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
IBM at 90nm by Q4?
An Infoworld.com story from last week notes that IBM is actively working on 90nm chips and actually plans on shipping these chips before long:
IBM is currently sampling 90 nanometer chips using SOI, and plans to ship those chips in the fourth quarter, said Scott Sykes, an IBM spokesman.
Current PowerPC 970s utilize a 130nm process. While no specific chips were referenced in the...
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PowerPC 970's at 90nm?
An anonymous/unverified report claims that Apple has already been seeded sample 90nm PowerPC 970s this month. Reportedly, they run from 1.8GHz to 3.2GHz and heat production is significant improved, with a 2GHz at only 34W, down from 57W. The 3.2GHz chip reportedly at 71W.
Target volume production for 90nm is reported to be in Q2 of 2004. Heat considerations are still a major issue for...
Music Match Downloads Announced
USA Today notes that Music Match launched their new music download service today.
The new service called "Music Match Downloads" is notable in that it has obtained consistent licensing across record labels (similiar to iTunes Music Store), allowing their users to burn songs as well as transfer songs between players with fewer restrictions. Songs will be offered at $0.99/song or $9.99 "for...
Adobe Creative Suite Announced
Today, Adobe has announced the Adobe Creative Suite alongside new 'CS' versions of their popular tools.
The new Creative Suite comes in two versions - the Premium Edition and Standard edition.
Standard Edition ($999) includes Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, InDesign CS and Version Cue, while the Premium Edition ($1229) also includes GoLive CS and Acrobat 6.0 Professional.
The new...
Next Generation iPods and PowerBook Jobs
Work for Apple and develop their next-generation products:
develop the next generations of iPods
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next generation of the world's finest portable music player...
Panther No Longer Pre-Release?
There have been reports that Apple has seeded new internal releases of Mac OS X Panther (7B80 and 7B81).
While there's been a significant amount of attention on the updated Apple Logo found in Mac OS X 7B74, according to an anonymous report, build 7B80 has another subtle but notable change:
The Mac OS X Version number in 7B80 has shed the "Pre-Release" status and is now simply labeled ...
Dell DJ and Dell Music Store Details
CNet provides some rumored details to the upcoming service from Dell.
According to their sources, MusicMatch will be launching their online music service next week, and will be providing the Dell Music Store with their own branded version of the service.
Ironically, MusicMatch currently provides the PC jukebox software bundled with the PC version of the Apple iPod. Apple has been...
Mac OS X Interface Tweaks?
Appleinsider.com claims that Apple is working on more finishing touches to the Panther interface, as well as speed improvements and additional animations.
In addition, there are reports that the "Brushed Aluminum" system theme will undergo some revisions over the next year with darker colors and a smoother interface.
Meanwhile, there's been some recent speculation on changes to the...
Apple Logo Change?
Wired speculates that Apple may change their logo design. This is only based on a fancy new chrome Apple logo found in the most recent Panther...
Apple's Laptop Marketshare Up 2 Percentage Points
ThinkSecret reports that Apple's Q2 marketshare for laptops increased almost 2 percentage points over the previous quarter (5.1% to 7%), moving Apple up to 5th place (from 6th) in laptop sales rankings in the U.S.
Even as compared to last year's 2nd Quarter (5.9%), Apple seems to have made significant gains (in laptops), moving up over 1 Percentage point.
ThinkSecret reports that...
More .Mac Exclusives: Versiontracker, iBlog, $30 off FW Drives
Apple has posted three new .Mac-subscriber exclusives on the .Mac site.
These include:
Free VersionTracker Plus Subscription ($24.95 value)
Free iBlog Software ($19.95 value)
Save $30 on SmartDisk Firewire Drives
...
Panther Server Details
AppleInsider adds some more details about Panther...
Dell DJ (Digital Jukebox) and Dell Music Store
Dell announced today that they will be introducing a digital music player as well as an online music store ("Dell Music Store") in time for this holiday season.
Dell is also introducing a new software application -- the Dell Media Experience -- which "converts the PC into a digital entertainment center".
Very few details are provided about the upcoming device and service.
The...
Embedded iPod Apps and Upcoming Apple Devices?
A search at Apple's Job site reveals a few other jobs of interest.
Apple is looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join the iPod and Special Projects Group to "enhance the embedded applications you find on the world famous iPod and the upcoming devices from Apple."
Another job listing for Senior Embedded Software Engineer was looking for an engineer "to design and build...
Apple Internal Knowledgebase Docs
One reader inadvertantly ran across some "internal" Apple Knowledge base documents [removed] when doing a routine search for Mac OS X 10.2.8 issues on Apple's knowledge base...
Tokyo University Switches to Mac
Asahi.com (Japanese) is reporting that Tokyo University will be moving many of their Linux PCs to Macs next year.
Approximately 1,150 PCs will be switched to iMacs and most of the servers will also be supplied by Apple. Both the ease of installing software as well as ease of maintainence were cited as reasons for the switch.
Apple Japan has been working to increase their educational...
PowerMac 2.0GHz G5s Trickling In
Users are starting to report significant shipments of PowerMac G5 2.0GHz machines. Many have received them, and others note that Apple Stores have already started receiving them.
Both the Apple Store at The Grove in Los Angeles, CA as well as the Stanford Bookstore have had shipments which were available to the general public. (Note: you must be affiliated with Stanford to purchase from...
Apple Unable to bundle Bluetooth Accessories
MacSlash posts a report which explains why Apple Wireless Mouse and Keyboard are not presently a build-to-order option at the Apple Online Store.
Based on comments from an Apple representative, Bluetooth Devices need to be configured before their use. If they were to ship new Macs with only Wireless accessories, new users would have no functional keyboard and mouse in order to setup their...
Everywhere Internet Audio and Wireless Apple iPod?
Businessweek has an interesting article about an emerging concept called Everywhere Internet Audio (EIA):
Imagine, if you will, an iPod as a wireless digital ladle. It would dip into a nearly bottomless stream of continual music, scooping up any song you wanted, when you wanted, where you wanted.
The author speculates that Apple would be a prime candidate to deploy this sort of...
Apple Pulls Mac OS X 10.2.8 Software Updater
For users who have not yet upgraded, the Mac OS X 10.2.8 Update no longer appears in Software Update.
While the majority of users who applied the update have done fine... there are multiple reports of problems -- including users' losing network connections (potential fix) and others are having boot problems on their iMacs/eMacs.
Update: Standalone updaters have now been pulled...
