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 Seeds Leopard (10.5) to Select and Premier Developers
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Preview to Apple Developer Connection developers with Select ($500/yr) or Premier accounts ($3500/yr).
The Leopard version provided is reportedly the same build that was demonstrated at WWDC (Build 9A241). Apple provided one online update to Leopard developers which brings the final build to 9A241e.
Apple demonstrated Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) at WWDC ...
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Apple Selling Ads on iTunes?
ValleyWag claims that Apple is recruiting for an ad sales director in an effort to bring advertising into the iTunes store. In a deal that should bring in several hundred million dollars off the bat, the company will run ads, most notably on its iTunes store.
The article has few details but suggests that Google's ad system would be used.
This is not the first time that there have been rumors...
Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Universal) Preview
As previously reported, Adobe's Vice Presdent offered a "quick look" at Photoshop CS3 running on an Intel Mac at the Photoshop World keynote last week.
Few details of the demo are available, but Appleinsider reports that the upcoming Universal-Binary revision of Adobe's Photoshop (code-named "Red Pill") is expected in the spring of 2007. While no new features were revealed, it did show that...
Google to Supply Video for Apple iTV?
Newsweek reports that Apple and Google are in talks about supplying videos to Apple's iTV product when it ships next year. Is it possible that when iTV ships next year, you may also be able to choose a menu item called Google Video, and then zip through the best of the thousands of user-submitted videos on the search giant's service? Google's consumer product chief, Marissa Mayer, tells me that...
Office 2007 Details?
APC Magazine claims to have some details about Microsoft's upcoming Office 2007 for the Mac.
As expected, Microsoft is coding the next version of Mac Office as a Universal Binary application, allowing Intel-Macs to run the application natively. Being able to sidestep the Rosetta translation layer which enables Power PC applications to run under the Intel architecture should in itself deliver a...
Apple Phone in Early '07?
ThinkSecret claims that Apple will finally be releasing the long awaited Apple Phone in early 2007.
The rumor site claims that after scrapping a ground-up design, they've decided to go with "several off-the-shelf parts for what will be the first of at least two or three different phones" in the first part of 2007.
The phones are said to include high-end features such as a 3-megapixel...
Boot Camp 1.1.1 Released
Apple has posted a new version of Boot Camp. The following improvements are listed but are similar to the updates from Boot Camp 1.1:
Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers
Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes
Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk
Support for built-in iSight cameras
Support for built-in microphones
Right-click when...
Apple's Phone Revealed? [Updated]
Rumors of an Apple Phone have been ongoing for years with Apple laying claim to the domain iPhone.org since 1999 and the trademark for iPhone in 2002. Meanwhile, a number of Phone related patents have also surfaced showing that Apple has been researching this option.
Recently, analysts have claimed that the Apple phone is essentially ready with a brief description: The design will be an iPod ...
8-Core Mac Pro (Clovertown)
AnandTech took a Mac Pro, which comes with two Dual-Core Xeon (Woodcrest) processors and replaced them with samples of two Quad-Core Xeon (Clovertown) processors. We grabbed a pair of 2.4GHz Clovertown samples and tossed them in the system, and to our pleasure, they worked just fine. Our samples used a 1066MHz FSB, although we're expecting the final chip to use a 1333MHz FSB, but the most...
Apple Provides Sneak Peek Of Media Center (iTv) [Photos]
In a rare move, Apple provided a sneak peek of the long rumored Apple media center. Currently without a final product name, it has been codenamed iTV and has the apperance of a flattened Mac mini.
Providing various audio and video outputs, it is intended to be connected to a TV, communicating wirelessly with your Mac or PC and displaying a Front Row like interface for the content on your...
iTunes Music Store says It's Showtime
Apple's iTunes Music Store has gone down and has been replaced with a black screen with the simple words: It's Showtime
The iTunes Store is being updated
Apple is widely expected to deliver an iTunes Movie service today at their media event.
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New iPods, iPhone?
More possibilities continue to roll in for today's event.
Several readers have noted the publication of an iPhone photo in a French online newspaper. This iPhone photo is simply a confirmed mockup design that had been published months ago.
Meanwhile, one new report indicates that there are 8 new iPod stock numbers and 10 new accessory stock numbers available to resellers. Accessories...
It's Showtime: Event Anticipation
As Apple's It's Showtime event approaches, a number of interesting tidbits have been circulating.
Some analysts believe that this is the first of many consumer electronic announcements from Apple in the coming months.
MacNN posts images from the exterior of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The front is covered with an iPod dancing-silloutete banner.
One unconfirmed post claims...
Apple Event Agenda?
TUAW posts an unconfirmed agenda for the Apple event: Let's just say I have been informed by a little reliable birdy about Tomorrow's event. The line-up will follow this similar structure:
Welcoming of Media Members
Discussion on iTunes software, iTMS integration into iTunes, and iTMS sales and facts.
Announcement of iTunes version 7.0
Announces better search feature for Music Store...
Apple's September 12th Media Event Roundup
Apple is hosting a media event on Tuesday, September 12th 2006 in San Francisco, CA at 10AM Pacific. The event will also be simulcast to a location in London where journalists have also been invited.
The invitation to the media was entitled It's Showtime -- suggesting Movie-related announcements. Rumors sites had originally expected iMac updates during the event, but Apple surprised everyone ...
Kentsfield (Quad-core Intel) by end of 2006?
TG Daily news reports that Tom's Hardware will be posting preliminary benchmarks for Intel's upcoming Kenstfield processor on Monday.
Kentsfield is Intel's next version of their "Core" processors which was originally scheduled to be released in the 1st Quarter of 2007. According to the article, it is now planned for late 2006 availability.
Kentsfield is a Quad-core chip and essentially...
Newest Mac OS X 10.4.8 with Faster OpenGL?
Apple just released a Mac OS X 10.4.8 developer seed marked as build 8L2112 (Intel) and 8L112 (PPC). This latest build was released to developers with little fan fare.
An unconfirmed post claimed the latest 10.4.8 build did incorporate enhanced OpenGL performance which led to the following Cinebench 9.5 benchmark on a MacBook Pro which does not appear to demonstrate significant improvements:
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iMac Core 2 Duo Benchmarks
MacCentral posted a first look at the new Core 2 Duo iMac along with some early benchmarks.
The new iMacs which were released on Wednesday incorporate the latest Core 2 Duo processor from Intel. The Core 2 Duo represents the continuation of the Core Duo line which first made its appearance in Apple computers in January. Intel has maintained that the new chips would provide roughly 20%...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.8 Build 8L2112/8L112
Apple seeded Mac OS X 10.4.8 to Developers on Friday. A number of issues are fixed in this seed including issues with Image RAW, CoreImage, ColorSync, Rosetta, Xsan and File Manager.
The Intel version of the build is said to be 8L2122 and the PowerPC at 8L112.
An unconfirmed Digg posting claims that there are a number of other significant changes to 10.4.8 including enahnced OpenGL and...
Intel Active Management Technology (vPro) support for Apple?
TheRegister.co.uk reports that at a Core 2 Duo chipset launch yesterday, an Intel general manager suggested that there were discussions to bring Intel's Advanced Manageability Technologies in vPro to Apple machines.
Intel's vPro is detailed on their site. vPro is essentially a marketing initiative, targeted at business customers, and incorporates dual core 64-bit chips, virtualization, and...
