 1.0GHz - $1899.99
PowerBook 12" 1.0GHz/SuperDrive - $1699.00
PowerBook 12" 1.0GHz/Combo Drive -...
A Better Online Music Experience?
MacCentral discusses the future of retail music with Muze CEO, Paul Zullo.
Muze provides much of the information content for Apple's iTunes Music Store for both Mac and Windows.
Of interest, Muze claims to be working on improving the online-download music experience. According to Zullo:
Muze is working on systems that help aggregate and normalize graphics material so it can...
More Portable Player Competition
Financial Times reports that Microsoft will be moving into the portable music/video scene with its new Portable Media Center software.
The software will be licensed to various manufacturers and are expected to be first available for sale in the second half of 2004. The new devices will allow users to listen to music and watch movies on the road.
Meanwhile, Dell announced details for...
iPod LCD Remote, Radio Tuner?
iPodLounge reports that an Apple iPod presentation slide on the Apple Sales Web contains a picture of an iPod with an LCD remote control as well as a Radio Tuner.
The slide also lists the recently released Photo card reader and Voice microphone, suggesting the other items are also possible to become a...
iLife, iTunes 5.0, Keynote 2.0
AppleInsider reports that iLife will be updated in January, along with unconfirmed rumors that iTunes 5.0 will see a released on the Mac first, and a major upgrade to Keynote (2.0), and more hints at a Apple branded word processor (presumably not Appleworks? though is unclear).
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Microsoft Piles -- er Stacks?
Longhorn was demoed on Monday at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference.
One feature appears similar to a rumored feature from Apple called 'piles':
A demonstration of WinFS featured a method to "stack" documents by author in a window, with the heights of the stacks corresponding to the number of documents, as well as file views that showed...
DailyTunes.com: Music Recommendations for iTunes Users
We're pleased to announce a new site that launches today: DailyTunes.com.
DailyTunes.com is a community website which offers song recommendations exclusively for iTunes Music Store users.
The song recommendations offer direct iTunes URLs which open songs directly in Apple's iTunes application (both PC and Mac). Beyond just a list of songs, the site offers user recommendation lists...
Napster Pre-Paid Cards
Napster will be offering prepaid cards for sale at retail stores for use with their relaunched digital music download service.
The cards will cost $14.85 and provide the purchaser with 15 downloads. The cards are targeted at teenagers without credit cards. They will become available by mid-November at retailers...
Mac OS X Panther Tips and Info
With Panther's arrival, many users are getting comfortable with the new operating system. A few interesting articles have been posted to help users familiarize themselves with the new version of Mac OS:
MacOSX Hints posted a summary of all their Panther Hints.
MacWorld: 40 Mac OS X 10.3 Features, Tips, and Tricks
Pan...
Hell Warming Up? [Update]
Apple's iTunes for Windows launch proudly displayed the phrase "Hell Froze Over" on their corporate site.
Hell freezing over humorously referred to the fact that Apple had finally developed a major consumer application (iTunes) for the Windows platform.
In recent weeks, Apple's site has seen a few changes due to the release of iBooks and Mac OS X Panther, but their 'Introducing...
Windows iChat AV at MacWorld San Francisco?
One unconfirmed rumor claims that iChat AV will be coming to Windows PC's at MacWorld San Francisco 2004.
Apple's iChat AV software provides support for their iSight Video Camera. The iChat AV software just made it to a final form on the Mac with the release if Mac OS X Panther. Apple will also be offering it for $29.95 users of...
Dell DJ Price and Specs?
One reader notes that Dell made a small revelation on their website, providing some pricing and specs for their upcoming Dell Digital Jukebox (Dell DJ). (photo)
The "Dell Music Bundle" ($343 retail, $268 now) is described in the "Learn more..." link. This bundle includes a Dell DJ 15 Music Player, Sony Elements of Style Headphones, Dell DJ Car Adapter Kit, and Dell DJ Sport Case.
The ...
iChat AV - No Longer Beta
With the release of Panther... Apple has shipped the final version of iChat AV with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther).
Apple's iChat AV page now reflects that iChat AV comes bundled with Panther and has pulled the Beta download for Jaguar.
As previously promised, iChat AV Final for Jaguar will be a $29.95 purchase option for Jaguar...
