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It's alive: Intel Atom support returns to 10.6.2

by Aron Trimble (Nov 19th, 2009)

The day that Apple killed Atom support with the release of 10.6.2 was a sad one for many in the hackintosh community. Just as many expected, however, Atom support has returned; and no, Apple had nothing to do with it. InsanelyMac forum member teateam has developed a replacement kernel for ...

Psystar alienates the Hackintosh community, too

by Mike Schramm (Nov 12th, 2009)

Say what you will about Psystar, the community that continues to sell computers running OS X, despite bankruptcy, constant legal problems with Apple, and a case so slim even their own legal team gave up. Sure, they're out of reason, out of room, and way out of line, but at least they've got plenty ...

Confirmed: 10.6.2 removes Atom CPU support from Snow Leopard

by TJ Luoma (Nov 9th, 2009)

A report by "stellarola" quoted in OSNews confirms what comments on our 10.6.2 post suggested: 10.6.2 removes support for Atom processors, most frequently found in "netbook" computers. This loss of Atom support was spotted in earlier builds, but nobody knew until now whether it'd be in or out in the ...

Perhaps Apple won't block Atom support after all

by Dave Caolo (Nov 5th, 2009)

There was a report this week that Mac OS X 10.6.2 will block Atom support, leaving Hackintosh owners stuck at 10.6.1. Intel's Atom processors have been used in netbooks by MSI, Dell and ASUS for their low cost and modest energy consumption. Hackintosh owners were disappointed. Shortly after that ...

Mac OS X 10.6.2 rumored to block Atom support, foil netbook OS X booting

by Steven Sande (Nov 2nd, 2009)

In a move sure to rile up the crowds of people (including our very own Erica Sadun) who have converted cheap Intel Atom-powered netbooks into tiny MacBook-like hackintoshes, several sites are reporting that Apple will kill support for the battery-sipping CPU in the next release of Snow Leopard. ...

With a rebel Dell, Psystar tries more, more, more

by Sang Tang (Oct 22nd, 2009)

Psystar, that pesky little thorn in Apple's side, has released Rebel EFI. According to Psystar, the app, available for $49.99 through the company's site, "allows for the easy installation of multiple operating systems," including Mac OS X, on a vanilla PC. Besides bypassing EFI requirements, ...

TwitPic Find: Snow Leopard on a hackint0sh

by Steven Sande (Aug 16th, 2009)

What's better than pictures of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in the wild? How about a snapshot of Snow Leopard running on a hackint0sh? While this could be a doctored photo, it does show a Eee PC 901 netbook with several windows open on the screen. In the About This Mac window are the magic characters ...

Road Tested: Why the hackb00k is a fail

by Steven Sande (Apr 27th, 2009)

A tweet this afternoon pointed me to a post by Dave "MacSparky" Sparks titled The Netbook Experiment, in which he talked about his disappointment with a Dell mini 9 netbook. Since I was about to send out a tweet to the world at large announcing the sale of my Dell mini 9, I found it fascinating that ...

Pictures of OS X 'mod-chip' EFi-X in the wild

by Christina Warren (Sep 12th, 2008)

In June, Mat wrote about the EFi-X, the internal USB-dongle that claims to allow a user to install OS X from a retail disc onto a non-Apple PC. Essentially the EFi-X is a mod-chip for certain Intel motherboards that will trick the Apple Retail discs into thinking that the hardware is ...

EFiX USB dongle for installing OS X on a regular PC

by Mat Lu (Jun 14th, 2008)

A while back the Mac web was abuzz about Psystar, the first commercially available hackintosh. Now comes EFiX, an USB dongle that will supposedly allow you "to install Mac OS X straight from the original DVD [onto a regular PC] without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything ...

Engadget goes hands-on with a Psystar

by Dave Caolo (Apr 30th, 2008)

Earlier this month, Psystar announced their intention to sell Leopard-ready, Core 2 Duo minitowers for $399US. The announcement drew a lot of attention, including that of Apple Legal. Still, a few machines have arrived in the wild, and yesterday some lucky owner posted a very brief video of his ...

The Frankenmac is alive

by Scott McNulty (Apr 18th, 2008)

Thanks to the seemingly dubious prospect of a Mac OS X-ready PC from Psystar, running Mac OS X on gear not made by Apple has gotten the Macweb all aflutter this week. Rob Griffiths of Macworld and MacOSXHints, not content with Apple's lineup of Macs, or waiting for some random company to make a ...

First commercial Hackintosh announced by Psystar

by Michael Rose (Apr 14th, 2008)

As noted by some of our tipsters last night and published today on Ars and MacRumors, a company called Psystar (site currently down, for legal or technical reasons, who can say?) is offering to sell you a $399 "OpenMac" Core 2 Duo minitower that is ready to run Leopard, and for $554 you can get it ...

OS X on an Asus Eee PC

by Mat Lu (Nov 15th, 2007)

Okay let me start by saying that we at TUAW don't actually condone this hack, because it does clearly break some licensing restrictions, but dang it's pretty cool nonetheless. The interwebs have been abuzz the last couple of weeks about the Asus Eee PC. It's a tiny 2lb Linux-based sub-notebook with ...