Comments on: Apple Continues Cat and Mouse Game… With Hackintoshers http://www.geardiary.com/2009/11/10/apple-continues-cat-and-mouse-game-with-hackintoshers/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel McLaughlinhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/11/10/apple-continues-cat-and-mouse-game-with-hackintoshers/#comment-52249 Joel McLaughlin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:49 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=58522#comment-52249 The kernel is NOT BSD. It's a mish mash of BSD and Mach. It's pretty much a new animal. It's name is actually Xnu. http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html The kernel is NOT BSD. It’s a mish mash of BSD and Mach. It’s pretty much a new animal. It’s name is actually Xnu.

http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/arch_xnu.html

]]> By: gagendelhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/11/10/apple-continues-cat-and-mouse-game-with-hackintoshers/#comment-52247 gagendel Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:29 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=58522#comment-52247 doogald, I doubt this very much. The kernel is BSD which boots happily on the Atom. Apple had to make a conscience decision NOT to support the Atom. More likely, they wanted to turn on processor-specific optimizations in their build compiler which mitigated a baseline processor with more capabilities than the Atom. I don't think this was a malevolent decision on their part, they NEED to do this as Snow Leopard is already taxing many older processors. I'm seeing significantly longer boot times with SL than it's predecessor on the same hardware. doogald,

I doubt this very much. The kernel is BSD which boots happily on the Atom. Apple had to make a conscience decision NOT to support the Atom. More likely, they wanted to turn on processor-specific optimizations in their build compiler which mitigated a baseline processor with more capabilities than the Atom.

I don’t think this was a malevolent decision on their part, they NEED to do this as Snow Leopard is already taxing many older processors. I’m seeing significantly longer boot times with SL than it’s predecessor on the same hardware.

]]> By: Molly Jordanhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/11/10/apple-continues-cat-and-mouse-game-with-hackintoshers/#comment-88589 Molly Jordan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:12:37 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=58522#comment-88589 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Apple Continues Cat and Mouse Game… With Hackintoshers | Gear Diary: Apple Continues Cat and Mouse Game… With H.. http://bit.ly/2CqmZQ</span></span> Apple Continues Cat and Mouse Game… With Hackintoshers | Gear Diary: Apple Continues Cat and Mouse Game… With H.. http://bit.ly/2CqmZQ

]]> By: doogaldhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/11/10/apple-continues-cat-and-mouse-game-with-hackintoshers/#comment-52112 doogald Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:01:43 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=58522#comment-52112 I think that it's more likely that Apple just didn't bother checking if the kernel would boot on Atom processors. Why would they? And, if a developer reported that it would not boot with an Atom processor, why would they bother fixing it? I think that it’s more likely that Apple just didn’t bother checking if the kernel would boot on Atom processors. Why would they? And, if a developer reported that it would not boot with an Atom processor, why would they bother fixing it?

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