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
Duke to Give iPods to Incoming Freshman
In followup to a Page 2 rumor that Duke University would be offering iPods to their incoming freshman, CBS Marketwatch provides confirmation of this report.
According to the news site: Apple also said that this fall Duke University will give iPods to all incoming...
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Apple Releases 4th Gen iPod
As predicted, Apple announced the 4th generation iPod today. Apple today introduced the new iPod, the fourth generation of the worlds number one portable digital music player, featuring Apples patent pending Click Wheel, which combines the smooth and continuous scrolling of a touch-sensitive wheel with five push buttons for superior one handed navigation. The new iPod also features up to 12 hours...
New iPod Details, Specs and Prices
MSNBC has posted the Newsweek article providing details, more photos and pricing for the new iPods.
New features include:
- Click wheel (like the iPod Mini)
- A millimeter thinner
- More efficient Menus
- Multiple on-the-go playlists
- Listen to audiobooks slower or 25 percent faster without affecting pitch
- Longer play - 12 hours of battery life due to more power conservation
-...
Colored iPods?
A few reports indicate that Best Buy has received new product codes for new iPods to be available in August and September:
Purple iPod (15GB)
Yellow iPod (20GB)
Orange iPod (40GB)
Presumably this could be an abbreviated list, but may hint toward color iPods associated with the impending...
New iPods on Monday?
ThinkSecret reports that Apple is planning on released a "thinner, sleeker" white iPod on Monday, July 19th.
The new iPods are said to be roughly the same dimensions as the current standard (non-Mini) iPods, but slightly thinner and with a new scroll wheel design.
ThinkSecret cryptically reports that the announcement "will be delivered through an out-of-the-ordinary publicity...
Dual 2.5GHz PowerMacs Shipping
According to reports, the first of the dual 2.5GHz PowerMacs have begun shipping and demo units can already be found at some retailers. The new PowerMacs are shipping with Mac OS X 10.3.4.
Apple first announced the Dual 2.5GHz PowerMacs in June but initial estimates expected units to ship in late July.
Aside from some early Cinebench benchmarks there have not been many hands on reports of...
Office Depot and Apple
Office Depot is now an Apple reseller. According to their website: New at Office Depot! We are Proud to be an Authorized Reseller of Apple Products!
You can take advantage of one stop shopping for all your office supply needs and now all of your Apple technology needs in one convenient location. It's that easy to shop and save at Office Depot!"
Apple has previously attempted to offer Apple ...
Apple's Q3 2004 Results Webcast
Apple will be broadcasting their Q3 2004 financial results at 2:00pm PT/5:00pmET on Wednesday, July 14, 2004. Please note that comments made during this call may include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. For more information on the factors that could influence results, please...
iTunes Europe and Indies
Reuters reports that Apple is on the verge of an agreement with indie record labels to offer their music for sale on the European iTunes Music Store.
The iTunes Music Store for Europe launched in June, but with the absense of these Indie labels. Independent artists reportedly represent a substantial portion of music sales across...
iTunes Hits 100 Million [Updated]
Apple reached their 100,000,000 iTunes sales mark tonight a bit before 1:30am EDT.
Apple had launched a promotion giving away iPods to every 100,000th song buyer between 95 million and 100 million, with the 100 millionth customer winning a 17" PowerBook, 40GB iPod and 10,000 iTunes Songs gift certificate, along with having their very own celebrity playlist on the iTMS.
[update] The lucky...
MacWorld Boston 2004
Without much fanfare or anticipation, MacWorldExpo is kicking off tomorrow (July 12th, 2004) in Boston, MA.
This year's summer MacWorld Expo marks a move back to the Boston venue (from New York) which was surrounded in controversy ultimately leading to Apple's decision to not participate in the expo.
As a result, attention around the summer expo has been remarkably minimal.
One reader...
iMac in Paris?
ThinkSecret provides notes that despite Apple's (unusual) announcement that a new iMac line will be announced and released in September, that Apple Expo Paris (August 31st) will act as the launching ground for the new iMac.
Ship dates aren't expected until September 15th, however.
ThinkSecret provides no new details on the revision to Apple's consumer line, though previous hints have...
Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.3.5
Thinksecret reports that Apple has already seeded Mac OS X 10.3.5 to developers today.
According to the rumor site, the new seed has changes in Mail, Safari, OpenGL, Networking, Graphics, Bluetooth, Firewire, and Audio/Sound.
The newest revision of Panther is said to be running on the (as yet) unreleased dual 2.5GHz PowerMac...
Apple PowerMac G5 Developer Note
Apple posted a revised developer's note for the new PowerMac G5 line of computers.
The latest incarnation features liquid based cooling in the high end model (2.5GHz).
The Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac is due to ship in late...
UCLA Plasma Physics 256 G5 Cluster
ThinkSecret reports that UCLA's Plasma Physics Group is in the process of building a cluster composed of 256 Dual G5 Xserves.
According to ThinkSecret: Xserves running Mac OS X Server proved to be the most cost-effective, straightforward and appropriate choice for the application, plasma physics research.
Previously submitted to MacRumors: the team has setup a webcam to allow internet readers...
PowerMac G5 2.5GHz Benchmarks
One user provides some of the first benchmarks from Apple's newest top end PowerMac - the dual 2.5GHz model. While Apple introduced the dual 2.5GHz PowerMac G5 in early June it is not due to ship until late July.
The following Cinebench benchmarks were run on a Dual 2.5GHz PowerMac with the new GeForce 6800 Ultra video card (connected to two 30" Apple LCDs) at WWDC.
For reference, Dual...
RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS X (Beta)
Real released RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS X today: Available in beta, the newest RealPlayer from RealNetworks enables Mac OS X consumers to enjoy hundreds of hours of audio and video content in many of the major Internet media formats, including RealAudio, RealVideo, AAC, QuickTime and MPEG. Also included in the RealPlayer for Mac OS X beta are an integrated browser window, advanced video controls...
Apple's Dashboard Widgets
David Hyatt updates his blog to provide some clarification on Apple's upcoming Dashboard Widgets. I wanted to blog briefly to clear up what the widgets actually are written in. They are Web pages, plain and simple (with extra features thrown in for added measure). Apple's own web site says "build your own widgets using the JavaScript language", but that's sort of misleading. The widgets are...
Safari 1.3 Seeded
With Safari 2.0 coming with Tiger in 2005, Apple is still working on improvements in the current version of Safari. Safari 1.3 (v146) was seeded to developers today and offers several under the hood improvments.
Reports indicate primarily that speed has improved noticeably, with several CSS rendering fixes. The most notable improvement appears to be in Safari's Javascript engine.
One...
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL
The $599 NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL card that Apple introduced on Monday represents a significantly improved graphics card now available to Mac users.
Previously, the best card available to Mac users was the ATI Radeon 9800 XT which adds $300 to the cost of a build-to-order PowerMac G5. The new GeForce 6800 adds another $150 to that cost, but delivers significant performance boosts.
Tom'...
