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
Adobe: PC Preferred?
Historically, Steve Jobs has used Adobe applications such as Photoshop as a benchmark to counter the "Megahertz Myth" with the widening gap between PowerPC and Intel-based processors with regards to pure clock-speeds.
Adobe, however, has posted a new page implying that PC's are preferred over Macs:
While the computers used in this study are no longer the fastest in their respective ...
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AirPort 3.0 Updater
Apple posted an Airport 3.0 Software Updater tonight at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120201:
The AirPort 3.0 software release supports both AirPort Extreme and AirPort products.
At 54Mbps, AirPort Extreme uses the next-generation wireless LAN technology which delivers up to five times more bandwidth for up to 50 users.
AirPort Extreme delivers higher...
Mac OS X Security Update 2003-03-24
As expected, Apple has issued a Security Update in your Software Update Control Panel
Security Update 2002-03-24 addresses a Samba vulnerability which could allow unauthorized remote access to the host system. The built-in Windows file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba and is off by default in Mac OS X.
OpenSSL is also updated to address an issue in...
Mac OS X 10.2.5 Codename
Mac OS X 10.2.5 is codenamed Jaguar Plaid.
Previous revisions have been named Red, Blue, Green, and...
Apple Fonts?
Several users have submitted this link (http://www.apple.com/fonts/buy) to Apple's website, indicating that Apple will be selling fonts in the future.
This page, however, has been in existance for some time -- first being noticed in the early Mac OS X days. It has remained...
iChat 2.0?
LoopRumors claims to have details on the upcoming iChat update (version 2.0).
As previously reported - reliable MacRumors sources have indicated that the next iChat revision will have Videoconferencing.
LoopRumors adds that Apple is working on "a new compression technology" and wants to achieve a full 30fps... though at what bandwidth is not specified.
Unconfirmed MacRumors...
Review: Apple's Hardware Line Updates and Hints
Apple made a few changes to their hardware lineup this past week, which drew the attention of the Mac faithful.
Apple quietly dropped their original (CRT) iMac from their linueup. The CRT iMac remained on the low-end of their consumer line for price-conscious consumers ever since the LCD iMac was introduced. The item, however, still appears in Apple's educational offerings.
As noted ...
Apple's Digital Video Production Future
MacCentral posts an invitation that Apple has issued to select journalists:
Please join Apple for a press conference at NAB 2003 to learn about Apple's strategic direction for digital video production technologies
The national Association of Broadcasters (NAB) takes places from April 7-10th, 2003.
ThinkSecret claims that Final Cut Pro 4 or DVD Studio Pro 2 may be featured at...
Safari Seeds to Stop
Safari v67 details were leaked shortly after its seeding to developers.
Due to ongoing leaks, it appears Apple is discontinuing the seeding program for Safari:
Due to Safari 67 postings to the internet, we have closed the Safari Seed project. We know that the majority of you are not responsible for the leaks to the internet, and we sincerely appreciate your feedback, time and...
Updates to Resume...
The site will resume its regular updates this week.
Due to current events, the comment section on this site has generated more off-topic threads as well as personal attacks between users.
This is unacceptable. Site comments and forums are reserved for Macintosh and technical discussion.
The only locations that political/war discussions may be held are the Political Discussion...
WWDC Delayed, Panther to be Previewed
This Apple Press Release details changes to the Worldwide Developers Conference. The conference has been moved from May 19-23 to June 23-27th:
Get an in-depth look at the future of the Mac platform and a preview release of the next major version of Mac OS X, codenamed "Panther", at Worldwide Developers Conference 2003, June 23-27, in San Francisco...
March 24th Security Update?
Per sources, Apple will be issuing a March 24th Mac OS X Security Update, fixing security issues with Samba and OpenSSL:
The Security Update addresses a Samba vulnerablitiy which could allow unauthorized remote access to the host system. The Built-in Windows file sharing is based on the open source technology called Samba and is off by default in Mac OS X.
OpenSSL is also updated to...
Xserve Clustering
Apple's Xserve page reflects their new offering of a "clustering" Xserve configuration:
Designed for the computational clusters and distributed applications, this Xserve configuration delivers high-density processing power ? without the server features you won?t need in a cluster enviroment ? for a price that?s easy to multiply across your deployment
Internetnews.com details some...
iPod Software Update 1.2.6, OS X 10.2.5 Seed
http://www.apple.com/ipod/download/
iPod Software 1.2.6 provides improved battery management which solves a problem that may appear to shorten your iPod's battery life.
Some customers have reported that over time their iPod's battery life has declined. This update enables the iPod to more accurately monitor its battery charge, thus using the entire battery capacity and regaining...
Al Gore Joins Apple's Board
Apple announced that Al Gore (former Vice President) will be joining Apple's Board of Directors:
"Al brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having helped run the largest organization in the world -- the United States government -- as a Congressman, Senator and our 45th Vice President. Al is also an avid Mac user and does his own video editing in Final Cut Pro," ...
PPC 970 Apple Motherboards?
MacBidouille claims that Apple has completed the new motherboards for the PPC 970, and that the new designs are longer and narrower.
MacWhispers made similar claims that new motherboard designs were complete, with assumptions that they were for...
X11 Beta 3, Mac OS X 10.2.5 Seeded, iWorks, Tidbits...
Apple has posted X11 Beta 3 which features bug fixes and enhancements.
As well, Apple has started seeds of Mac OS X 10.2.5. ThinkSecret is covering the highlights.
17 Inch Powerbooks are finally shipping.
Thinksecret also reports that the long rumored Apple Office Suite may very well be in the works:
If you're waiting for AppleWorks 7, look instead for iWorks, coming from Apple...
Apple 30inch LCD?
MacWhispers claims that Apple is working on a 30-inch Cinema Display with a resolution of 2400x1500.
This echoes an anonymous report that appeared on MacRumors' Rumor Reject list in late 2002, as well as a recent unconfirmed report.
Two other "Rumor Reject" items turned out to be based in reality -- with early talk...
More Apple/970 Confirmation
One reader reports:
I work in IT for a large corporation and IBM gave us a presentation about the future of their pSeries and other systems today. Part of the presentation was about the Power processors. They talked about the Power 4, 4+, 5 and 5+. They also briefly discussed the blade servers running what they had listed as the Power 970. They mentioned the Vector unit but said it would ...
Safari v65
A report of Safari v65:
- Autofill toolbar button (looks like a pencil writing)
- Autofill form option under edit menu now (works!)
- Open links from apps in existing window
- Always show tab bar
- Tab mouse over now the text turns...
