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
Two iPods out there?
iPodlounge has a story describing the possibility that there is a "better" iPod revision with a blue backlight. Details are...
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PowerPC 970 Support in GCC
Several have noted that the latest version of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) offers PowerPC 970 support.
GCC is used as the compiler for Mac OS X, Linux and a number of other platforms.
By itself, this fact means little... as IBM uses Linux for their Blade Servers which will also be migrating to the PowerPC 970... but it is a necessary step if/when Apple is to migrate to the PowerPC...
UK PowerBooks Up, Desktops Down
MacWorld UK quotes IDC numbers that indicate that Apple's notebook marketshare has grown in the UK:
Apple's UK notebook market share climbed from 2.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent year-on-year. In total across all vendors, notebook sales grew 14.7 per cent year-on-year, so Apple's growth in that market exceeded industry...
Pioneer DVD+R/+RW Support
MacWorld UK reports that Pioneer has announced a new version of its DVD/CD Writer ("Superdrive"), which is used in many Macs.
The new drive incorporates support for the DVD+R/+RW standard:
Since there are several formats in the marketplace, however, confusion is rampant, especially among beginners, who demand a...
iSync Phone Support
ThinkSecret claims to have access to early builds on iSync 1.1 and reports on new phone support -- including more Bluetooth support for Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones, as well as support for Motorola phones over USB.
Final release is reportly delayed a few...
No Piles and Naming Processors
MacOSRumors updates after a long hiatus, and claims that they have seen early builds of Panther. In the brief report, the claim speed improvements as well as no Piles feature currently available.
In addition, they report that upcoming machines may employ the use of processor names/numbers rather than the "G" (G3, G4)...
Safari v77 Seeded?
One anonymous submission indicates that Apple has seeded Safari v77 to a limited number of testers. It's unclear if this marks a reinstitution of Apple's Safari seeding program which was terminated in late March due to the widespread distribution of Safari seeds.
No details area available on what improvements have been made in the latest seed.
Safari v74 was just released on Thursday ...
20th Anniversary Cube?
MacWhispers believes that there will be a surprise product celebrating the Mac's 20th anniverary.
Based on information they have received, they believe the limited edition mac may be a variant of the Cube form...
WWDC Coming...
Several readers have forwarded an email from Apple promoting the World Wide Developer's Conference next month:
On June 23, WWDC 2003 attendees will be the first to explore the powerful new capabilities of the next major release of Mac OS X, codenamed "Panther." This year's conference is shaping up to be the biggest in Apple's history.
If you want to create products that fully...
Advance iPod Dock Details?
MacWhispers describes two seperate "upscale" docks coming for the iPod. The docks are said to include features such as advanced I/O ports (RCA, mic, line in) as well as remote playback and Airport...
Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v74) Update
In your Software Update: Safari 1.0 Beta 2 (v74) :
This update is recommended for all Safari users and improves how Safari validates the authenticity of websites that use SSL certificates.
...
PowerMac Technical Update?
ThinkSecret reports that Apple is planning on quiet internal revisions to the current PowerMac line.
Instead, P58C will include minor internal technical changes, sources said, in a not uncommon practice for Apple. The tweaks are reportedly intended to provide further compatibility with Panther, the next major update to Mac OS X. However, the exact nature of the changes is unknown. ...
Mobile Quicktime
eWeek reports that Apple is extending into mobile devices with its Quicktime software.
Apple Computer Inc. is reportedly preparing to extend the reach of its QuickTime multimedia software to mobile devices. According to sources, the company this month is expected to wrap up development on QuickTime 6.3, code-named "Sidecar."
Some support of such devices was first announced last...
iPhoto 'Tracing Tool'
SpyMac claims that an internal iPhoto beta features some additional photo manipulation tools:
Labeled 'Trace' and currently wedged between the 'Retouch' and 'B & W' edit icons, the wand allows for chunks of pixels to be cut out from the rest of the picture -- especially helpful when removing backgrounds and entire people from images.
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Safari 1.0 at WWDC?
MacNews.net.tc claims that Safari final will be arriving at WWDC:
Sources close to the development of Apple's webbrowser have told us to expect a final release of Safari 1.0 at WWDC 2003....
PowerBook 15inch Supplies
MacBidouille claims that the 15" Powerbook supplies are...
iTunes sells 2 Million Songs
Apple released numbers for the past 16 days:
Apple today announced that over two million songs have been purchased and downloaded from its revolutionary iTunes Music Store since its debut 16 days ago. Continuing the trend set during the first week, over half of the songs purchased to date were purchased as albums, further dispelling concerns that selling music on a per-track basis will...
Inside the PowerPC 970: Part II
ArsTechnica has posted a long awaited Part II to their "Inside the PowerPC 970" article.
Part I was posted shortly after the announcement and presentation of the IBM PowerPC 970 at the Microprocessor Forum in October 2002.
This second article goes into significant technical detail, as well as revealing the author's opinion about the purpose of the IBM PowerPC 970:
...a close...
970 Motherboard and Chip Delivery?
MacBidouille posts some details about prototype motherboards for the PowerPC 970. As reported before, they indicate that the motherboards are more rectangular than square and have 8 RAM connectors -- 4 of which were covered by a Do Not Use sticker. They speculate on the reasons why this might be the case, but have no...
Keynote, iSync and iCal Updates
RailHeadDesign indicates that updates to Keynote, iSync and iCal are lined up for minor updates by month's end.
Rumors of Keynote 1.0.2 and iSync 1.1 have leaked out over the past few weeks. ThinkSecret published a few more iSync update details today and also expects the release to arrive by the end of this month. Fewer details on iCal updates are available, though there have been...
