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
Intel Virtualization Technology in Yonah
One reader points out that one significant new feature in Intel's upcoming Yonah Processor is "Virtualization Technology". Intel describes it as "allowing a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions."
The examples of use Intel provides include uses for administrators performing background...
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School Deal points to iBook Updates?
Several sites are pointing to this local news story about Greene County Schools trading in their laptops early to Apple to get all new laptops in early January. At a special meeting held Monday night at the Greene County Board of Commissioners meeting, the Greene County Board of Education voted to refinance its lease from Apple Computers. The school system will sell its 2,041 existing laptops to...
12inch iBook End-of-Life'd?
MacBidouille adds fuel to the fire by posting an advertisement from a French distributor which labels the 12" iBook G4 as "End of Life"'d.
Products typically reach End-of-Life designation when it has been discontinued to make room for a newer/updated model.
With Apple's attention to secrecy, most retailers do not have much...
Apple Involved in Next Gen PC to HDTV Connectivity
A group of PC and consumer electronic companies announced today that they are working on a specification for a new display-connector called UDI.
UDI stands for United Display Interface and is intended to serve as a next-generation digital display interface standard for PCs. It is expected to replace the old VGA analog standard connectors as well as providing compatibility with both the DVI...
HP to Drop iTunes in 2006?
Macworld.co.uk reports that Hewlett Packard may stop pre-installing iTunes on their line of PCs in 2006.
This follows their earlier announcement in July that they would stop selling re-branded HP iPods. According to a statement at the time "reselling the iPod no longer fit with HP's current digital media strategy"....
Another TV Show Arrives... Microsoft Competition? [Updated]
Apple and ABC have posted another television show to the iTunes Music Store today. Commander in Chief is now available on iTunes.
NBC has also promised that new shows would be added along the way.
Meanwhile, there are reports that Microsoft is not taking Apple's success lightly and plans on launching a subscription-based [Movie]* download service. The service would presumably offer...
New iBooks, Mac minis and iPod shuffles at MWSF 2006?
ThinkSecret cites "reliable sources" in reporting that Apple plans on introducing new iBooks, Mac minis and iPod shuffles at Macworld San Francisco in January 2006.
Intel is expected to launch the dual-core version of Yonah -- its new notebook processor -- in January. Low-votage versions are expected to come in at 1.5GHz, 1.66GHz and 1.83GHz speeds, while the "performance" version will ship...
Light-weight Stylish Mac Laptops in 2006?
Taipei Times reports on research analyst predictions that Apple will be introducing "light-weight [notebooks] with a stylish design aimed at luring female users."
The new models are expected come in at the following specs:
12-inch notebooks at 1.5kg (3.3lbs)
14-inch notebooks below 2kg (4.4lbs)
Apple's current iBook comes in at 2.2kg (4.9lbs) for the 12" and 2.7kg (5.9lbs) for the 14" ...
New Manhattan (NYC) Apple Store
The New York Post reports that Apple will be opening up a third Manhattan store across from the Empire State Building at 21 W. 34th Street. The computer giant net-leased the entire, 30,000-foot five-story building from Jeff Sutton of Wharton Realty and his partner, SL Green Realty Trust, sources said....
PowerPC History and Future Name Change?
IBM updated an article entitled "POWER to the people" which runs down the history of the Power Architecture which developed into the PowerPC processor used in Apple's Macintoshes.
The PowerPC came from the Apple, IBM, Motorola alliance and introduced in 1993, the PowerPC saw its first commercial use in the Power Macintosh 6100. Since...
iPod Shuffle Out of Stock
Several readers report that the 1GB iPod shuffle is out of stock for the holidays at Apple's online store: Ships: Currently Unavailable
Sold out for holiday.
Expected availability mid-January....
Apple axes RingTone iTunes Plan?
TheRegister.co.uk claims that Apple had big plans to introduce ringtone sales into the iTunes Music Store. Users were also reportedly given the capability to remix the ringtones before transfering them to their phone.
The new feature was reported to be a headline feature of iLife '06 at Macworld San Francisco. According to The Register, however, it has been cancelled just weeks before the...
Apple Extending Front Row
Appleinsider points to a Front Row job listing indicating that Apple is just getting started with Front Row.
The Job (Req. ID 2443440) is described as follows: Do you want to join a team building revolutionary new multi-media software for Mac OS X? Would you like to create software for a centerpiece in Apple's...
HBO Interested in Supplying iPod/iTunes Content
Reuters reports that HBO's chief executive hopes to make a deal with Apple for supplying iPod/iTunes Video content at some point in the future.
Fox had previously made similar comments....
Google Music and Apple iTunes
CNet reports that Google has launched a new Google Music search service which allows users to type in band names, albums and songs into Google which will bring relevant results along with links to merchants for online ordering or downloading.
Apple's iTunes is amongst the initial merchant partners along with RealNetworks, eMusic and Amazon.com
This confirms a
Intel's Napa Platform with Yonah (Jan 2006)
eWeek reports on Intel's new mobile platform called Napa, which was detailed yesterday to reporters.
According to Intel, the new laptop platform (Napa) which incorporates their dual-core Yonah processor will outperform their current laptops by 68%. Along with this will be a reduction in power consumption by 28%, which will extend...
MTV and Microsoft Music Store in 2006
ZDNet reports that MTV may finally be ready to launch their online music store to compete against iTunes.
MTV first announced plans for a music store back in 2003, not long after Apple's iTunes launch. MTV appears to have partnered with Microsoft to offer their music store which is expected to offer subscription-based sales as well as individual song sales.
According to Macworld.co.uk,...
Analysts Expect Intel Macs in January
The Examiner/Bloomberg News reports that a number of analysts are expecting Apple to introduce the first Intel-based Macs in January at Macworld San Francisco.
"Unidentified industry sources" are cited as the source of this information.
While this could represent independent sources, it may also simply represent the same stories that have been reported at MacRumors over the past few...
New iPod Products from Apple?
Appleinsider claims that Apple is prepping new iPod "companion" products for launch at Macworld San Francisco 2006.
One of the new products are said to include a iPod Boombox which is both unique from other third party products as well as different "anything Apple has released in the past." The device is reported to include wireless audio streaming and be marketed as "plug and play music for...
Different Startup Chime on Intel Macs?
Appleinsider reports that the early Intel Mac prototypes "sport an unfamiliar boot chime".
They speculate that Apple could change the startup sound on the upcoming Intel...
