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
Mac Office and Exchange Support
Microsoft-Watch.com reports that the upcoming summer release of Office for OS X will bring Exchange client support:
The update, Version 10.1.4 of Office X, will add Exchange client functions to Office's e-mail and PIM component, Entourage. It will also incorporate bug fixes to Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Microsoft provided the update to beta testers in July.
Other improvements,...
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G5 Demo Units - Next Week
One report notes that PowerMac G5 demos will be at most Apple stores in about a week.
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PowerPC Future: GPUL2 and the 970
MacEdition's Naked Mole Rat report clarifies some information about the upcoming GPUL2 Processor which was referenced by eWeek as a replacement to the 970 (GPUL) PowerPC processor by Mid-2004.
According to MacEdition, the GPUL2 is essentially the same architecture as the PPC 970, and that the Power5 derivative chip is a separate project. (MacEdition article).
Based on the timing of...
Apple, Panther, and 32-bit OS's
TheRegister.co.uk follows up a previous story regarding Panther with a claim that Apple has confirmed that Panther is technically a 32-bit operating system with 64-bit support.
They reference this PCWorld.com article which quotes Greg Joswiak of Apple Computer... however, the pertinent quote from the PCWorld.com article is not attributed to Joswiak. PCWorld writes:
Apple hasn't...
More Competition -- from Napster
Mercury News reports that Napster will be resurrected by their new owners -- Roxio.
Roxio is planning on releasing Napster 2.0 by Christmas. The new music service will be legal and have the backing of the five major labels as well as independent labels. Their plan is to launch with 500,000 tracks -- with the bulk of the additional tracks being made up from the independent labels and...
PowerBooks Delays
MacBidouille reports that 7457 production is delaying Powerbook releases until Mid...
Best Buy selling Apple Products [Updated]
More reports indicate that previous rumors of Apple sales at Best Buy will materialize soon.
BestBuy will utilize fulltime Apple Reps to provide sales support for Apple items. The current plan is to deploy this plan to a select number of Best Buys, so not every store will carry the Apple products initially.
While the official launch date remains in August, some stores may start to...
970's Not in Production?
Inforworld takes a tour of the Fishkill plant, but notes:
Our tour guide confided that the PowerPC 970 chip (Apples G5) is not yet in production in Fishkill, but it takes no time at all to get a new chip into the line.
The Fishkill plant was touted as the location for production of the PowerPC 970's. While the article was published on July 25th, 2003 -- it's uclear when the...
More Rumblings of a Microsoft Music Store
CNet notes that Microsoft is looking into a Music Store offering:
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said his company is exploring ways to develop a music download service similar to Apple Computer's iTunes that would tie into the software giant's multimedia applications
This is only the latest in a series of potential threats to Apple's iTunes Music Store which is due to come to...
Panther Seeding Continues...
Reports indicate that Apple has seeded an updated version of Panther.
The original Panther that was distributed at WWDC carried a build number of 7A179. A subsequent 'Test' Software Update brought Panther up to build 7A202, with improvements in Expos, Mail and iChat.
Friday, Apple seeded developers with Panther 7B21, but with few details on the changes are provided. This build is...
Motorola MPC7457 Information (PDF)
Motorola has posted a PDF with details of the MPC7457 processor.
The MPC7457 is described as the fourth implementation of the G4 Processor. It's a 32-bit chip with a 512KB L2 cache (2x that of previous chips), and support for 1MB or 2MB of L3 cache.
According to the July, 2003 Motorola document, MPC7457 processors will be coming in at 867MHz, 1.0GHz, and 1.3GHz, with bus frequencies ...
FAQ: MacRumors, MacBytes and Page 2 and More...
MacRumors is split into a number of subsites, which may be confusing to the new reader.
MacRumors.com provides news and discussion on various Mac-related topics, but with a focus on Mac rumor related topics. Readers frequently would like to discuss and comment on other aspects of Mac-related news, such as Petitions, Speculation, Software releases etc... In an attempt to keep Macrumors.com ...
FAQ: MacRumors, MacBytes and Page 2 and More...
MacRumors is split into a number of sections, which may be confusing to the new reader. This provides a breakdown of the various sections of this site and also describes MacBytes.
The three main news areas which are updated daily are MacRumors.com, Page 2 and MacBytes.com.
MacPolls allows users to voice their opinion on current topics and is also updated daily.
News Areas...
7457 Almost Here?
TheRegister.co.uk notes that Motorola is selling a product based on the 7457 -- hinting at it's soon...
Safari 1.0 Rushed?
A MacUser.co.uk article on Web Developers and Safari notes a few ongoing issues with Apple's browser.
Of particular note is Safari's "over-ambitious caching" -- which may inadvertantly display pages with inconsistent results. One developer notes:
It's one thing to cache pages, but when it uses old versions of buttons and scripts it's anyone's guess what the results will be for...
IBM and Motorola PPC Yields?
MacBidouille claims that IBM's production yields on PowerPC 970's greatly exceed those of Motorola's yields on the PPC 7457.
According to the French site, IBM is able to produce 105 PPC 970's from a 12" wafer with a 80% certification rate of 1.6-2GHz chips. Motorola, however, is reported to produce 98 G4 PPC's with only 1/5th the yield of IBM on (presumably a similar sized?) wafer. ...
Changes to PowerBooks and iMacs?
MacOSRumors posts an update claiming that the future Powerbooks will have backlit keyboards throughout the entire line.
iMacs are also supposed to get mild case revisions -- slightly smaller and lighter:
Whether the shell would actually be made of metal, or would simply be silver-backed plastics similar to previous PowerMac G4 enclosures, is not yet clear; it is definite that the...
iChat AV Beta Build 112
Apple continues to work on iChat AV Beta revisions, and is privately testing Build 112.
The latest build provides some bug fixes and small enhancements, but no major new features. Reports indicate there are still some stability issues and camera recognition issues. One reported feature is a menu option to easily place a user that you are chatting with into your Block list.
iChat AV...
Apple Removes Switch Ads
MacMinute notes that Apple has removed their "Switch" Television ads from their website.
The url where the ads were previously located (http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/) now redirects to Switch Stories.
Apple's website, however, still retains a significant section for the Switch campaign.
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20% off LCD's!
Dell is offering 20% off select LCD Monitors until the 29th.
UltraSharp 1900FP, 19" LCD: $749 - $149.80 = $599.20
UltraSharp 2000FP 20" LCD: $1099 - 219.80 = $879.20
One Mac user has Dual 19" LCDs from Dell.
Link: Dell Software & Peripherals - 20% Off...
