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
MidRange Cinema Display
MacOS Rumors updated on Friday with an interesting tidbit about a rumored 18" Mid-range Cinema Display:
This second member of the Cinema Display family would sport a similar enclosure to the 22" model, but would cost only...
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Rad Game Tools for Mac
Good news for game developers? According to MacWeek, Rad Game Tools has ported their game API/Tools to the Mac:
"I'm positive you will see more games ported to the Mac now that our tools are available," said Rad programmer Jeff Roberts. The Mac and PC APIs are identical, making it easier for game developers to port...
SuSE Linux for Mac
MacAddict reports that the Mac
Port of the SuSE Linux
Distribution will be released "any day now":
SuSE will include all the goodies such as
databases, firewall scripts, web servers and mail
programs, but also cool stuff like video editing system
Broadcast 2000, or Linux's answer to Photoshop, GIMP.
Also of interest are advanced Mac on Linux capabilities,
allowing users to...
Inside Mac OS X
Apple has published a PDF document online entitled "Inside Mac OS X: System Overview":
"Inside Mac OS X: System Overview is intended for anyone who wants to develop software for Mac OS X. But it is also a resource for people who are just curious about Mac OS X as a development and deployment platform.
While aimed at developers, it might be of interest to any hard core Mac...
New G4 (500-750MHz) PowerBook and iBook (500MHz)?
Joe
Provenzono writes "The news is out and few
know the new product releases. As of August 1, 2000,
Apple Computer will release two new products. The
first is the awaited PowerBook G4. This will be
available from 500 to 750 MHz (No comment on the
weight, but it is a lot lighter, SURPRISE!) No word
about if it will be shipping with X-Beta, but pretty sure it
will. ...
iCab vs Netscape vs Internet Explorer
MacSpeedZone posted a speed comparison between browsers:
"On most performance tests Communicator 4.7.3 and iCab won the speed test. Internet Explorer was not that far behind and in the Java test it blew the Netscape away."
This really comes from the "who cares" department except for those really hardcore users... as the extra second saved at launch time or page rendering...
Free CD from Ambrosia
While you can get it all online, sometimes it's nice to have a CD archive...
Ambrosia Software issued a press release that during the month of June, you can get a free cd - no shipping cost...
Doom III?
John Carmack's plan (of id software) reflects an interesting update:
"We are working on a new DOOM game, focusing on the single player game experience, and using brand new technology in almost every aspect of it. That is all we are prepared to
say about the game for quite some time, so don't push for interviews. We will talk about it when things are actually built, to avoid giving...
Mac OS X Speech?
For a while, Apple seemed to be on the cutting edge with their technology... but in recent years, the future of Apple's Speech technology has seemed a bit spotty...
MacCentral reports that Mac OS X Final will have features on par with PlainTalk 2.0. As well:
"According to some rumors, Apple was supposedly working on the creation of "personalities" -- databases of responses to user ...
Extending AirPort Range
At About.com, has an article which describes (with pictures) how he modified his Airport to extend it's range:
"The following instructions will increase the range of an Apple airport base station 30 to 100% depending on the materials in your home and placement, etc."
Not as impressive as 14 km, but more doable.
...
Nothing going on?
With all the rumors going around and no product... MacUser UK comes to the inevitable conclusion... "Nothing going on?"
"But when nothing is announced, nothing is revealed, and even the rumours turn out to have nothing behind them, we have to assume - and Steve, we hate to use these words - there's nothing going...
Adobe Photoshop 6, ImageReady 3.0
Appleinsider has previews of the upcoming Photoshop 6 as well as a look at ImageReady 3.0.
Update: MacUser UK covers more details of Photoshop...
Microsoft X-Box Screenshots/Movies
Seen on Slashdot... IGN.com posted high quality screenshots and Quicktime Movies from Microsoft's upcoming X-Box. Not that you can tell a whole lot from screenshots/qt movies - but it's an interesting direction for Microsoft. It's affect on Apple isn't certain - if there is any at all.
X-Box is Microsoft's gaming platform, due in...
Apple's Super Computer
This Associated Press article about the US's current and future export restrictions on high-end technology gives a small nod to Apple's previous Lethal Weapon tv ad:
He said Apple Computer began selling its new G4 single-processor personal computer last fall but was unable to market it in more than 50 countries because ...
MusicMatch for Mac
MusicMatch.com has a Mac 1.0 beta of their jukebox software now available at their site.
According to this Reuters report:
"Like MusicMatch's PC-based jukebox, the Mac version would be free, and would be the first to offer free CD-quality
recording, with a sampling rate of 320-kilobits per second (kbps), more than three times as good as...
Aqua Suggestions
jasonr writes "This guy gives his suggestions for Aqua in a Flash rendition of Mac OS X."
Pretty impressive.
Like many, Kal Starkis gives his suggestions for Apple's new Aqua interface... but he actually provides a Flash 4 demo for you to see his suggestions in...
Java Report bags WebObjects
Timothy Priest writes "A quick heads up on the April Java report (paper version, not sure about the web version). A story entitled "Predicting the weather with a scalable Java Application Server" by Philip J. Gill states:
"As for Apple's WebObjects, Worden (Stephen Worden, CTO of strategic weather services) says the product was "underpowered" in that it wasn't fault-tolerant and scalable...
Quicktime's Sorenson vs. DivX's MPEG-4
MacNN posted a link to this Sorenson vs. MPEG-4 shootout by Jeremy Neish.
Neish writes: My original goal for conducting this shoot-out was to prove to myself and to the world that QuickTime with the Sorensen codec is the best solution for mid to low datarate video. As it turns out - I was wrong.
Looks like MPEG-4 wins in Quality and Speed of Compression, and loses on...
Windup Radio... but no Mac
One of the more interesting old rumors was the "Wind-up" portable computer based on a technology first applied to a radio.
This March 1999 Wired article discusses the technology and Apple's interest:
Stear confirmed that Apple Computer has been talking with his Capetown-based company about using the technology in...
Powerbook G4 or G3?
Go2Mac has the scoop the upcoming Powerbook G4 (codename: Mercury).
There is no doubt that the new G4e processors will arrive in the new PowerBooks, but the main thing to remember is that they are subject to the same old supply constraints due to quality control.
They speculate about a Jan 2001 ship date, with current test models being used for "case design only" making it...
