Comments on: Upcoming Snow Leopard Update Disables Atom Processor Support

By: Apple iSlate Tablet

Apple iSlate Tablet — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:05:05 +0000

This is definitely being done to compete with their rumored tablet.

By: .:: The PsyTech News Blog ::. » Blog Archive » 10.6.2 Breaks Hackintosh Atom Netbooks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:18:00 +0000

[...] observers see the latest salvo in the war as a direct shot at competitors with low-cost netbooks. Others have suggested it may be yet another sign of the imminent Apple tablet’s arrival. The device has long been [...]

By: TexasYellowDog

TexasYellowDog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:11:02 +0000

In the US, the first sale doctrine allows you to do pretty much anything you want with your purchase. An after the sale EULA cannot convert a sale into a license. EULAs have been declared invalid many times in US courts; one of the most recent involves a suit by Autodesk against the resale of AutoCAD.
Now if Apple gets you to sign (not click) a license before purchase, they would have some say over the matter.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:42:42 +0000

And hey, look at that, nothing going on after all, except likely a bug. Works fine now:

http://stellarola.tumblr.com/post/225234492/10-6-2-kills-atom-and-other-news-updated

Funny thing is the guy reported this without even downloading the latest 10.6.2 build to verify it was a problem. The version he talks about that is working fine now was released on October 28th. So not only did everyone get riled up by someone breaking an NDA, but it’s likely someone who doesn’t even have direct access to the dev seeds from Apple.

By: Sajid Nawaz Khan

Sajid Nawaz Khan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:31 +0000

Illegal in your country or just generally? Can you elaborate, I’m perplexed!

By: Red

Red — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:06:21 +0000

There is a difference between not supporting x hardware and disabling users using x hardware. Though I’m not surprised considering they killed support for PowerPC when snow leopard came out…

By: TexasYellowDog

TexasYellowDog — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:59 +0000

@Sajid Nawaz Khan – the EULA is not legal.

By: Howie Isaacks

Howie Isaacks — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:01:50 +0000

You’re right. People get stirred up way too fast.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:57 +0000

I’ve posted elsewhere about this too, but basically I’m going to wait and see before getting the tar and feathers ready.

For right now, there isn’t any proof that:
1. This was deliberate.
2. This is nothing more then a code optimization that works only on Intel Core family of processors.
3. This will even be a part of 10.6.2.

All the blogosphere has is one statement by one OS X hacker that in their own words claims that “Apple has changed around a lot of CPU related information”, and it’s blown up to “OMFG, Apple is killing hackintoshes!!!”

Besides, Apple has never supported hackintoshes in the first place. They have no responsibility to anyone running the OS on non Apple hardware. If you get it working, great.

By: Howie Isaacks

Howie Isaacks — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:34:13 +0000

This story is getting so old! Apple should not have to support EVERY hardware configuration. Part of what makes the Mac so great is that Apple is able to custom design the OS and the hardware to work well together. If you want to have a hackintosh, then you need to understand that from time to time, Apple is going to break your compatibility. Complaining about it is stupid. You made the choice. You can live with it.