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Apple Atom support lives again
Apple Atom support lives again
Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525.
Intel Plans "Fast" Transition to Next-Generation Atom Platform
xbitlabs.com — Intel Corp. will reveal more details about its next-generation Intel Atom platform for netbooks and nettops on the 21 st of December 09 and computers makers will launch actual systems powered by Intel Atom N450 and derivatives on the 4 th of January ... (more) Intel Plans "Fast" Transition to Next-Generation Atom ...
Hackintosh Netbook users take note: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update kills support for Atom Processor
osxdaily.com — It’s not out in the wild yet, but 10.6.2 has been confirmed to kill support for the Intel Atom processor, this is especially important for Hackintosh users who have hacked various Atom based netbooks to run Snow Leopard. So what should you do if ... (more) Hackintosh Netbook users take note: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 ...
Apple to disable Atom support with OS X 10.6.2?
techspot.com — According to OS X Daily, Snow Leopard version 10.6.2 will end support for Intel's Atom processor. This is an unfortunate blow to Hackintosh users who run OS X on netbooks, which are largely Atom-based. Those users will have to stick with an older copy of the Mac operating system, such as 10.6.1 ... (more) Apple to disable Atom support with OS X 10.6.2?
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