Rumors that Apple is about to cripple the latest build of the Mac OS X rendering it useless for netbooks started last month. And a couple of days ago, Apple release the latest update for Snow Leopard. Guess what? It has been confirmed that the said version of Snow Leopard will no longer run on Atom-powered netbooks.
So if you currently have a Hackintosh netbook as you read this post, better not upgrade to the latest Snow Leopard anymore and enjoy your netbook while it last. Or perhaps you might want to wait for the latest build. Who knows, Apple might forget about disabling this feature.
You're best to having a Hackintosh netbook then is to get those 12-inch laptops that don't run on Intel Atom anymore. Or bettery yet, why don't you get a MacBook instead?
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Or just wait? In any case, it has been confirmed that replacing the 10.6.2 kernel with the 10.6.1 kernel will get your Hackintosh running again.
I’m personally not particularly bothered by this. It is not Apple’s responsibility to make sure that non Apple hardware works with their OS.
And by the way, I already have a MacBook. I don’t need another. The Hackintosh is much more portable.
From a newbie: When you say, “replace the 10.6.2 kernel with the 10.6.1 kernel” are you just talking about copying the /mach_kernel file from a 10.6.1 system, or are there other files? Isn’t that what 10.6.2 “is” though?
thanks
Yep, just the kernel file. The 10.6.2 update has many new files, including the kernel. Apparently, only the mach_kernel file needs to be replaced. I read this on the MyDellMini.com forums, so it may not be the case with the Eee.
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