Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

posted by juliofranco vote down flag
techspot.com - 22 days ago
Apple to disable Atom support with OS X 10.6.2?
—
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 ...
xbitlabs.com - 15 days ago
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 ...

Comments vote down Madshrimps News RSS Feed found this 15 days agofound this
osxdaily.com - 22 days ago
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 ...

Comments vote down Engadget found this 22 days agofound this
techspot.com - 27 days ago
Intel to allow 2GB RAM with future Atom N470 netbooks
— techspot.com — If you've been in the market for a netbook at any given moment for the past year, you may have noticed how manufacturers are basically just putting different enclosures around the same hardware -- 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 160 or 250GB hard drives, and no more than 1GB of RAM. This is ... (more) Intel to allow 2GB RAM with future Atom N470 netbooks

Comments vote down juliofranco juliofranco posted 27 days agoposted this
Comments
Related: 10.6.2 disable atom
Apple to disable Atom support with OS X 10.6.2? (updated) — TechSpot
Update: The latest developer build (10C535) seems to have Atom support, so hackintosh users may be safe after all -- though, things could change by the final build.
Apple to disable support for Intel Atom in next update — DV Hardware
OS X Daily reports the Hackintosh netbook fun will soon be over as Apple's upcoming Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update has been confirmed to kill support for the Intel Atom processor. You can't help but suspect this move is Apple's attempt at shutting down the growing and popular Hackintosh ...
Apple kicks Intel Atom into touch with new update — DriverHeaven.net
Our insiders today told us that the forthcoming release of Apple's Snow Leopard operating system is set to disable support for Intels Atom processor. Update 10.6.2 prevents Snow Leopard from running on any systems with an ATOM processor installed - we previously reported that Apple loathe ...