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He's the proprietor and day-to-day editor of the MacRumors empire, including MacBytes.com and DailyTunes.com.
arn is the creator and "chief operating officer" of MacRumors. He collects the news and rumors, decides what to post, writes the text, makes the rules, manages the site and its software, and keeps it all running, with the help of a very small number of moderators who keep an eye on the forums. He is the MacRumors member labeled with status "God".
This site is his baby and his efforts have made it the success it is.
This site is his baby and his efforts have made it the success it is.
Who's the person labeled "Administrator" or "MacRumors" or something like that who approves some stories?
It's some sad, frightend old guy behind the curtains, working levers and pulleys to amplify his voice and blow a lot of smoke. There's no place like home, SeaFox. 
Seriously though, my impression is that it's usually arn, and sometimes other moderators (arn must sleep at least occasionally, after alll), when they are acting in an official capacity. So that macrumors will post a rumor news story and then arn, in a less official capacity, can share his opinion, steer the conversation away from the cliff, etc.
Seriously though, my impression is that it's usually arn, and sometimes other moderators (arn must sleep at least occasionally, after alll), when they are acting in an official capacity. So that macrumors will post a rumor news story and then arn, in a less official capacity, can share his opinion, steer the conversation away from the cliff, etc.
1) Better snooping by the rumor sites might attribute to it. Products are known about in advance more often now.
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2) Apple Marketting using codenames as product names later on as they have with the MacOS releases.
I don't think codenames are becoming THAT much more public. It just seems that way with Panther and Jaguar.
Codenames becoming the final release name isn't a new phenomenon. Macintosh and Lisa were themselves originally codenames. However, what's disappointing is that we don't get what the codename is for the Power Mac G5. For the blue and white G3, we learned early on: Yosemite. El Capitan was the codename of the case design.
We do know some recent codenames:
1. The codename of the G5 processor is Neo.
2. The codename of the build of 10.2.7 that was configured for the G5 was Smeagol.
3. The codename of the 10.2.7 build for the newest PowerBooks was Blackrider.
We do know some recent codenames:
1. The codename of the G5 processor is Neo.
2. The codename of the build of 10.2.7 that was configured for the G5 was Smeagol.
3. The codename of the 10.2.7 build for the newest PowerBooks was Blackrider.