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jkontherun.com - 11/5/2009

OS X Atom Processor Support Revived (For Now) [jkOnTheRun]

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The discovery that developer builds of OS X 10.6.2 had removed support for the Atom processor kicked off a storm on the web. On the surface it seemed that the only reason for Apple to remove the hardware support that was already in the OS was to kill off the “Hackintosh” projects. ...

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electronista.com - 11/4/2009

New Mac OS X 10.6.2 build restores Atom support

— electronista.com — Word that Apple had disabled Atom support in a Mac OS X 10.6.2 beta seed may have... been premature, an update from the same discoverer says. A newer build, 10C535, now appears to have brought the feature back and hints that the lack of Atom support may ... (more) New Mac OS X 10.6.2 build restores Atom support

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9to5mac.com - 11/4/2009

Update: OS 10.6.2 now working on Atom processors

— 9to5mac.com — Last week, there was a bit of a fuss made over prominent Hackintosher Stell's contention that new... 10.6.2 beta builds were killing support for Atom chips.  It appears that fears of the loss of Atom's support were unfounded because the latest ... (more) Update: OS 10.6.2 now working on Atom processors

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slashgear.com - 11/5/2009

OS X 10.6.2 reacquires Atom support in latest dev build

— slashgear.com — Having heard earlier this week that Apple had blocked Atom processor support in their latest build of... OS X 10.6.2, we’re now being told that the low-power Intel CPU has once again been welcomed back into the Mac fold. A newer 10.6.2 build, 10C535, has restored Atom support, meaning ... (more) OS X 10.6.2 reacquires Atom support in latest dev build

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OS X 10.6.2 reacquires Atom support in latest dev build
SlashGear — ... X 10.6.2 crosses the wire.  It’s arguably not in Apple’s best interests to block OS X installs on individual netbooks – after all, users are unlikely to say “oh, I can’t hack it myself, I’ll just go spend three times as much as I did on this cheap netbook on a $999 MacBook instead” – but the tipping point might be whether they reckon third-parties such as Psystar are likely to put out OS X netbooks on a bigger commercial scale. [via jkOnTheRun] ...