Comments on: Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Released. Intel Atom Support Officially Missing, breaks Hackintosh Netbooks

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By: Rob Poole

Rob Poole — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:28:11 +0000

Responding to DR:

Apple never officially stated that they supported the Atom processor, but why would they? They almost never discuss the actual CPU compatibility of their software except in the fine print on the web site and on the box, if that. Many times, they mention a specific model of Mac as being the baseline model for a given software package. So expecting an “announcement” from Apple is ludicrous.

Furthermore, Atom-based netbooks were running OS X just fine before now, so it’s hard to see how this is anything other than Apple deliberately detecting the Atom CPU ID and crippling the kernel in that case. Atom support is “missing” in the sense that we know it used to be there, and we have several successful Hackintosh projects around the world running OS X on an Atom-based netbook. Grousing about the word “official” is just hair splitting. Apple clearly didn’t officially support the Atom, but they didn’t prevent it from running the OS either. Until now.

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Se elimina oficialmente el soporte a Intel Atom | Applediario — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:05:54 +0000

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By: whackymac

whackymac — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:13:15 +0000

Apple is full of cry baby pansies.
a PC will run OSX better than any apple could.
Deal with it.
or have your apple users pay for the company to make the os not run on intel machines. and call it a UPGRADE … hahahahahaha !
now gimme 50$ bitches

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:47:43 +0000

The 500 lb gorilla is the bugs and instability of OS X 10.6.x. How many millions of Apple loyalists would be beating the drum about Windows if you lost all your personal data by simply logging into the machine. The genius of your Unix O/S is that it has 30 years of development behind it and it can support an unlimited number of hardware systems, whether tower, laptop, notebook, or embedded. The dictators at Apple have brainwashed you into thinking that you need an “ooh shiney” to run it in a stable state.

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By: DR

DR — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:49:19 +0000

There has never been an Apple statement indicating that Mac OS X supports Atom processors. And there was no Apple statement indicating that Atom support is now missing.

Thus, Atom support is not “officially” missing. It is just missing. In fact it was never “officially” there. Perhaps you meant that it is “confirmed missing”.

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なぜ Snow Leopard は Atom プロセッサをサポートしないのか « maclalala:link — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:44:22 +0000

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By: The Day The Hackintosh Netbook Died: 11-09-09 | MacRevu

The Day The Hackintosh Netbook Died: 11-09-09 | MacRevu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:04:05 +0000

[...] OS X Daily reports that many Hackintosh netbook owners found that after installing the update their tiny computers wouldn’t even boot past the Apple logo without hanging up. [...]

By: The Day The Hackintosh Netbook Died: 10-09-09 | MacRevu

The Day The Hackintosh Netbook Died: 10-09-09 | MacRevu — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:44:08 +0000

[...] OS X Daily reports that many Hackintosh netbook owners found that after installing the update their tiny computers wouldn’t even boot past the Apple logo without hanging up. [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:08:15 +0000

as I’ve used Mac’s and Mac OSX for years, I know and love the hardware and software. I work part time as a service tech and can’t stand Windoze and all the hassles of its OS. Its a lean year for me and in a time when I would of normally went out and dropped $1000 easy on an Apple product I can’t do that now. Getting some Netbook and being able to hack OSX on to it makes mobile computing easier to deal with. Shoot I’d rather carry around a $300-$400 netbook with OSX than being deathly afraid my $2000 MacBook gets stolen or dropped or drooled over.

and shoot even now am getting parts to build my own desktop intel hack mac. cobbling together $800-$900 for a desktop system with OSX saves a ton of cash…

only issue that bothers me is support… building and running a Hack Mac whether Netbook or Desktop requires more work… just like when Apple decides to upgrade the OS which on purpose or otherwise Cracks the Hack Mac. Also, no calling AppleCare for help when something breaks. Its a chance I am willing to take to save myself thousands of dollars.

By: macwind

macwind — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:06:09 +0000

@Martin Fluch

Apple offers no products in the $300 realm, I have a Netbook Mac to supplement my iMac and I chose to get an MSI Wind rather than a MacBook Pro. It’s so cheap that I can take it around without worrying about anything damaging or stealing my $2500 of beautifully arranged aluminum and glass. I’m on the subways constantly in NYC and in the past when I had a MacBook Air I was horrified of it getting damaged or stolen. I spent $320 to get my MSI Wind up and running with Mac OS X and I’m able to commute worry free and still run the best OS in the world, that’s why I go Hackintosh.

By: Martin Fluch

Martin Fluch — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:36:52 +0000

I don’t undertsand the outcry: if you want to use Mac OS X … then get a Mac and not a silly netbook. Nobody should even expect Apple to support a processor architecture which is not part of their product line. Why should they?

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Apple gegen Atom: OS X sperrt Netbook-CPUs aus » Apple, Intel » Netbux — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:36 +0000

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