10.6.2 Drops Atom Support, It’s End Of Line For Hackintoshes
From now on, all Hackintoshes may be stuck at 10.6.1.
Hackintosh hackers have confirmed that 10.6.2 drops support for Intel’s Atom chips.
Writes leading hacker StelaRolo:
“The netbook forums are now blowing up with problems of 10.6.2 instant rebooting their Atom based netbooks. My sources tell me that everytime a netbook user installs 10.6.2 an Apple employee gets their wings.”
What’s this mean? StelaRolo says that a hacked kernel will likely appear, but Apple is clerly nuking the Hackintosh market.
In addition, Apple will not likely release any future hardware based on Intel’s Atom platform. Instead, Apple will concentrate on ARM-based hardware, the same platform as the iPhone. That includes the upcoming tablet.
As Seth Weintraub writes on Computerworld.com:
“Apple bought a processor-building company called PA Semi two years ago, in order to build chips for iPhones, said Steve Jobs. The chips that this new Apple division make will likely be the chips that power Apple’s tablet and even future laptops.”



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