Rumor: 10.6.2 Update Kills Netbook-Processor Support. Bye Bye Hackintoshes?

[Doc]

Winston wrote:
Doesn't the MacBook Air use an Atom processor too?

Core 2 Duo.

[Winston]

Doc wrote:
[quote=Winston]
Doesn't the MacBook Air use an Atom processor too?

Core 2 Duo.
Thanks for the correction. I'd confused the smaller packaging of the processor in the MacBook Air with the Atom processor.

- W

[SDGuy]

mrbigstuff wrote:
this makes me think of a question I have wanted to ask, but had little reason to do so, as I have not yet made the Hackintosh leap:

which is the better OS for a netbook (Appley-speaking), Snow Leopard, Leopard or Tiger? I'm thinking in terms of speed and stability, not necessarily of features.

Well, if you've got a Mini 10v, either Leopard or Snow Leopard is fully supported

[decay]

http://www.dailytech.com/Report+Apple+to...e16687.htm

[AAA]

do the usb scales still work?

[Monster]

makes me believe even more that a tablet like device is coming.
this is what I read on http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/s...kintoshes/ earlier today

This news comes from Stellarola, the hacker who helped us out extensively with the original (and still the best) Gadget Lab hackintosh. Here’s what he has to say:

In the current developer build of 10.6.2, Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU related information. One of the effects of this is Apple killing off Intel’s Atom chip.

The important word there is “current”. The latest seed could change before being released as an actual update. But Stella knows what he’s talking about (he’s one of the guys behind the OSx86 method for easily installing the Mac OS on non-Apple machines), and recommends keeping your frankenmacs loaded with 10.6.1 for now.

[deckeda]

... and so it goes.

[tenders]

For what I paid for the Dell Mini and for as beautifully as it runs now, I honestly do not care if it never goes beyond 10.6.1. (I never even made the leap to 10.6.)

[Panopticon]

This just might be Apple making an evidentiary demonstration to strengthen their position against Pystar.

It will be interesting to see how quickly the x86 community reactivates Atom support!

:priate:

[DaviDC.]

Does 10.6 offer any improvement on a netbook over 10.5?
If not, why even bother?