Latest Mac OS X 10.6.2 beta build brings back Atom support
By Donald Melanson 
posted November 4th 2009 6:42PM
posted November 4th 2009 6:42PM
Well, it looks like reports that Apple might be killing Atom support in the next Snow Leopard update may have been slightly overblown, as the latest developer build of OS X 10.6.2 (10C535) has apparently restored support for the processor and simultaneously brightened the spirits of hackintoshers the world over. What's more, there doesn't appear to be any explanation for the switch-a-roo from Apple which, as Electronista notes, could indicate that it was simply a bug or a temporary measure -- although it does of course also mean that Apple can just as easily flip the switch again if it sees fit (which seems like at least a 50 / 50 shot).
I dont know what's funnier, the suggestion that Apple is never in the news, or the fact that you called the company MAC (a. not the name of the company b. not router jargon). It's almost as if you're saying, "Wow, I didn't know Apple was still in Business. Neato."
They're almost a 200 billion dollar company that could buy Dell eight times over with their cash hoarde alone. Its 2009. Maybe you should pay a little closer attention.
This news is most likely completely irrelevant to your sister: does your sister happen to be the only female in the hackintosh community? What relevance does this post have to you just going to the store and picking up a Macbook. None. At all. In any way.
PS. My being a smug jerk has nothing to do with me being a Mac user. Your post seems to have been dusted of and given us from the year 1993, that's all.
Mac.
Not MAC.
`Entirely different things, unless you're shouting.
Actually, no, considering that MAC is a cosmetics company, that comment makes perfect sense.
MAC is an acronym. It stands for Media Access Control.
So u CAN run Snow Leopard on a dell atom netbook? Any one here tried? If this is true, gunna have to get a handful if the performance is decent...
I run 10.5.8 on My Dell Vostro A90. It works great. My only complaint is that the screen is too small for some of the dialog boxes. Solid little machine though, installation is a snap.
there goes the fight...
Whatever, I just bought a MBP :D
Doesn't seem like a 50/50 shot to me at all, since there is absolutely no precedent to support that opinion. Apple hasn't been preventing OS X from running on any specific chipset, why would they start now? Assuming Apple "flipped a switch" in the first place is stretching, since it was only reported by one person and they turned out to be mistaken.