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
New PowerBook Model ID's?
One user notes the following PowerBook model names
PowerBook6,2
PowerBook5,2
PowerBook6,3
PowerBook5,3
In Panther Preview (/System/Library/Extensions/
AppleMacRISC2PE.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor.kext/Contents/MacOS/Portable2003_PlatformMonitor)
The current PowerBooks carry the following designations:
12" PowerBook ->...
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G5 PowerMacs Ship Dates in September
Ship dates for PowerMac G5 orders are set for early September as of last...
Xserve Discounts - Clearance?
rjstanford notes that Apple is running a special for registered ADC developers (Select or above) for 25% off the purchase of two or more Xserve / Xserve RAID systems. These discounts don't count against your normal hardware discounts. This special runs until the end of July.
Due to the recent introduction of the G5 PowerMac, many have speculated that Xserve's are next.
...
More Benchmarks with After Effects
xlr8yourmac.com posted some user submitted benchmarks comparing a short After Effects benchmarking test on the new G5:
Here are my results for this test on the three computers I have available to me:
1 x 1.0 GHz G4 PowerBook 17" - ~30 minutes (3 min/frame)
2 x 2.66 GHz Pentium Xeon from Boxx - 11 min, 39 sec (1.2 min/frame)
2 x 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 - 6 min, 1 sec...
Not Understanding SPEC Scores?
Charles White demonstrates his (lack of?) knowledge of SPEC Scores in an editorial for DigitalVideoEditing:
Xnet's response:
Mr. Charlie White,
I feel that I should point out an error in the table calculations at the end of your article.
B/c SPEC scores are 100% dependant on the compiler used the data from Apple and AMD cannot be compared.
AMD and Intel use the...
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G5 Altivec Carbon Fractal Benchmark
One reader submits the AltiVec Fractal Carbon benchmark for the 2.0GHz G5 PowerMac with SMP and Altivec enabled:
14055.2 MFLOPS
For reference, a G4/450 is 1.5 GigaFlops (~1500...
Apple Pursuing Fuel Cell Tech for PowerBooks?
MacEdition posts an interesting update... reporting that Apple is actively pursuing Fuel Cell technology to power future PowerBooks:
They report that Apple has been feverishly seeking out fuel-cell companies that might accept their investment dollars and afford it a competitive advantage in this up-and-coming market.
MacEdition, however, also reports that Intel is seeking...
What Happened to Piles?
Spymac notes a small mixup which supressed early information about Expos and inadvertantly brought Piles to the forefront in the rumor scene.
MacEdition first wrote about a new feature called "Piles" -- and even linked to weblog describing Apple's old patent -- Piles.
MacEdition, however, went on to describe Expose:
Mac OS X 10.3 will finally see the implementation of the...
Apple External Optical Drive and PCI Chassis
In wake of early criticisms regarding one optical drive bay as well as limited (3 PCI) expansion on the new PowerMac G5's, MacNyt.dk (Danish) publishes two interesting reports based on Apple reseller documents:
The first MacNyt.dk report claims that Apple is currently in cooperation with a "PCI Chassis Developer" on a product to provide the new PowerMac's additional expansion beyond the...
Motorola, The G4 and PowerBook Updates
The Register provides some insight and rumors into upcoming G4 processors from Motorola. According to their article, MPC7457 processors from Motorola are arriving sooner than expected:
While originally slated for Q4 2003, according to Synergy Microsystems (a Motorola customer):
Final 7457 boards will ship in Q3, says Synergy, "when production quantities of the [7457] become...
Renderman for OS X
With the release of the PowerMac G5, Pixar appears to be getting on board with Renderman for the PowerMac.
A Pixar Press Release notes that they are evaluating a full release:
We have benchmarked PhotoRealistic RenderMan on Apple's new Power Mac G5 and have found the performance of the G5 to be impressive. We are considering a full release of our software for the G5, depending on...
WWDC Rumor Wrapup: Winners and Losers
After each major event, MacRumors provides a wrapup of rumors to reveal the sources of the most accurate and inaccurate information. Readers are encouraged to read our previous roundup and final thoughts to decide for themselves. (Note: Roundup information is filtered, influenced and presented in an attempt to accurately predict outcomes.)
The World Wide Developers Conference...
PowerMac G5 Photos, Benchmarks and Smeagol
- After some controversy regarding Apple's G5 Benchmark -- which has been discussed extensively in this thread -- Apple's Hardware VP Greg Joswiak provides comments/responses to the criticism.
- Confirming previous reports, it appears the PowerMac will ship with Mac OS X 10.2.7 per this PowerMac G5 Tech Overview PDF (as noted Spymac). Apple also confirms the codename to this Jaguar update...
Panther Screenshots, Benchmarks, Details
- One FunMac thread posts some screenshots from the developer's release of Panther.
- An AppleInsider Newsbyte shows a shot of the Secure Deletion option which is detailed at Apple's Pages -- allowing you to overwrite multiple times for more security.
- One user submitted XBench benchmarks from their PowerMac G4 867 in both Jaguar (10.2.6) and Panther (10.3 build 7A179) benchmarks (Dow...
Apple Pro Card
Apple's new Pro Card gives you some added benefits beyond owning the PowerMac G5.
These benefits include:
- Transfer of your existing file to your new G5
- 10% off Software for one day
- Free installation of software
- Next-day Appointment with a Mac Genius
- First to know about upcoming Events, and exclusive Offers
Few details available, it's unclear if the...
European Music Store Delayed?
This Independent.co.uk article reports that Apple's iTunes Music Store for Europe may be delayed further -- into next year:
Attempts by Apple Computer to launch a European version of its online "Music Store", where people can download individual songs, has been held up until next year by disputes between record companies and their artists over licensing.
According to the...
G4 PowerBooks Next
This MacCentral article discusses Apple use the G5 and provides some candid information on upcoming use.
Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Hardware Product Marketing says:
"Our partnership with Motorola is not going away, G4s are in every other part of our product line. As you can see, [the G5] is not going in a PowerBook anytime soon. Motorola remains very important to...
MacRumors Link Shop, IRC Channel, Stream
The full Quicktime stream of Steve Jobs' Keynote is available for those users who were unable to watch the live event. The stream demonstrates various aspects of Panther and shows the PowerMac G5 doing well in a number of benchmarks.
A reminder that the IRC Channel will remain online even after WWDC. Ongoing chatter and discussions in the days leading up to the next major event. Special...
Apple iSight Web Cam
Apple just released the iSight webcam for iChat AV.
iSight is a state-of-the-art video camera thats the easiest way to video conference with your colleagues, friends and family over broadband. Featuring an autofocusing autoexposure F/2.8 lens which captures high-quality pictures even in low lighting, iSight also includes a dual-element microphone in its stylish compact aluminum body.
P...
