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 Slashing Prices on Xeon Quad Core (Clovertown) Processors
Digitimes reports that Intel will be slashing prices 40-60% on their Quad-core server processors including the Kentsfield Xeon and the Clovertown Xeon processors in late July: The Kentsfield Xeon X3210 and X3220 will have their prices cut to US$224 and US$266 respectively, while prices for the Clovertown Xeon E5310, E5320, E5335, E5345, and X5355 will go down to US$209, US$256, US$316, US$455, and ...
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Last Phase of Cingular to AT&T Rebranding
When Apple announced the iPhone in January, they did so with a partnership with Cingular as their exclusive mobile phone service provider. Last year, AT&T acquired the remaining 40% of Cingular it had not already owned and over the past year, the company has been transitioning the Cingular brand towards the AT&T name.
International Herald Tribune notes that on Monday, AT&T has entered the...
Class Action Lawsuit over MacBook and MacBook Displays
Engadget reported on the latest class-action lawsuit against Apple.
The lawsuit claims that Apple's laptop screens are not as good as advertised to be: Citing observances that MacBook (Pro) displays are too often "grainy" and "sparkly", that Apple uses dithering to achieve higher color depths than is feasible for the equipment, and that apparently customers seeking repair or replacement were...
Internal Investigation on Fake Apple Email
In the wake of the fake iPhone and Leopard delay rumor that hit the web on May 16th, there's been a number of stories and claims regarding the events.
Engadget posted their sequence of events, which involved the fake email sent through an internal Apple distribution list to employees indicating that the iPhone and Leopard would be delayed. A couple of hours later, Apple sent out a followup...
European Apple Execs Secret Dinner Meeting?
European Apple execs were reportedly dined in style at a special dinner held for them: The restaurant Amura de Puerto Calero remains unequaled in their objective to organize the best events in our island. With this in mind, this Monday, I had the responsibility to prepare, in secret, a special dinner which was enjoyed by all the top ranking executives of Apple who had met at Lanzarote for the...
Apple Investigating Thinner Notebook Enclosures
A December 2006 patent application (published today) from Apple indicates they are working on thinner / stronger enclosures for their laptops.
Apple describes two conflicting design goals for producing thinner and lighter laptops: "the desirability of making the enclosure lighter and thinner, and the desirability of making the enclosure stronger and more rigid."
Instead, Apple describes an...
TBWA-Chiat-Day to Handle iPhone Ad Campaign
Adage reports that Apple's ad agency will handle the upcoming iPhone ad campaign. People familiar with the account confirm that TBWA's Media Arts Lab will handle all creative for the iPhone, much as the agency has for iPod. The agency has handled creative duties for Apple since 1997.
TBWA/Chiat/Day also produced the Apple iPhone teaser advertisement that aired during the Oscars.
There had...
iPhone Receives FCC Approval
FCC Documents indicate that Apple has received FCC approval for the iPhone.
Apple submitted the documents to the FCC on March 8th. Approval was granted today, May 17.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris acknowledged the news:...
Apple Shipping Final Cut Studio 2
Apple started shipping Final Cut Studio 2 today according to several reader reports.
Apple announced of Final Cut Studio 2 at NAB in April:
"Final Cut Studio 2 was specifically designed to enable the rapidly growing community of over 800,000 Final Cut editors worldwide to animate, mix, grade and deliver their...
iPhone and Leopard Delayed? [Update: False]
I'm cautious to post this, as there has been no other verification, but Engadget claims that both the iPhone and Leopard have been delayed. According to the gadget site: This one doesn't bode well for Mac fans and the iPhone-hopeful: we have it on authority that as of today, the iPhone launch is being pushed back from June to... October (!), and Leopard is again seeing a delay, this time being...
Amazon to Launch DRM-Free Music Store
The Washington Post reports that Amazon has announced that they will be launching a digital music store "later in 2007" which will offer "millions of songs, free of copy protection technology [DRM] that limits where consumers can play their music."
Like Apple, Amazon has licensed music from EMI but will be offering songs in MP3 format. "Our MP3-only strategy means all the music that customers...
iPod Shuffle Price Cut in UK
Macworld.co.uk reports that Apple has cut the price of the iPod shuffle in the UK by 6.
The new price is 49, down from...
Paul McCartney on iTunes, Beatles Soon?
One additional press release from Apple yesterday alongside the MacBook release was the pre-ordering availability of Paul McCartney's new album "Memory Almost Full" from Apple's iTunes store. This represents his first digitally distributed album: Paul McCartney is one of the greatest musicians of all time, and we're extremely excited to offer his first digitally distributed album on iTunes, said...
New iPod TV Ad: Mi Swing Es Tropical
Apple posted a new iPod television ad last night. The new ad continues the silhouette dancer theme and features Mi Swing Es Tropical (iTunes link) by Nickodemus & Quantic featuring Tempo.
...
Apple Releases New MacBooks
As predicted, Apple released revised MacBooks today. The modest updates include faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives:
Apple(R) today updated its MacBook(R) consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model. The MacBook is just one-inch thin and features built-in 802.11n wireless networking for up to ...
Five New MacBook Configurations for Tues, May 15th? [Updated]
Tuesday, May 15th is the most recent date-on-the-calendar for those awaiting Apple notebook updates. Questionable rumors posted last week indicated that we would see Apple laptop updates this week, while other rumors pointed to "sooner than expected" laptop updates.
Despite varying claims, the final word we've heard is that five (consumer) MacBook models are en route, but no other details are ...
No iPhone Pre-Sales?
BoyGenius publishes an AT&T prelaunch sales brief for the iPhone which details sale policies for the iPhone.
Essentially, the iPhone will be offered for sale as a first-come, first-serve basis, and no pre-sales will be allowed.
As previously known, the iPhone will be available in June but "the exact date has not been announced". The document also reinforces the $499 and $599 prices for...
NPD: Apple's March 2007 Desktop, Laptop, and MP3 Marketshare
Bloomberg provided March 2007 marketshare numbers from the NPD Group.
It revealed that for March 2007, Apple was ranked 4th for notebook sales (9.9%), 5th for Desktop sales (7.7%), and #1 for MP3 Player Sales (68.9%).
BetaNews provides a historical perspective on these numbers.
Apple's 9.9% marketshare brings Apple back into the top 5 notebook retailers after it had dropped out in...
First iPhone in the Wild (West Texas A&M) [Updated]
TUAW reports that (perhaps) the first "civilian" iPhone may have been given to West Texas A&M's president, Dr J. Patrick O'Brien.
According to the first hand report, AT&T's CEO Stan Sigman presented the iPhone to Dr O'Brien at a commencement speech at the university: The big news is that he presented the president of WTAMU, Dr. O'Brien, with what he claimed was "the first iPhone in Texas."...
MacBook, MacBook Pro and Ultra-Portable Updates
ThinkSecret updates with claims that both MacBook and MacBook Pro updates are coming sooner than expected.
The rumor site had previously pegged MacBook Pro updates for WWDC, but now expects an announcement "as early as Tuesday," echoing a previous page 2 rumor by Gizmodo. The new MacBook Pro is expected to utilize features from Intel's recently introduced Santa Rosa chipset.
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