Leopard running on an Atom Processor
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Peter said 11:07AM on 5-27-2008
Any idea what Atom device was be used? I know nothing's on the market yet.
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Rico-San said 11:48AM on 5-27-2008
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!
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krisa said 12:07PM on 5-27-2008
the atom touch-screen variant; for a hackbook air touch!
Terror Twilights said 11:49AM on 5-27-2008
And... it runs like rubbish. Those are less than G5 speeds.
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krisa said 11:59AM on 5-27-2008
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
André Schmidt said 12:16PM on 5-27-2008
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 ;)
Sabi said 1:25PM on 5-27-2008
haha! Netkas your freakin awesome.
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(01) said 10:12AM on 5-28-2008
On 512 MB of RAM? I mean, it's kind of cool, but...
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Nick Ritch said 10:25PM on 6-01-2008
I wonder how much modification it will take to have leopard running on an MSI wind with it's Atom processor.
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