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
Flat Panel iMac Prices and 15" LCD's?
gopher reported that Apple dropped prices of the Superdrive iMac to $1699 ($100 off). The Minimum Advertised Price of the lower-end iMacs were dropped by the same amount over a month ago... but Apple's site now reflects the prices.
Meanwhile, one user reports that 15" LCD's are to be discontinued... but no independent confirmation is available. The 15" LCD is not officially...
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10.2.2, 10.2.3 before XMas
Spymac offers a timeframe for upcoming point releases of Mac OS X.
The minor update is the first of two smaller revisions due out before the end of 2002. Mac OS 10.2.3, according to the current schedule, should arrive before Christmas.
Mac OS X 10.2.2 was seeded last week to developers.
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MicroProcessor Forum 2002
This Infoworld article discusses the upcoming Microprocessor Forum that begins on October 14th:
The senior editor of the Microprocessor Report speculates that IBM's new PowerPC will be used by Apple, and targets it in late 2003:
"(The PowerPC) is the answer to the Macintosh question of 'Where do we go from here?' " Krewell said. The processor will ship in the second half of 2003, ...
Mac OS X 10.2.2 Seeded
Mac OS X Build 6F6 for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server were posted to Apple's developers site late last week.
According to ThinkSecret, updated files include Address Book, Mail, Sherlock, NetInfo Manager, Terminal, Disc Recording, audio files, Nvidia and ATI drivers, Startup Disk, and power...
iSite?
Spymac.com reports that Apple is working on a project currently know as "iSite". It appears to provide further integration for .Mac users... allowing users to serve pages and possibly video streams from their home computer. This would leverage Apple's inclusion of Apache in every copy of Mac OS X, as well as previously mentioned Video Conferencing software from Apple:
Purportedly,...
iMovie 3.0, and Sherlock
MacOS Rumors reports that iMovie 3.0 is in the works, and due in November:
Among the many new features will be much-asked-for widescreen format support, to complement the expanding family of wide-screen displays on Apple computers - along with another much-requested feature, Chapter Marks.
They also hint that Sherlock may integrate with .Mac -- as an Apple Web...
Digidesign Shows ProTools 6.0
OSXAudio.com reports that Digidesign is showing ProTools 6 at AES (booth 1447):
Pro Tools 6.0 boasts an all-new look and new features on Mac OS X. Shipping the end of the year, the new software offers improved performance and support for dual processor Macintosh G4 computers.
New features include a new archive/backup feature, new find function. multi-user management, new look,...
iPhoto 1.5 Rumors
The original iPhoto was released in January at MacWorld SF 2002. Since that time, the software has only seen minor revisions. A MacRumors source shared with us some information about the upcoming iPhoto update.
The upcoming iPhoto update will bring it to version 1.5 (from 1.1.1). Additional features will include burning support, iDVD Export support, and possibly more .Mac...
Pioneer DVR-A05 SuperDrive
This CDR-Info article details the upcoming DVR-A05 DVD-R/RW recorder from Pioneer.
The new drive is due in November and offers 4X DVD-R writing and 2X DVD-RW on "highspeed" DVD media.
The new highspeed media may cause problems with older drives and requires a Firmware update before they can be used safely.
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New Celebrity Switch Ads
New Switch Ads at Apple.com
Kelly Slater
Tony Hawk
Q-Bert
and also two new non-celebrity switch ads...
Richard Ziskin
Gianni Jacklone
QBert and Tony Hawk's ads had previously been...
iPhoto Update?
ThinkSecret predicts that iPhoto will be updated by the end of this month.
While details of specific feature changes in this release were not available, insiders said that Apple is planning to release it by Halloween, at the end of this month....
Powerbook Rumors
Kodawarisan posts an update with Powerbook rumors... and a hint had decrease supplies of current Powerbooks.
If any MacRumors readers can provide a more accurate translation than the automatic one, please post it in the comments.
Update: One of many translations picked at random:
According to my sources, a new model has started production on the old Powerbook G4(DVI) assembly ...
3d Positional Audio
MacOS Rumors posts a hint about an Apple/NVidia partnership:
Apple's work with nVIDIA on a HyperTransport-enabled motherboard chipset may include the functionality included in nVIDIA's latest nForce2 mobo chipset - notably 3D Positional Audio that would support true digital surround sound for the first time in Apple's history....
Apple/NVidia and specifically NForce 2 rumors have...
Bluetooth Device in 2 Weeks
O'Reilly's Mac OS X Conference kicked off with a Keynote with Tim O'Reilly and David Pogue. MacCentral provided some coverage... with the following quote from Pogue:
"I can't say what, but in the next two weeks, one of the major makers of something important in your life will start making something that has Bluetooth standard," said Pogue.
Palm was previously reported to...
Discounted .Mac for Education
Apple today introduced an educational version of its .Mac Web services, as noted by MacCentral:
.Mac for Education allows education institutions to purchase an unlimited number of one-year subscriptions via purchase order at a special educational price of US$59 per user (minimum of 10 subscriptions).
A .Mac for Education membership includes 50MB of online storage with iDisk...
Jobs to Keynote MWSF
As expected, Steve Jobs will give the keynote speech at MacWorld Expo San Francisco 2003.
Keynote speech is on Jan 7, 2003 at 9:00am PST.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs will deliver the opening Keynote Address at Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2003. The best place to learn first-hand about Apple's latest innovations and initiatives, this is Macworld's most exciting and anticipated...
Changes in Late 2003
eWeek speculates about the upcoming plans for Apple/Mac/PPC:
The main theme I see emerging from these various reports: Apple is methodically plotting its pressing need to migrate the installed user base to Mac OS X against its equally urgent need to speed the evolution of Mac performance, dragged down in recent years by the relatively sluggish ramp-up of the Motorola PowerPC G4 CPU...
Microsoft Office Discount
News.com reports that Apple and Microsoft have teamed together to offer a discount on Microsoft Office with a new Mac.
Beginning Tuesday, buyers of new Macs can pick up the full version of Office v. X for $199, or about $200 less than the full purchase price. The promotion ends Jan. 7, 2003....
Tony Hawk Switch Ad Preview
Birdhouseskateboards.com posted a preview of an upcoming Tony Hawk switch ad. Get it while you can.
Celebrity ads have been rumored ever since Apple's initial Switch campaign launched. An advertisement with DJ Qbert was posted on Errol Morris's website... but quickly pulled.
Ben Folds was also reported to be featured in an upcoming Apple...
Move over MPEG4... H.264?
EE Times has an interesting article about an emerging codec called H.264, that threatens to stall interest in the current MPEG-4 standard.
Nevertheless, H.264's potential impact on MPEG-4 is causing some discomfort in the industry. The codec was intended as an extension of the MPEG-4 standard (hence the "MPEG-4 Part 10" moniker embraced by some). But with the newest video codec emerging so...
