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
Apple's After Thanksgiving Sale 2006 [Updated, Confirmed]
Today (November 24th 2006), Apple is holding their annual Day After Thanksgiving sale (U.S. and Canada only) which is a one day event. What's notable about this event is that Apple rarely discounts their products, normally strictly following their manufactuer suggested retail prices. That being said, once sales tax and/or shipping costs and factored in, individual customers may still do better...
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Palm CEO on Apple iPhone Threat
MercuryNews.com reports on comments by Palm's CEO Ed Colligan on the persistent rumors that Apple will be introducing a Apple phone in the near future.
Overall, Colligan was not concerned about Apple's possible entry into the smart-phone market. "We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone,'' he said. "PC guys are not going to just figure this out....
iPod Ad: 'Put Some Music On'
Apple started new advertising their new iPod shuffle tonight on U.S. television. Like the recent iPod nano ad, the new Shuffle ad is a departure from the silhouette iPod ads that Apple has previously used.
The new iPod shuffle ad emphasizes the new shuffle's small form factor that allows it to be clipped on any outfit.
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iChat iPhone from Apple?
Appleinsider reports on a research note by analyst Shaw Wu about a possible second version of the iPhone from Apple.
This second version would incoporate Apple's iChat software and may be dubbed "iChat mobile". According to Wu, Instant Messaging (rather than email) would be the focus of the device.
According to recent reports, one version of the iPhone has already been contracted out with ...
Black Friday 2006 - Apple (and others) After Thanksgiving Sale
In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday", which is historically one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Over the past few years, Apple has participated with one-day specials at both their retail Apple stores as well as the online Apple Store.
Apple has posted a teaser at their online store: Come back to the Apple Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special...
AMD Based Apple Laptop?
Digitimes claims that according to Taiwan component makers, there is an increase in orders for certain capacitators that are intended for use in an AMD-based Apple notebook. Few other details are provided.
The rest of the article remains speculative, pointing to comments by AMD CEO that he felt that Apple would eventually come around to working with AMD.
Readers should note that Digitimes...
8-Core (Clovertown) Mac Pro Benchmarks
Intel officially introduced its family of quad-core processors on Tuesday. The new processors include the Xeon 5300 (Clovertown) and Core 2 Extreme (Kentsfield) models.
The quad-core Xeon 5300 (Clowertown) represents a pin-compatible replacement for the current dual-core Xeon 5160 (Woodcrest) processors that currently reside in the Mac Pro. This possibility was previously demonstrated by...
Leopard 9A303 Screenshots and Features
AeroXP and World of Apple have posted screenshots from the latest built of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
These screenshots depict some additional features from Leopard including:
Leapard's Firewall preference tab
The Firewall alerts you when an external machine tries to enter your machine
File Recovery is now included, allowing you search and restore deleted files
Apple seeded the latest...
Microsoft Zune Launched Today
Microsoft officially launched their Zune MP3 player today. Microsoft's latest entry into the portable music arena comes in at $249.99 for a 30GB Zune. It will be available at nearly 30,000 US retailers starting today. The Zune offers a 3inch LCD video screen, wireless music sharing and a built in FM radio. Zune comes in 3 colors: black, brown and white.
4.4 in. x 2.4 in. x 0.6 in. (h x w...
Intel Mac Firmware Updates, Digital Camera RAW 1.0.1 and X11 1.1.3
Apple released a number of updates today for Intel Macs, RAW Camera support and X11:
Apple released firmware updates for all of the Intel Macs:
iMac EFI Firmware Update 1.1
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.2
MacBook EFI Firmware Update 1.0
Mac mini EFI Firmware Update 1.1
Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.1
The updates provide fixes for Boot Camp, start up, and wake-from-sleep...
iTunes Album Credit for Singles
A CNet blog claims that Apple is working with labels to provide more incentive for customers to purchase full albums -- or at least not penalize them for buying singles ahead of time.
At present, if you purchase an iTunes single ($.99), and then later purchase the full album ($9.99), you are double paying for that single ($10.98). According to their sources, CNet states that in the future...
Japanese 'Get a Mac' Ads
Apple Japan appears to have recreated Japanese versions of the Get a Mac ads with Japanese actors. The new ads can be seen at http://www.apple.com/jp/getamac/ads/
The original U.S. versions of the ads can still be found at Apple's Get a Mac site.
The original ads featured Justin Long as "Mac" and John Hodgman as "PC". Recent reports have claimed that Justin Long will no longer be...
MacHeist: Gather Secret iPhone Info
MacHeist.com officially launched on Wednesday... a five week Mac scavenger hunt from the creators of MyDreamApp.
Each week features a "heist" requiring users to follow clues provided to accomplish their tasks. The first task? Gather secret information* about the long rumored Apple iPhone from an insider.
Each heist rewards players with free software applications as well as additional...
Rosetta Improvements in 10.4.8, Leopard Build 9A303, Vista Release?
Macworld reports that based on their benchmarks, Apple's Rosetta PowerPC emulation technology for Intel Macs has seen up to 30% improvements in the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.8). Rosetta is the technology that allows Intel Macs to run PowerPC applications (such as Photoshop and Microsoft Office) which have not yet been released as Universal Binaries.
Apple released the Mac OS X 10.4.8...
Microsoft to pay Universal for every Zune sold
A Reuters story reports that Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a fee for each new Zune music player that is sold.
Apple currently does not give a cut of iPod sales to music companies. "We felt that any business that's built on the bedrock of music we should share in," said Doug Morris, chief executive of Universal, owned by French media giant Vivendi.
At present music studios...
MacRumors Apple Ad Contest Results
As MacRumors' Forums approached its 3 millionth post, some of our forum members participated in an Apple Ad Contest to produce either an original Apple Print Ad or Apple Video Ad. Any level of experience was welcome and the contest was meant to be a fun outlet for our members. The results are in, and here are the winners:
Best Print Ad: Coming Zoon by ATD
Best Video Ad (Tie): Generations...
Fox Movies on iTunes?
News Corp's president and chief operating officer revealed that News Corp, which owns Fox movie studio, is in "positive talks" with Apple regarding putting their movies on Apple's iTunes Store.
A timeframe was not offered and several details still need to be worked out.
Apple launched movie sales on iTunes in September with only Disney-affiliated movies available. Fox movies could...
'Get a Mac' Ads without Justin Long ('Mac')
RadarOnline reports that Justin Long who plays the "Mac" on Apple's new television commercials will no longer be appearing in Apple's commercials.
There's no indication why Justin Long will no longer be participating in the commercials, but despite his departure, they report that a new round of ads are being filmed with the original director (Phil Morrison) and "PC" (John Hodgman).
Apple...
Core 2 Duo MacBooks Released
Apple announced the new Core 2 Duo MacBooks today...
Apple(R) today unveiled its new line of MacBook(TM) consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Just one-inch thin, the new MacBooks are up to 25 percent faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight(R) video camera for on-the-go video conferencing, Apple's MagSafe(TM) Power Adapter that safely...
VMWare Fusion Beta
VMWare sent an email out for a private beta testing of Fusion, their upcoming virtualization product for Mac OS X. Dear Beta Customer,
We are pleased to announce Fusion Friends and Family release. Fusion is the code name for the new VMware desktop product for Mac. You are part of a select group of users with the opportunity to experience this new and exciting product first hand.
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