No More Atom Chip Support in the Latest MAC OS X 10.6.2

3rd November, 2009 by adina
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Apple seems to have discontinued the support for Intel Atom processors in the beta version of Mac OS X 10.6.2. The testers of the new Mac OS X reveal that support has changed in a manner that breaks the compatibility with the Intel chips and this includes the ability of entering the sleep mode by means of an unofficial extension. Apple’s move will force the hackers of the Mac operating system to keep the 10.6.1 version or to recur to an unofficial patch. Mac OS X 10.6.2 will prevent Snow Leopard from running on Atom-based systems. No official Apple products will use low-cost, low-power Intel chips.

This action follows the public assertion regarding netbooks which were categorized by Apple as being too slow. Apple is motivated to prevent unauthorized installations of Mac OS X on netbooks which are the preferred machines for this kind of piracy. On the other hand, Apple also made changes for the future MacBook Pro devices and this may question the deliberate character of these changes.

Apple is probably intending to reject Intel Atom for the future and to prefer the ARM architecture processors for the next handhelds to be issued, the Apple tablet being one of them.


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  1. Apple iSlate Tablet says:
    November 12, 2009 at 11:19 am

    I think Apple is doing this because there plan to release the iSlate.