Star Atom Support Returns in More Recent Mac OS X 10.6.2 Seed
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Nov 2009 22:10 UTC, submitted by mckill
Mac OS X We reported on the lack of Atom support in development builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2, but a more recent build re-enables support for Intel's Atom line, popular in netbooks. "In the latest development build Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535. The Atom lives another day, but nothing is concrete until the final version of 10.6.2 is out."
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robojerk
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2006-01-10

I think they're targeting Atom because the largest audience for Hackintosh's are people that want cheap hardware (like a Netbook) to run OSX on.

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poundsmack Member since:
2005-07-13

or that since their tablet would run the iPhone os and be arm based there is just no need for Atom in apples product line. with the next line of chips being 32nm and themal output in comparison to preformance is a complete non issue currently there is just no room in apples product line for atom.

Edited 2009-11-05 00:29 UTC

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Tuishimi Member since:
2005-07-06

I think I agree with this. It is interesting that they did that, despite all their foo-foo-ing and battling with Psystar, I think Apple WANTS people running OS X as widely spread as possible.

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