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
3d Interfaces for Leopard?
An Ars Technica blog entry claiming that one of Apple's secret Leopard features will be 3d user interfaces sparked a bit of discussion across the Mac web.
The article is self-described as "wild speculation" so no specific inside knowledge is claimed. The author imagines: We've already seen the iPhone seamlessly zoom in, zoom out, and flip icons, windows, and screens. Think about what a real...
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Inside Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server
Information Week goes into some detail about what's new in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server.
The list details items that have been publicly posted and are not amongst the "secret" features Steve Jobs claims they are holding back, but does provide an interesting summary of the upcoming server operating system.
The features include iCal Server, Wiki Server, 64-Bit capabilities, File Services, Web ...
iPhone Generated One Million Inquiries
A Reuters story reports on comments by AT&T Chief Operating Officer Randall Stephenson during a speech on Tuesday.
While AT&T/Cingular is not accepting pre-orders for the iPhone, they have set up a email signup list to find out when the iPhone is available. During the speech, Stephenson revealed that "one million people have asked us to call when [the iPhone] is available", suggesting a high...
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Announced
Adobe has updated their site with information about Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3). The Adobe Creative Suite 3 family offers you choice in the combination of creative tools you master, the design disciplines you explore, and the richness and scope of content you create. This revolutionary new release includes six editions, each combining tightly integrated, industry-leading components that enable ...
Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Pricing and Upgrades
Adobe is planning a media event on March 27th (Tuesday) to announce Creative Suite 3 pricing and availability. Amazon jumped the gun a little and posted a few pages revealing product specs and pricing for several of the CS3 products with ship dates of April 20th and July 1st, depending on the product.
We've received pricing information for the entire Adobe CS3 line of products and included...
Apple TV Booting off External USB
After initial reports of hacking the Apple TV to play other formats such as XviD, work has continued surrounding the original Something Awful forum thread about how to get further functionality out of the Apple TV.
Users have been able to run various apps (World of Warcraft, VLC, Firefox) remotely through VNC. Other efforts reveal that the Apple TV does respond to an external keyboard....
More Leopard Rumblings
Contradictory claims about Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard continue to trickle in.
The most authoritative word, however, comes from an Apple rep who "confirmed the reports are wrong and Leopard is still scheduled to ship in this spring as they previously announced."
Perhaps predictably, Analyst Shaw Wu claims that "Mac OS X Leopard will ship on time in the 'Spring' timeframe, or Apple's June...
Leopard Still on Schedule for "Spring 2007" [Updated]
Despite some questionable rumors that Apple was delaying Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard until October, Jupiter Research's Michael Gartenberg reports that an Apple representative "confirmed the reports are wrong and Leopard is still scheduled to ship in this spring as they previously announced."
Again, "Spring 2007" gives us a timeframe up to and including June, which is when the Worldwide Developer's...
iTunes: Sony TV Shows and Apple TV Showcase
Macworld reports that Sony will be delivering several new TV shows to Apple's iTunes Store.
The new shows include "News Radio", "'Til Death", the original animated "Spiderman", "Starsky and Hutch", and "Charlie's Angels" and have already appeared on iTunes.
Meanwhile, for new Apple TV owners, Apple has compiled an Apple TV podcast showcase which are described as "podcasts that can make your ...
Apple TV Upgrades: Xvid (And More) Support, 120GB HD
A Somethingawful.com forum post details how to play Xvid and other non-supported formats on the Apple TV.
The process essentially involves the addition of the Perian plug-in into the /Library/Quicktime/ directory of the Apple TV's hard drive. Perian is a "a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats".
This confirms that the Apple TV is...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Delayed until October?
Digitimes claims that Leopard may be delayed until October. Why? To include Vista support: The sources pointed out that the launch delay is not due to software design problems with Leopard but instead is attributed to Apple's plan to have its new OS support Windows Vista through an integrated version of Boot Camp.
It should be noted that Digitimes has been notoriously inaccurate with their...
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard - Still Waiting
Ars Technica posts a somewhat speculative article on why they feel that Leopard will not be ready by April. This is based on developer sources indicating that Mac OS X betas tend to ramp up over 6 weeks prior to launch, and that current builds are not currently stable enough.
Based on their best guesses, they point to "June" as a possible timeframe.
At MacRumors, we're not big fans of...
Apple TV Taken Apart
TechRestore.com dissected an Apple TV. Unfortunately, the site is under heavy load at the moment.
A mirror of the images has been posted to Photobucket. The photos show closeups of the Intel processor, NVidia GPU and wireless card.
A few more details are provided by Macworld after they received a...
Apple TV Manual and Support Documents
Apple has posted support documents for the Apple TV with troubleshooting guides and quick start guides.
Also provided is a PDF of the Apple TV user manual.
Gizmodo has posted a video of the Apple TV being first setup, and also shows the startup video previously reported.
Meanwhile, the first customers have started receiving their Apple TV orders today. Visit
Apple TV at Best Buy
News.com's Apple blog reveals that Best Buy will be carrying the Apple TV starting on Tuesday. They will have a two week "exclusive" over other non-Apple retail stores in carrying the new device.
Initial supplies will be limited with only 3000 units shipping across 800 stores.
Apple has recently been testing sales at Best Buy with a pilot program for selling Macs at the popular retailer....
Apple TV Review by Walt Mossberg
Walt Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal a first review of the just-shipping Apple TV. Apple TV is tiny, just about eight inches square and an inch high, far smaller than a typical DVD player or cable or satellite box, even though it packs in a 40-gigabyte hard disk, an Intel processor and a modified version of the Mac operating system.
Mossberg had 10 days with the Apple TV and notes...
Apple TV Unboxing Photos (and Video)
Gizmodo has posted the first unboxing photos of the Apple TV.
It looks like they really got into it, with Unboxing Photos and then a series of 57 photos "From Backside to Unbox" and a few additional notes about it.
A couple of the more interesting notes:
- AppleTV will pick up where your iPod left off
- Your iTunes season passes are automatically pushed over to your AppleTV's hard...
Apple TV Details and Specs
Apple has opened a section on their website dedicated to the new Apple TV and issued a press release today.
The tech specs page provide some additional details:
Video:
- .264 and protected H.264 (from iTunes Store): Up to 5 Mbps. Maximum resolution: 1280 by 720 pixels at 24 fps, 960 by 540 pixels at 30 fps
- MPEG-4: Up to 3 Mbps. Maximum resolution: 720 by 432 pixels at 30 fps
Phot...
Next Apple iMacs with "Striking New Industrial Design"?
Appleinsider claims that the next version of Apple's iMac will showcase "striking new industrial designs aimed at leaving both competitors and onlookers smitten."
The new designs are said to be sleeker and slimmer than the current iMac designs, however, the new looks may only be deployed on the 20" and 24" models, leaving the 17" model's future uncertain.
The rumor site has no solid...
Apple NAB Special Event Invites
Macworld originally reported on a special event to be held at the National Association of Broadcasters on April 15th, 2007.
Appleinsider has published the invite which was sent out last week.
Meanwhile, on online version of the invite is available at Apple's website: http://www.apple.com/go/nab/register/ Please join us for a special presentation at NAB in The Venetian Hotel and Casino on...
