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
Microsoft's Origami Project, Also Feb 28th?
Microsoft launched a website (Origami Project) which offers a short teaser product intro which simply promises more information on March 2, 2006.
Details of the upcoming product, however, has revealed a multi-function wireless tablet described as follows: "According to at least one report, Bill Mitchell, Corporate Vice President of the Mobile Platform Division, showed a slide that outlined...
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More Widescreen Content on iTunes?
Several readers note that Apple is offering more Widescreen content through iTunes.
NBC's free pilot, Conviction is 320x176 pixel (Widescreen) resolution as well as the most recent Battlestar Galactica episodes.
The transition appears inconsistent as the popular TV show, Lost, remains in the traditional 4:3 aspect...
iPod Video Photo - a Fake?
The widely discussed iPod Video photo appears to be a fake.
A Quicktime video (.mov) is now being distributed appears to document the creation of the fake image. The video is mirrored at YouTube. Higher quality version is also mirrored here.
The original image was posted at Flickr and then popularized by many technology sites Thursday morning. Fake "spy shot" images have long been a...
Feb 28th Products: Intel Mac mini and iPod Hi-Fi?
More rumors of the February 28th Apple event are leaking out.
As previously reported the Intel Mac mini and an iPod Boombox/Hi-Fi companion product are expected to be released at the Feb 28th event.
Appleinsider now claims that the Mac mini has already been sent to manufacturing partners to ramp up for release. Meanwhile, the Intel iBook is not expected to be released at next week's...
More Magnets in the Intel iBook?
Appleinsider reports that Apple will expand the use of magnets beyond its recent addition to the MacBook Pros' MagSafe power connector which is designed to safely pull away when yanked rather than drag your MacBook Pro to the floor.
According to the rumor site, the upcoming Intel-based iBook will incorporate an entirely magnet based latch technology. At present, the Mac laptops utilize a...
Apple's February 28th 2006 Event Rumors and Speculation [Updated]
Earlier this week, Apple sent out invitations (picture) to select members of the media for a news event on February 28th 2006. Apple teases: Come see some fun new products from Apple.
The invite-only event kicks off at 10:00am Pacific at the Apple Town Hall Building. The event has sparked speculation by analysts about what Apple might introduce at the upcoming event.
American Technology...
Happy Birthdays 2006
Today marks the Steve Jobs' 51st birthday and MacRumors.com's 6th birthday.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 and later co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, but later returned in 1997 after Apple bought NeXT (also founded by Jobs). Steve Jobs is Apple's current CEO.
MacRumors.com began on February 24, 2000 as a site to consolidate...
iPod Video Photo?
Several sites are popularizing this Flickr photo claiming to be a photo of the upcoming full-screen Video iPod.
The photo resembles the leaked 5G iPod photos, but may have simply been inspired by the same photos.
There is significant debate about the part number shown. The part number "M8719Z/A" is the same part number as Mac OS X 10.2 Server, but several people feel it is a "B" not an "8".
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Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Build 8I1102) Seeded to Developers
ThinkSecret notes that Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.4.6 to developers one week following the official release of Mac OS X 10.4.5. The update currently delivers about 50 documented improvements, including several OpenGL-related fixes, improvements to CoreImage and CoreGraphics, and other bug corrections for iSync, AppleScript, and other components. Known issues with the update include certain...
MacBook Pro Details and Images
As more retailers and users get their MacBook Pros, more images and details are coming out about Apple's first Intel-based laptop.
- OtherWorldComputing posts the requisite disassembly photos, showing the innards of a new MacBook Pro. iFixit offers a disassembly guide for adventurous MacBook owners. The disassembly reveals that the MacBook Pro's Core Duo processor is soldered to the logic ...
NBC and iTunes Offering Free Conviction Pilot Episode
Apple's iTunes Music Store has updated with a new show from NBC called Conviction. Conviction is a new mid season legal drama from NBC which focuses on young district attorneys. The show will be premiering after the Winter Olympics.
NBC and Apple, however, look like they are experimenting with digital distribution methods to promote this new television show. The Conviction show is labeled ...
MacBook Pros Trickling In
Jason O'Grady posts photos unpacking his MacBook Pro tonight. Details are still trickling in, but of note, the MacBook Pro already ships with Mac OS X 10.4.5 DVDs.
Meanwhile, one forum user posted a couple of preliminary pictures from his new MacBook Pro. (image reversed due to PhotoBooth).
Readers who simply can't...
Apple Virtual Input Device on Touch Screen
Details on yet another Apple Touch Screen interface patent application was revealed last week under the title "Virtual input device placement on a touch screen user interface". The display includes an application display, associated with an application executing on the computer, and a virtual input device display for a user to provide input to the application executing on the computer via the...
Apple 'Touch Finger LCDs'
Engadget has publicized an unconfirmed rumor from NewTechSpy that Apple is working on incorporating color LCD buttons alongside the trackpad of future MacBooks. The new LCD keys would reportedly change their image based on what function they are assigned to.
The idea appears to be similar to the much publicized OLED Optimus keyboard...
15'' MacBook Pros Shipping
Several readers have received shipping notices for their MacBook Pro orders. Photos of the first MacBook Pros are also appearing on the web:
Flckr Gallery
The 15" MacBook Pro was announced on January 10th 2006 at Macworld San Francisco, but the initial shipments weren't expected until mid February. Apple also surprised customers by announcing earlier this week that the 15" MacBook Pro...
17'' Mac Book Pro by June?
Appleinsider claims that the 17" MacBook Pro is slated for release by June 2006, around Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference.
The upcoming MacBooks Pros are expected to ship with "at least a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor". The new MacBook Pro ships with a slimmer form factor requiring a slimmer SuperDrive. At present there only appears to be 4x SuperDrives available at that thickness...
Apple vs. Mac OS X Hackers
Yahoo news reports on hidden messages placed by Apple into Mac OS X for Intel to warn would-be hackers/pirates. The system files of latest version of Mac OS X revealed a short poem: "Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he'd do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don't steal Mac OS!/Really, that's way ...
Mac OS X Virus/Trojan Summary
The announcement of the release of a Mac OS X trojan/virus/worm yesterday has drawn a lot of attention, confusion and significant misinterpretation. While much of the attention was aimed at the "virus vs trojan" distinction, this energy was misguided.
On the one hand, some users were quick to dismiss it as a simple "trojan" that anyone could easily script in minutes. While the application...
Eliminating the 100-song iTunes CellPhone Cap? (No)
Several sites reported on speculation that Apple was going to upgrade the current 100-song limit on Motorola iTunes phones. This was based on images found in the latest iTunes binary indicating that the users phone could be upgraded: "Want more music on your mobile phone with iTunes? Upgrade now".
The celebration appears to be premature as the iTunes product manager clarified that "the...
The First Mac OS X Virus? (A New OS X Trojan) [Updated]
On the evening of the 13th, an unknown user posted an external link to a file on MacRumors Forums claiming to be the latest Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 screenshots. The file was named "latestpics.tgz"
The resultant file decompresses into what appears to be a standard JPEG icon in Mac OS X but is actually a compiled Unix executable in disguise. An initial disassembly (from original discussion thread...
