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But how do we know for sure (confirmed) that it was the Atom processor at fault here? For what I know, the built was tried on a Hackintosh so lots of things could go wrong. Apple doesn't support all kind of hardware last time I've checked.
I have an Amstrad machine (uses floppy,2 actually) and I can confirm that it doesn't run the latest OS X build.

Edited 2009-11-05 11:10 UTC

That's almost as bad an analogy as the imagined scenario about people complaining that OS X won't run on their toasters.

Let me spell it out:

Most generic x86 hardware == compatible with OS X, with the exception of a few artificial barriers put in place by Apple.

Armstrads, and toasters, and pretty much everything else == fundamentally incompatible with OS X in just about every way possible.

See the difference?

Thom - pretty much all of your articles read like blog posts to your personal blog these days. I also note, you haven't posted to your blog in months (or at least that was true when I looked a couple of days ago..)

People claim "sensationalism" because when ever you report anything recently, it reads like your own opinion, not objective reporting. That is all.

As an example : I had the perception that you had a complete and utter anti-iPhone stance, but you recently did a 180 on! A month ago you were obsessing about the Pre and pretty much sounded like the iPhone was the devil's own device.

Anyway, I think the phrase that best describes my own personal feelings about OS News recently is - "quality, not quantity". I'd rather have little or no news, but well reported and balanced reporting rather than hundreds of articles that read like personal vendettas* and opinion pieces**.

Things used to be a lot better. I'm sure you can return to that if you stop making OS News feel like your personal blog. I'm sure you'll feel I'm being unreasonable and attack me for having an opinion that differs from your own on this subject, I await the rebuttal ;-P But, I *am* a long term reader though - I started reading OS News when Eugenia moved here from BeNews. I'm not just saying this to be annoying or get you mad - it's the truth from where I'm sitting. Weigh that up and do whatever you see fit with it. Only *you* can make the necessary changes.

* Of course, it is not necessarily always true - even when claimed. That is just my perception of your general writing recently.

** ditto.

That'll teach you a harsh lesson : blogging is not journalism and people that blog are not necessarily journalists. I'm ready to bet here 5 euros that all hackintoshers will eventually buy an Apple product that their hackintosh was supposed to replace.

Ah, so this is not about the article at all. I figured as much.

This is just what OSNews is these days. Things change. We used to be a glorified RSS feed. Those days are long over. We announced so clearly in January. We are no longer what we were.

You like it, or you don't. We can't be everything to everyone.