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
Xbox 360 demos on Macs
As has been long reported, Microsoft's Xbox development system are PowerMac G5s. (photo)
Indeed, Xbox 360 demos being shown by Microsoft are running on PowerMac G5s. "We purchased a number of Apple G5's because very specific hardware components of the G5 allow developers to emulate some of the technology behind future Xbox products and services," a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement....
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Xbox 360 Launch (3.2GHz PowerPCs)
Microsoft announced the Xbox 360 on Thursday as widely anticipated.
Of most interest to Apple fans are the specs provided of the upcoming Microsoft gaming machine. Common to both Macs and the upcoming Xbox are IBM PowerPC processors.
In this case, the Xbox is expected to provide three symmetrical cores running at 3.2GHz each along with a VMX-128 vector unit per core (3 total).
The Xbox...
Motorola Phone Revealed?
Mobile Gazette has published what it claims to be a picture of the upcoming Motorola iTunes enabled phone. Based on the description, however, it appears that it may simply be a mock up: However, Motorola are fairly notorious for leaking out information before the official product launch and there now appears to be enough intelligence to put together a picture....
Cell Phones to Overtake iPod?
Bill gates made interview comments to a German newspaper that he sees mobile phones overtaking iPods for portable music players. "As good as Apple may be, I don't believe the success of the iPod is sustainable in the long run," he said in an interview published in Thursday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
He drew comparisons to Apple's early lead in personal computers/GUIs which was later lost. ...
DVD Player, Intermediate Codec, Pro App Support Updates
Apple released a number of updates today related to Pro Application users, including:
Pro Application Support 3.0 (10.3.9)
This update improves general user interface reliability for Apple's professional applications. It is recommended for all users of DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Logic...
Motorola iTunes Mobile Phone - in July?
Gizmodo posted what appear to be screenshots from the development version if iTunes Mobile. The iTunes-enabled Motorola phone is expected to arrive in mid-July according to an email posted by Gizmodo.
Apple and Motorola announced the plans for an iTunes-compatible Motorola cellphone back in July 2004. The phone, however, has seen delays attributed to reluctance from mobile carries from...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.4.1 (8B13)
Apple has apparently seeded Mac OS X 10.4.1 Build 8B13 to developers.
The upcoming Mac OS X update is expected to arrive in...
Yahoo Online Music Service
Yahoo has announced that they will also be entering the online music download market with a new subscription-based service.
Yahoo's new service will offer unlimited access to a library of 1 million songs for $6.99 a month. The new service is akin to Napster's current "To Go" service which also offers unlimited access to songs for a monthly fee. Napster's service, however, costs $14.95/month.
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Apple Tablet Computer Design Patent
Many readers note that Apple was granted a US patent on "the ornamental design for an electronic device, substantially as shown and described". The US patent was filed on March 17th 2004 and posted today (May 10th, 2005).
Readers will recall that many of the same images were revealed in August 2004 (images).
The patent application images this time also depicts a person using the device as...
iTunes Music Store Selling Videos Now
One blog (Wysz's Thoughts) points out that Apple's iTunes Music store now appears to offer the ability to sell videos as well as songs. This takes advantage of iTunes 4.8 new features allowing it to manage and play video files.
This feature is demonstrated in the Feel Good Inc single (iTunes Link) which was used in the most recent iPod Ad (Rollerskating).
The videos for this particular...
iTunes Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway Now Available
Apple's iTunes Music Store now lists Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark amongst the countries that offer iTunes Music Sales.
Rumors of the imminent expansion came in late April, alongside rumors that iTunes Australia would also be included. Australia's store appears to be delayed due to contract disagreements at this time.
Members are encouraged to browse through other forum readers...
iTunes 4.8 Released (w/ Video Playback)
Apple has released iTunes 4.8 for download iTunes 4.8 includes new Music Store features and support for transferring contacts and calendars from your computer to your iPod.
The syncing features appear to require Mac OS X 10.4 and was previously handed by iSync.
Download available at http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ and appears to be available for Windows 2000 or XP and Mac OS X 10.2.8 or...
Dangerous Widgets?
As reported across sites yesterday, there has been some concern about auto-installing Widgets under Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Safari.
One example page has been setup (see link) which autoinstalls a widget under Tiger/Safari combinations.
While widgets are generally prohibited from performing destructive tasks in the system, the remaining abusive potential for such a combination is drawing...
iPod Ad: Rollerskating
Apple broadcast a new iPod ad on May 7th 2005. The new ad is entitled "Rollerskating" and features the song Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz.
Apple has posted small. medium and large versions of the new ad on their website.
The ad continues the theme of Apple's iPod advertisements with silhouetted dancers - this time on...
Bonjour for Windows
Apple has released Bonjour for Windows. Bonjour is the new name for Apple's zero-config technology previously known as Rendezvous: Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP...
Australian iTunes Delayed...
The Courier Mail reports that the rumored iTunes Music Store which was expected to be launched last Thursday was delayed by one major record company: A source said yesterday Apple had planned to launch an Australian version of its popular online music store last Thursday, as widely touted, but the launch was thwarted by one unnamed major record company that refused to sign an agreement in time....
Apple iPod Marketshare and Future Ads?
MacNN reports on a Merill Lynch analyst note from Steven Milunovich.
According to data from NPD, Apple's market-share of Flash based MP3 players from from 43 percent in February to 58 percent in March. Meanwhile, Apple's US hard-disk player market was at 90% and iTunes marketshare above 70% in April.
Also noted were expectations that iTunes enabled mobile phones were still coming as well...
Apple Releases New eMacs
Alongside new iMac updates, Apple also quietly released a new eMac today.
1.42GHz PowerPC G4, 256MB RAM, Combo Drive: $799
1.42GHz PowerPC G4, 512MB RAM, Super Drive: $999
Now shipping with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
eMac and iMac updates have been reflected in the Buyer's Guide...
Apple Releases New iMacs
Apple announced new iMac G5s today.
The new iMac G5s feature 2.0GHz processors, built-in Airport Extreme and Bluetooth, come with Mac OS X 10.4. They also feature a 8x double-layer Superdrive, 512MB RAM standard and faster graphics (ATI 9600).
17", 1.8GHz, 512MB RAM, 160GB: $1299
17", 2.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 160GB: $1499
20", 2.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 250GB:...
Steve Jobs to Keynote WWDC 2005
Apple announced that Steve Jobs would be kicking off the WWDC Keynote on Monday, June 6th 2005 at 10am.
The five-day event which runs from June 6 - 10th is offers developers teaching sessions, Q&As, hands-on labs and more. Details available at Apple's WWDC site.
While the...
