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 Multi-Touch Display?
As a final note in the recent flurry of Apple Tablet and Gesture patents, one user points out some interesting possible relationships between Apple's recent patents.
One video has received a lot of attention. It is a video by Jeff Han on his research into Multi-Touch displays. The impressive display shows a user using multiple fingers/hands in manipulating objects on the screen. A closer...
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New on iTunes: School House Rock, Saved By the Bell, Biggest Loser, SI Swimsuit
Apple has added new video content to their iTunes Music Store (iTunes URLs):
School House Rock
Saved By the Bell
The Biggest Loser
Behind Scenes - Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2006
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit episodes are filed under Music...
Intel iBook Processor Speculation
Appleinsider speculates on what today's MacBook Pro processor bump might mean with respect to the upcoming Intel iBook.
Apple's MacBook Pro was upgraded from 1.67GHz and 1.83GHz models to 1.83GHz and 2.0GHz models respectively. In additional there is an option for a 2.16GHz Build-to-Order model. To review, Intel presently has the following Yonah processors in their product line:
T1300...
Mac OS X 10.4.5 Released
Apple Software Update has just pushed out the latest update to OS X Tiger (10.4.5).
The 10.4.5 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
- iChat video conferencing
- Safari rendering of web pages
- usability of Dashboard and widgets
- viewing of QuickTime streaming media...
Mac OS X 10.4.4 Intel Patch for PCs
Maxxuss has released a patch for Mac OS X 10.4.4 8G1165 (Intel) to allow it to be installed on a generic PC. This is a preliminary release of my Patch Solution for the official Mac OS X on the Intel platform. Ultimately, it would allow you to run this Mac OS X release on a generic x86 computer (SSE2 required).
There's still a lot of work and documentation to do, like support for SSE2-only CPUs, ...
No Built-in iPod Docks in the Intel Mac mini?
Appleinsider reports that the upcoming Mac mini will not have a built-in iPod dock that had been previously rumored in November.
Apple has reportedly scrapped such plans for a built-in iPod dock at least once before. The site speculates that the reasons include sacrificing an additional revenue stream as well as limitations in future upgrades to the dock connector.
Appleinsider expects the ...
Apple Serious about Gesture and Handwriting Interface?
With the recent revelation of Gesture user-interface patents applications from Apple, speculation about touch-interface iPods and Tablet Macs has been peaking. Apple, however, has previously filed a number of patent applications in the past related to Tablet and touch-screen technology in the past few years, but with no evidence they will ever see the light of day.
A new job description...
Apple Seeking Mac OS X Visual Interface Designer?
Monster.com is advertising a job for Apple Computer with the Mac OS X User Interface Group.
They are seeking a senior visual interface designer "to conceive, design and develop future enhancements to Aqua, the dynamic user interface for Mac OS X". The interested should candidate should have the following experience:
- B.S./M.S. in Interactive Media Design, Animation or related field.
-...
Bill Gates on Microsoft's iPod Competitors
SeattlePI.com reports on Bill Gates' question and answer session with high school students in the Seattle area on Friday.
One student asked Bill Gates if Microsoft was going develop an MP3 player to compete against the iPod.
Gates admitted that Apple had done a "fantastic job" with the iPod, and that Microsoft had been working with their partners on how they can can make less expensive...
Apple Supplying Henrico Middle Schools with iBooks
Henrico County (Richmond, Virginia) has decided to renew their contract with Apple in supplying iBooks to their middle school students.
Henrico had previously dropped Apple from their High School program in favor of Dell. The high school Apple iBooks were sold off for $50 a piece and drew a lot of interest as well as a stampede.
The new contract is worth $16 million and supplies Henrico ...
Disney Investing in iTunes IPO?
MacDailyNews republishes an unsubstantiated rumor from Briefing.com that Disney could be interested in purchasing a stake in iTunes, which would then spin off into its own publicly traded company via an IPO. "We are hearing some chatter this morning about Apple Computer (AAPL) that we can't confirm, but found interesting nonetheless. The rumor is that Disney (DIS) could buy a stake in AAPL's...
Is Core Duo 64-Bit?
Hexus.net vaguely claimed that Intel's Core duo may have support for 64-bit processing. The report is poorly written so is difficult to gather much from it, however, several Mac websites have started reporting it, so it is now linked here for interest sake. It appears that even if the Core Duo had hidden 64-bit capabilities, it is not active on shipping models, making the point somewhat moot.
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Gestures, Apple Tablet and iPod Images and Mockups
With rumors of the possibility of a full Video iPod circulating over the past week, users have been putting together pieces of the puzzle.
Apple Gesture User Interface patent applications revealed last week showed a number of images demonstrating the use of virtual iPod-like click-wheel on a tablet interface. The patent images show examples of use with iTunes, iPhoto, Word Processing and iPod...
Intel iBooks, Video iPod, Digital Entertainment in April?
Macworld.co.uk reports on Needham & Co analyst comments about what they expect from Apple in the coming months. One item expected is the Intel iBook, around April 2006, near Apple's 30th year anniversary.
While some of the information appears speculative, the analyst claims that a video iPod will indeed arrive soon: According to our sources, the screen on the video iPod will occupy the entire...
Boston and (24 hour) New York Apple Store
The Boston Globe notes that Apple is planing on building a "flagship" Apple store in Boston.
The Four-story store is expected to be built on Boylston STreet across from the Prudential Center. Apple is purchasing the building, which currently houses Copy Cop, and is planning to take it down and erect a glass-covered retail ''jewel" within the next two years
Meanwhile, ThinkSecret reports that...
Apple Thanks WebKit Developers
In June 2005, Apple started the WebKit Open Source Project. WebKit is the basis for Apple's web browser core which powers Safari. The open source project has drawn programming contributions from non-Apple employees providing constant improvements to the core of Apple's browsing technology.
As a "Thank You", Apple is giving MacBook Pro laptops to 12 of the top contributors to the project, and ...
Intel PowerMacs? Apple Phone? MacBooks Ship Date?
Appleinsider reports on a report by UBS Investment Research who reportedly had a "sit-down" with Apple executives including Peter Oppenheimer, Ron Johnson and Phil Schiller. "Our research indicates that new Power Macs could be announced with Intel processors by September, but Apples Rosetta emulation software should still be needed to run Adobes major high-end applications like Photoshop at that...
Apple 'Monopoly' Lawsuit? (Old)
For some reason, an old lawsuit attempt has resurfaced again as "news". The original lawsuit information appeared in January 2005. Thomas William Slattery has filed a class action suit against Apple Computer Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging Apple is guilt of violating federal antitrust laws and California's unfair competition law by requiring users...
Apple Buying Palm?
Several people linked to an article that discusses the possibility of Apple buying Palm.
This doesn't even qualify as speculation, but simply as wishful thinking on the part of some Palm investors calling for Palm to be put up for sale.
Apple reportedly did have some interest in purchasing Palm a number of...
WINE for Intel Macs?
X86Project claims that the first versions of WINE for Intel Macs has been complied and running (screenshots).
The Darwine Project has been working to port WINE to run under Mac OS X. WINE is a compatibility layer that has allowed x86 PCs to run Windows Applications under Unix/Linux operating systems. This is accomplished by re-engineering Windows system calls used by individual applications. ...
