Sam OliverWhen Apple released Mac OS X 10.6.2 earlier this month, Intel Atom support was missing from the release. Though no Apple-sanctioned hardware uses the Atom processor, some low-cost netbook users would use the hack to install OS X on their systems.
The hack applies only to a select number of "Hackintosh" users, as not all who install Mac OS X on unauthorized machines use netbooks with Intel Atom processors. Atom is a low-voltage microprocessor used in inexpensive portable computers.
According to MacWorld, support for Mac OS X 10.6.2 has been brought to the Atom processor thanks to a complicated hack that requires use of the Terminal and replacing the kernel of the operating system.
As developer builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2 were released, the status of Atom support fluctuated, leaving hackers wondering Apple's purpose.
Still unknown is whether Apple actually had any intent in disabling Atom processor support. It's possible the situation could be much like the cat-and-mouse game with Palm, where Apple released minor updates to iTunes that served only to break compatibility with the Pre smartphone. Or, since Apple likely does not test its software on products it does not ship, the Cupertino, Calif., company may have accidentally broken compatibility with Atom processors.
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And just how is using the OLD kernel considered an upgrade? Talk about spinning the hack.
Or, since Apple likely does not test its software on products it does not ship, the Cupertino, Calif., company may have accidentally broken compatibility with Atom processors.
Isn't that sort of wrong? Apple had parallel versions of OS X for Intel and PowerPC flavors long before they ever sold an Intel-based computer. I'm guessing someone was testing the Intel version.
And the tit for tat begins.Even though Apple is kicking Pystars butt in court, there are dozens of other "cloners" in various countries around the world with various degrees of support in law. Then of course is the home tinkers too.
Apple will eventually have to realize they need to make some sort of hardware difference in Mac's that only allows them to run OS X.
If Apple continues in their present neglect, the OSX on PC community will grow so large as to be a legal threat to Apple.
Juries can be easily convinced that since Apple didn't enforce or make certain hardware differences over the many years, that essentially they allowed OS X on PC, thus now they will have to support it.
I also think Apple should seriously consider moving some factory operations back to the US, it's primary market. Not only because we need the jobs, but because the Chinese are playing economic warfare with their currency targeting to the dollar.
If the Chinese want to keep things even, then Apple and other manufacturing should be moved in proportion to the sales in that particular country.
Or, since Apple likely does not test its software on products it does not ship, the Cupertino, Calif., company may have accidentally broken compatibility with Atom processors.
Right, like Intel processors from 2000-2005. Then they decided to tell us that they have been building OS X on Intel the whole entire time OS X was alive, and oh by the way we're killing the PPC and going with Intel.
EDIT: caliminius beat me to it.
In any event, all the crying from the hackintosh community was for nothing. They solved the problem on their own.
And isn't this discussion about piracy and warez now? (correct me if I'm wrong.)