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's Penryn Chip Performance Boosts
Intel announced some performance details on the upcoming Penryn processors at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing.
Penryn is the next chip family based on the Core micro-architecture and will include a number of enhancements along with a die-shrink to 45nm. The upcoming Penryn chips will be marketed under both the "Core" and "Xeon" brand names and encompass the entire spectrum of products...
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iPhone Seeing Some Issues? [Updatex3]
Businessweek cites an analyst with iSuppli that the iPhone may be seeing some minor delays due to ongoing issues. According to Jagdish Rebello, "various iPhone suppliers have been told that the iPhone may not be available until the end of June." We're hearing it's mostly an issue with the complexity of the device, and that all the component suppliers are making their deliveries on time
While...
Apple Considering $50-$150 Rebate on iPhone?
Appleinsider reports that American Technology analyst Shaw Wu believes that Apple and AT&T are considering offering a $50-$150 rebate or subsidy on the upcoming Apple iPhone. "We are hearing rebates of $50-150 that will be offered by AT&T to lower the price points for iPhone (currently $499 for 4 GB and $599 for 8 GB) and to entice customers to sign longer term voice and data contracts," the...
WWDC 2007 Keynote Scheduled: Monday, June 11th 2007 [Update]
Apple's WWDC Pages have been updated with a block set aside for the WWDC Keynote address.
The 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference Keynote will take place on Monday morning, June 11th 2007 and start at 9am Pacific. According to the published schedule, the keynote is blocked off for a lengthy 3 hours (9am - 12pm) (see...
Adobe's Creative Suite 3 Shipping, After Effects and Premiere Pro Betas
Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Design and Web editions have begun shipping.
Also shipping are the following individual products: Photoshop CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended, Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Fireworks CS3 and Adobe Contribute CS3.
Adobe's Creative Suite Production and Master Collection...
Patent: Apple Media Hub?
Arstechnica explores a recent Apple patent entitled "Multi-media center for computing systems". In the patent, Apple describes a system involving a central multimedia hub which can use various external "modules". These modules would be controlled by a centralized user interface on the hub itself.
The modules could be any sort of media device - such as an iPod, DVD player, or HD DVD...
8-Core Mac Pro Benchmarks
Barefeats has published performance benchmarks for Apple's latest 8-Core Mac Pro.
The initial report compares the 8-Core to the Quad-Core Mac Pro in Cinebench, GeekBench, Photoshop CS3, Aperture 1.5 and Quicktime 7.1.5 Exports.
A second report compares gaming frame rates between the two machines. They tested Doom 3, Quake 4, Halo, UT2004, World...
NAB: Final Cut Server, Final Cut Studio 2, ProRes 422, IO-HD [Event Over]
Apple introduced a number of updates at the National Association of Broadcasters conference today:
Final Cut Server (at Apple.com)
- $999 for 10 concurrent users
- $1999 for unlimited users
Final Cut Studio 2 (at Apple.com)
- Final Cut Pro 6 for video and film editing
- Motion 3 for graphics and animation in 3D
- Soundtrack Pro 2 for professional audio post-production
- Color (scree...
Gallery of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (9A410) Screenshots
ThinkSecret posted a Gallery of Screenshots from the latest developer seed of Mac OS X Leopard.
The rumor site notes that the latest build has "more bugs than ever" but focuses on visual changes and new features from the latest build. Highlights are itemized here:
- Webclip button on Safari
- Software Update interface
- Directory ...
WiFi iPods in Second Half of 2007?
DigiTimes claims that Apple plans on launching with Wi-Fi capabilities in the "second half of 2007" Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) will produce the Wi-Fi modules and Foxconn will perform as the OEM system assembler, according to Taiwan portable music player component makers.
USI will begin shipments later in April, while Foxconn may do so in the third quarter, the sources pointed out....
Mac OS X Theme Change in Leopard Seed 9A410
An earlier article reported that Leopard Build 9A410 had been seeded to developers.
Edit: Images removed per Apple Legal.
Images originally posted on Hackint0sh.org. Images are mirrored here. Alternative screenshots are posted on Flickr.
Apple also announced...
Apple Delays Leopard Release [Updated]
Apple has today announced that the release of MacOS X 10.5 Leopard will be delayed until October due to the development of iPhone. iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to...
iPhone 'Spec Spot' Casting Call
A Craigslist posting has drawn some attention as a casting call for an iPhone ad.
The ad is described as an "spec spot", however, with low or no pay. As a result, it likely represents an independent project, not sponsored by Apple itself.
The casting call asks for "people of diverse ethnic backgrounds discussing different functions and attributes of the unreleased phone in their native...
New 'Get a Mac' Ads: Flashback and Computer Cart
Apple officially posted two new Get a Mac ads on their website tonight: Flashback and Computer Cart.
'Flashback' shows Mac and PC in their youth while 'Computer Cart' targets cryptic error messages on PCs.
'Flashback' was spotted and posted by MacRumors user Rocketman earlier...
New Get a Mac TV Ad: Calculator
MacRumors forum user Rocketman has again captured a new Apple Ad. The new ad has been posted to Google Video:
...
Apple to Launch Subscription iTunes?
CNN Money's Media Biz blog reports that they have heard that Apple may be interested in joining the subscription service model for their popular iTunes store.
According to the blog, Les Ottolenghi, CEO of INTENT MediaWorks, has had meetings with Apple and believes that they will be launching a subscription service for iTunes in the next six months: "I think Apple is seriously considering a...
Slingbox Support for Apple TV
CNet's Gadget blog had previously reported that Sling Media was working to get their SlingBox working with the Apple TV. A Sling Media employee confirms that this was accurate: Yes, I can confirm this is accurate. (I work for Sling Media.) The Slingbox currently supports over 3,000 AV devices (cable boxes, DVRs, DVD players, etc) via IR and weve got many more in the pipeline. For Apple TV, youd ...
MGM and United Artists Join iTunes Store
MGM and United Artists movies have started appearing on Apple's iTunes Store this evening. The new movies are listed amongst the New Releases (iTunes link) on iTunes.
Popular MGM Titles include (iTunes links) Mad Max, Bulletproof Monk, Rocky,
Mac OS X Server Free with Mac Pro?
With the release of the new Mac Pro, it appears that Apple UK Store is offering Mac OS X 10.4 Server (10-Client) for free with the purchase of a new Mac Pro.
The Mac OS X Server software typically costs 349 for the 10-Client version at the UK Store, while the Unlimited-Client typically costs 699. On the Mac Pro order form, however, the OS X Server 10-Client is a free upgrade, with the...
Apple on Apple TV Hacks
With the flurry of hacks surrounding the Apple TV, including the ability to run a full version of Mac OS X, there's been some concern and unfounded speculation that Apple may be specifically disabling these hacks.
The most official word available comes from
