We said that we would have to wait for a final release of Mac OS X 10.6.2 to be sure whether Apple had really killed off support for the Intel Atom processor, and we were right. Stellarolla, the hacker who first reported that a developers seed of the upcoming OS update would break compatibility with the netbook processor, has updated his original post.
A new seed (the name given to the successive updates given to developers before the final release) has re-enabled support for the Atom chip, meaning that hackers who have installed OS X Snow Leopard on hackintoshed netbooks should be safe to upgrade. This makes it look like it was simply a temporary change in he code. Either that or Apple is playing all sneaky to lure unwitting hackers into a trap and break their computers. Stella:
So we will wait and see what the final release brings. Our guess is that the Atom-based hackintoshes will continue to work just fine, as these machines hardly cut into Apple’s sales: Anyone who hacks one together just to have a cheap Mac is unlikely to drop a grand on a real MacBook anyway, and I’d guess that most hackintoshers already have a Mac and are just doing it for fun.
10.6.2 kills Atom and other news: UPDATED [Stell’s Blog]
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