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| Tuesday, 03 November 2009 | |
  
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The Dell Mini 10v has been a popular choice for this exercise. But it seems that among other changes, 10.6.2 takes a closer look at which CPU is installed, and as a result the updated OS won't run on an Atom. Whether this is a deliberate plan or an example of collateral damage remains to be seen. There are already suggestions that it might be possible to come up with a modified or custom kernel to keep Mac OS X running on Atom netbooks (another strategy would be to stick with 10.6.1), but the additional effort involved is likely to discourage at least some potential 'Hackintosh' users. Perhaps that's all that Apple hopes to achieve. |
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