| ||||||||
Forum Archive Old/outdated threads will end up here.
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
(#1)
|
| Senior Member Posts: 144 Join Date: Aug 2009 | It appears that apple has removed support of Intel Atom CPUs with the 10.6.2 update of Snow Leopard. Also removed is the chipset/graphics drivers for GMA950. Quote:
| |
| |
(#2)
|
| Super Moderator Posts: 1,356 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Idaho | I highly doubt this for technical reasons. First, the Atom CPU wasn't actually supported, it's just compliant with the minimum requirements of the system. I like to think of it as a Core 2 Solo Lite. Second, they can't remove GMA 950 support, they'd kill the MacBooks and Mac minis from 2006 (and in the case of the mini, until 2009!) by doing that. That would make for a lot of unhappy customers. I think they're just messing with a bad developer build. http://osx.mechdrew.com - News and Guides for Installing Mac OS X via NetbookInstaller - Now on Twitter |
| |
(#3)
|
| Expert Member Posts: 522 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Jersey City, NJ | I bet your right, bad build or install, but that said Apple does play that sort of game, you only have to look at the iPhone jail breaking arms race for evidence. Hope they don't. But then wouldn't kill me to freeze at 10.6.1. MINI Cooper '02 | 1.6L | CVT | Moonroof | Red w/ White Stripes Want the ALC268 mini 9 sound fix? Get it here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2377323/Mini9SoundPatch.zip |
| |
(#4)
|
| Senior Member Posts: 144 Join Date: Aug 2009 | Were the old 2006 macbooks/minis 64bit capable processors? Apple could simply remove the 32bit extensions for the GMA950 chipset, leaving us boned and genuine mac users unaffected. This of course assumes that the 32bit snow leopard kernel can address 64bit extensions. Though it is far more likely that the developer builds are just dodgy. I guess we'll have to wait and see. |
| |
(#5)
|
| Senior Member Posts: 121 Join Date: Sep 2009 | The first Mac mini's were not 64bit |
| |
(#6)
|
| Junior Member Posts: 5 Join Date: Sep 2009 | And as far the Mac Pros, there are also "full 64 bits" (EFI + CPU) and "half 64 bits" (EFI in 32 and CPU 64b capable). I've a Mini 2006 upgraded to 2.0 T7200 C2D, it runs 64bits application with the 32 bit kernel as it has a 32 bits EFI (Apple imposed limitation). |
| |
(#7)
|
| Super Moderator Posts: 1,356 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Idaho | My original MacBook (which was the ORIGINAL MacBook, first release) was a 1.83 Ghz Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) with GMA 950 graphics. The Core Duo was 32-bit only. Snow Leopard is compatible with all Intel Macs, so they'd be screwing over anyone with the compatible-listed original MacBook. http://osx.mechdrew.com - News and Guides for Installing Mac OS X via NetbookInstaller - Now on Twitter |
| |
(#8)
|
| Guru Posts: 1,353 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Colorado, USA | It does turn out that the 10.6.2 kernel reboots before it's finished loading (before the bsd subsystem is initialized I believe). Might be a chameleon thing, might be an atom thing (as I haven't tested it on any other machines). I'm looking into it, but the 10.6.0 / 10.6.1 kernel works fine with 10.6.2. Dell Mini 10v | Mac OS X 10.6.5 | 1 GB RAM | 160 GB HDD | BIOS A06 My Blog | NetbookInstaller code repository | NetbookInstaller Website | Want a Lockerz.com invite? message me. |
| |
(#9)
|
| Member Posts: 35 Join Date: Apr 2009 | they can't remove atom support, it would mean removing support for other intel processors used in even the most recent macs |
| |
(#10)
|
| Super Moderator Posts: 1,356 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Idaho | Quote:
Now while the Atom may be very similar to the Core/Core 2 series, it may be lacking one of those small technologies or whatnot which is causing the kernel panic. The actual OS may not need it, but for some reason it conflicts with the kernel. Sabotage by Apple? Perhaps. Then again it isn't like them to specifically pinpoint non-Apple hardware like this. I guess we won't know until it is finished and released. http://osx.mechdrew.com - News and Guides for Installing Mac OS X via NetbookInstaller - Now on Twitter | |
| |
« [FALSE Rumor] Apple Dropping Support for Intel Atom CPU in OSX 10.6.2
|
Snow Leopard fresh install »
| |
Copyright © 2008-2011 MyDellMini.com.









Linear Mode