Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 18:08 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
Mac OS X Anyone who hangs around on websites with information about installing Mac OS X on non-Apple labelled computers has probably already encountered this report, but it's newsworthy anyway. The upcoming release of Mac OS X 10.6.2 will remove support for the Intel Atom line of processors from Mac OS X.
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What this really means is...
by madcrow on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 19:05 UTC
madcrow
Member since:
2006-03-13

...that plans to either move the Mac mini to Atom or build an Apple netbook have been shelved indefinently. I would be very surprised if Apple hadn't been secretly looking at ways to either lower costs of their existing low-end machine or build a new even lower-end system back when the economy was at its worst and has simply shelved those plans now that things are starting to look up economically.

anomie Member since:
2007-02-26

You're probably correct, but I still question whether low end (think netbook) units were ever seriously considered within Apple. Macbooks remain their most popular item, and they'd be insane to undercut those.

Edited 2009-11-02 19:47 UTC

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