New OS X won’t support the Atom
When Mac OS X 10.6.2 comes out, the rumor is that the the new version of the Apple operating system will no longer run on the Atom processor, insuring that it can’t be used on certain netbook computers.
When Mac OS X 10.6.2 comes out, the rumor is that the the new version of the Apple operating system will no longer run on the Atom processor, insuring that it can’t be used on certain netbook computers.
Apple is getting ready to upgrade the last remaining “old” member of the MacBook line, the basic MacBook, the last 13-inch model wearing the polycarbonate (plastic) shell.
It is beginning to look like the wait is nearly over. There are indications that Apple will begin delivery of OS X 10.6, popularly known as Snow Leopard, ahead of schedule and maybe within two weeks.
Apple has released a software update to OS X Leopard, probably the last major update before Snow Leopard is released next month, which includes a number of improvements and repairs several security flaws.
In all the hoopla around the introduction of the new iPhone 3GS and its new operating system, we seem to have lost sight of that other OS news: the pending introduction of Mac Snow Leopard.
The introduction of Snow Leopard, the newest Apple Mac operating system which will be released in September, also spells the end of the road for new OS software on pre-Intel Macs.
Earlier this week Apple’s white $999 MacBook got a slightly faster CPU and RAM, as well as the larger hard disc drive. Today, we learn that the company has also recently upgraded the displays used in its unibody MacBook.
Our favorite fruit company has for the second time this year quietly improved the base specs of their white polycarbonate consumer notebook. This round sees this best-selling product get a faster processor and memory, plus a bigger hard drive.
The real news here is that when the court hears the Miami, Florida-based Mac clone maker’s bankruptcy petition the world will finally learn the identity of the financiers, if any, behind the company. So, who do you think the mysterious gentleman or men behind the curtain are? Dell, perhaps?
Apple has told developers that the Snow Leopard beta released over the weekend contains the last changes that will be made in programming methodology before the release of the new operating system.