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
Work with Prototype Apple and NVidia Products
gtrinity notes that Hotjobs.com lists a new job offering from NVidia.
"OS X DEVICE DRIVER ENGINEER":
Help design and implement new features for NVIDIA's graphics drivers for OS X. Work with the latest Apple equipment and NVIDIA GPUs before they are released, in a cutting edge environment with a top-notch team. ...
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IBM's Push for 65-nm Chip Development
eWeek reports that IBM is making a push for 65-nm Chip Development.
According to eWeek, IBM has entered into an agreement with Infineon Technologies AG and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in efforts to reach 65-nm and later, 45-nm chips on 300-mm silicon wafers (pictured here).
Almost 200 engineers will be conducting the work in IBM's Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center in...
Panther 7B28 Notes
Reports about Panther 7B28 note extensive bug fixes and stability improvements. No major new features are reported, but ongoing cosmetic tweaks, and fixes. Specific changes noted from 7B21:
- 'Selected' Finder icons have different appearance
- Welcome/Registration screen appears in a Window
- Mail bug fixes (previously would sometimes hang while retrieving mail)
- Safari...
Finale 2004 for Mac OS X
MakeMusic.com announced that Finale 2004 will be released for Mac OS X (native) on October 20, 2003:
Now Finale takes full advantage of Mac OS Xs functionality, ease of use and great beauty. A new reality in Finale 2004. Complete with built-in USB MIDI.
Mac OS X CoreMIDI support, Long/Unicode filename support, PDF saves, Applications Services are listed among the OS X native...
AirPort Software 3.1.1
In your software update:
Airport Software 3.1.1 - This software update provides improved AirPort wireless networking software, and is recommended for all users with an AirPort Extreme enabled computer or an AirPort Extreme base station.
The update includes v 5.1.1 of the Airport Extreme base station firmware. Features are reported to include, IEEE 802.11g compliance,...
DVD Studio Pro 2
Apple announced that DVD Studio Pro 2 will be available at retail stores beginning on August 18th.
DVD Studio Pro was first announced in April at the National Association of Broadcasters alongside Final Cut Pro 4 and Shake 3.
More details of the new software can be found at here....
Panther 7B28 and Jaguar 10.2.7
ThinkSecret reports that Panther 7B28 and Jaguar 10.2.7 have been seeded.
The update is said to bring extensive changes to various services (listed in the article) in the Operating System... but no specifics of the exact changes are given.
ThinkSecret also notes that Version 10.2.7, build 6R34 has also been seeded.
Mac OS X 10.2.7 (codenamed Smeagol) will be the release that...
RealNetworks vs iTunes Music Service
Forbes reports that RealNetworks positioning its music service against Apple.
The latest entrant is RealNetworks, which closed on its acquisition of Listen.com on Monday, and will now take control of the Rhapsody digital music subscription service. RealNetworks' Chief Executive Rob Glaser clearly has Apple in his sights.
Readers will remember the launch of "RealOne Rhapsody"...
Panther and Windows?
BusinessWeek reports on Apple's success in switching some users. Curiously, it notes the following:
Next, Apple's newest version of OS X, called Panther -- which is scheduled to debut later this year -- will let corporations run Windows applications on their Macs. That's a major plus, considering that nearly all companies use Windows.
At the moment, this odd claim can only be...
G5s Shipping?
One reader (mrougeux) reports that his credit card called him regarding a charge from Apple Computer for his Dual 2.0GHz.
Online store stats don't reflect shipping, but credit cards are typically not charged until products ship.
[Indeed, it's possible that it could have been a preapproval charge placed... but we won't know more until mrougeux can supply some...
Macs at BestBuy.com Pulled
It appears the posting of Apple laptops at BestBuy's online store may have been premature.
BestBuy.com has removed those items from their online store. The store listed PowerBooks and iBooks for one day (yesterday), and also offered a store-wide $150 rebate (until August 9th) on Laptops.
The official launch is expected to be August 10th, 2003, but many BestBuy store locations are...
Microsoft Office Update 10.1.4
Microsoft now offers the previously described Exchange Update (Office v X 10.1.4 Update).
This update introduces Microsoft Exchange Update for Entourage X, created for Mac users running Mac OS X in organizations that use Microsoft Exchange Server for e-mail messaging and collaboration.
The update also includes improvements to Word X, Excel X, and PowerPoint X.
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6-8 weeks Wait? PowerBooks?
MacBidouille claims there is now a 6-8 week delay on PowerBooks, hinting at updates...
IBM's Fragile Chip Business
The New York Times has posted an article discussing IBM's new Fishkill Plant and semiconductor strategy. The article touches on IBM's recent problems as well as the unique challenge of having a hybrid strategy of supplying chips to various industries.
And the company's approach to the contract, or foundry, business is to have close relationships with a couple of dozen customers that...
Case-sensitive Mac OS X File System in Panther
As noted by a MacBidouille reader... the most recent betas of Panther have implemented a formatting option for a case-sensitive Mac OS Extended file format.
Historically, Mac OS file systems have been case-insensitive but case-preserving, meaning that while capitalization is preserved in filenames, they were not used to to distinguish filenames.
Example: "Hello.txt" and...
$79.23 Samsung ML-1710 Laser Printer
Samsung ML-1710 Monochrome Laser Printer.
$169.23 at Office Depot.
$20 Coupon (via link)
$70 Mail in Rebate
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Readers have recently discussed their experience with this printer.
Link: Office Depot: $20 off $100 - (Will appear at checkout)
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BestBuy.com Selling Macs Online
BestBuy.com is now selling Macs online. The computers that are currently listed include the 15" PowerBook w/ Combo Drive, 12" PowerBook w/ Superdrive and the 12" iBook w/ Combo Drive.
Recent reports have revealed that Bestbuy has started selling Apple products at certain regional BestBuy locations. No previous reports had indicated whether or not their online store would also be...
$150 off PowerBook, iBooks
BestBuy is offering a $150 mail-in rebate on all Laptops as well as free shipping.
Offer ends on August 9, 2003.
$1999 - 15" PowerBook w/ Combo Drive
$1799 - 12" PowerBook w/ Superdrive
$1299 - 12" iBook w/ Combo Drive
[Update: Items have been removed from BestBuy.com]...
90nm PPC 970's & Altivec 2
MacBidouille claims tht the 90nm PowerPC 970 will start production in November, with volume production by January 2004. The site claims PowerBooks will utilize the smaller processor by Feb/March 2004.
In addition, MacBidouille reports that the specs for Altivec 2 have been completed, and should be implemented in 2005, with the PPC...
Universities, Legal Music Services and Apple
CNet reports that various Universities have been working on plans to offer legal music downloading services to college students.
Universities have been significantly affected by the proliferation of the file trading networks -- with increased bandwidth usage, as well as legal disputes with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to this article, there has already...
