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Intel Atom’s Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Apple, understandably, broke Atom support in its latest 10.6.2 update for Snow Leopard — but that’s not going to keep enterprising Hackintoshers from finding a workaround. More »
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Flash 10.1 Is Good News For Hackintosh Netbooks
4:10AM Danny Allen | High-Def Flash video is a stretch on some hacktintosh netbooks, but Flash 10.1 brings it into the realm of possibility. I just installed it on my MSI Wind running Leopard, and damn: HD YouTube and Vimeo videos were almost watchable. More »
Design
The Dreadful Spinning Beach Ball Of Paint
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | I want to find more (any) time for my painting, but with so many things to do, my artwork usually stalls. Like this half-rendered art piece, crashed and showing Mac OS X’s spinning beach ball of death. More »
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Microsoft Disowns Manager Who Said Win7 Was Inspired By Mac OS
3:15PM Rosa Golijan | Poor Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous. His Microsoft brethren are calling him uninformed and practically disowning him for the quotes he threw out earlier about Windows 7 basing its UI on the Mac OS. More »
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9:35AM Dan Nosowitz | Windows 7 has taken some heat for aping a few Mac OS UI features, but it’s certainly not a copycat OS — something Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous might not know, given his recent quote. More »
Microsoft Manager Admits Mac Influence
9:35AM Dan Nosowitz | Windows 7 has taken some heat for aping a few Mac OS UI features, but it’s certainly not a copycat OS — something Microsoft Partner Group Manager Simon Aldous might not know, given his recent quote. More »
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Netbook Hackintosh Fix 10.6.2 Coming In “A Few Weeks”
3:06AM John Herrman | When Apple killed Atom processor support in the Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update, it was one of the first times they’d actively tried to stop hobbyist hackintoshing. It was also sort of a dick move! Luckily, it’s not going to stick. More »
Hardware
Mac Mini Upgrade Kit Installs Blu-ray, Too Bad OS X Can’t Use It
11:59PM Danny Allen | Apple’s recently boosted the speed and storage on its Mac Minis, but they missed out on any Blu-ray love. AMEX Digital’s Upgrade Kit is designed to fix that. One small problem though: OS X still lacks native Blu-ray movie playback. More »
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 Update Missing Atom Support, Breaks Hackintosh
12:03PM Rosa Golijan | If you’re using a Hackintosh then you might want to wait before upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6.2 because for all the bug fixes it brings, it lacks the Intel Atom support necessary for our beloved Hackintoshes. More »
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Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Fixes Account-Nuking Bug (And About 40 More)
6:58AM John Herrman | OS X 10.6.2 is out, and it’s a veritable bug-squashing party. That infamous glitch that was destroying user accounts a while ago has been taken care of, as have a few dozen other annoyances. But whither our sweet Hackintosh? More »
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