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Leopard running on an Atom Processor

by Brett Terpstra May 27th 2008 at 11:00AM

Using PC_efi technology (a means to run OS X on a PC without kernel modification), an anonymous source for netkas.org has managed to run and benchmark Leopard on an Atom chip, which is rumored (and denied) to be headed for Mac.

The Atom Processor would certainly make a good candidate for a mini-tablet. It's small enough to fit any form factor, and low power enough to run for long periods in small devices. According to netkas, you can even run one of these on solar power. Here are the results of an Xbench test, courtesy of netkas:


More details are available at netkas.org.



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Nick

I wonder how much modification it will take to have leopard running on an MSI wind with it's Atom processor.

June 01 2008 at 10:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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On 512 MB of RAM? I mean, it's kind of cool, but...

May 28 2008 at 10:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sabi

haha! Netkas your freakin awesome.

May 27 2008 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sebastian Clarke

And... it runs like rubbish. Those are less than G5 speeds.

May 27 2008 at 11:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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kris

seriously? this isn't going to be in the new macbook pro's.

This benchmark is slightly lower (overall) than a dual processor G4 power mac; AND IT ONLY CONSUMES 2.5 WATTS

May 27 2008 at 11:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
André

Considering this is the single core Atom 230 processor it does quite well.

Just think how it will do with the dual-core Atom 330 processor ;)

May 27 2008 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rico-San

1st thing that popped into my head after reading this was rolling OS X on one of those Asus EeePCs (the Atom variant due out sometime this year). With some skill, you could make your own HackBook Air!

May 27 2008 at 11:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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kris

the atom touch-screen variant; for a hackbook air touch!

May 27 2008 at 12:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Peter

Any idea what Atom device was be used? I know nothing's on the market yet.

May 27 2008 at 11:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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