The video reminds me of all the times I tried to put Linux partitions on my Mac drives and use a boot loader. Works for a while, only a little while. Eventually you'll do something to kill it.
I've recently become a fan of VM's for alternative OS's. So much easier to experiment with. Doesn't help with the Mac OS though, sorry. #apple
It's almost like Apple is not providing full support for the hardware you didn't buy from them and the software you pirated from them. How dare they! #apple
@glitch44: The software isn't necessarily pirated. I, and a lot of others, bought the copies we used. I don't think most of us feel we are owed support. We're hoping it will keep working and it would be annoying it they did it for some strategy alone.
@AkkiRonin:
1. It doesn't matter if you bought it or not. It still violates the EULA.
2. Your hardware is not supported and you had to perform other EULA violating operations to get it to function on said non-supported hardware.
3. Just because you bought it does not mean your actions are supported or condoned by Apple. #apple
The OS developers at Apple don't give a ragged ass about unsupported setups, if you're using any system off book you're lucky anything works the way you want it to when it is in test mode. The final release will meet broader standards but that still doesn't mean they are debugging for Hackintosh systems. #apple
The CPU itself doesn't have anything to do with the amount of RAM supported (unless the memory controller is on the CPU).
With current Atoms, the memory controller is on the northbridge. Nvidia Ion chipset, for example, let's you even use dual channel of DDR3 RAM. So it's currently possible to use more than 1GB of RAM with Atoms (even with the Intel chipset, I think). I don't really trust Fudzilla (your source). #intelatom
I don't think the problem was ever hardware-induced. Lenovo currently sells their S12 with 2 and 3 GB configurations with a vanilla N270 Atom CPU.
I believe that the problem really was ARTIFICIAL, with Intel not allowing manufacturers to include more RAM on these netbooks -- which sucks big time. #intelatom
Hardware folks and people with a preferred OS always start with 'I have a better X and so naturally, people will want this...'But end users always go 'I need to do something and this app does it.. does it run on your hardware or OS?'
Then the hardware/OS types come up with byzantine solutions like emulators or WINE or alternative apps - which are fine solutions for them, because their goal is to get you to use their choice - but is rarely a good solution for the end user. Except that the end user doesn't have any motivation to go through those hoops - they can just use the original hardware/OS the app was intended to run on.
Which is why ARM just will never take over the netbook market, and why the Apple Tablet (should it end up being an ARM/iPhone OS device) are pretty much doomed to being niche products.
I love the ARM. Like most RISC processors, the instruction set is orthogonal and, as mentioned, the static core means you can shut the clock off completely to save power. One thing though... how will it run apps written for the Intel processor? Will the Intel apps have to run on top of an emulator?
@Victor Zarza: I'd explain it to you but there's a lot of complicated mathematic formulas involved...
Of course my original comment is null and void now since the main image in this article was changed. Judging from some of the other comments it looks like too many people were expressing interest in the redhead instead of the netbook.
@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: It's not a netbook. No netbook cost $1k. I don't blame people commenting on the attractive girl rather than a laptop. Wow another laptop. Yawn.
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I've recently become a fan of VM's for alternative OS's. So much easier to experiment with. Doesn't help with the Mac OS though, sorry. #apple
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1. It doesn't matter if you bought it or not. It still violates the EULA.
2. Your hardware is not supported and you had to perform other EULA violating operations to get it to function on said non-supported hardware.
3. Just because you bought it does not mean your actions are supported or condoned by Apple. #apple
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With current Atoms, the memory controller is on the northbridge. Nvidia Ion chipset, for example, let's you even use dual channel of DDR3 RAM. So it's currently possible to use more than 1GB of RAM with Atoms (even with the Intel chipset, I think). I don't really trust Fudzilla (your source). #intelatom
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I believe that the problem really was ARTIFICIAL, with Intel not allowing manufacturers to include more RAM on these netbooks -- which sucks big time. #intelatom
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Hardware folks and people with a preferred OS always start with 'I have a better X and so naturally, people will want this...'But end users always go 'I need to do something and this app does it.. does it run on your hardware or OS?'
Then the hardware/OS types come up with byzantine solutions like emulators or WINE or alternative apps - which are fine solutions for them, because their goal is to get you to use their choice - but is rarely a good solution for the end user. Except that the end user doesn't have any motivation to go through those hoops - they can just use the original hardware/OS the app was intended to run on.
Which is why ARM just will never take over the netbook market, and why the Apple Tablet (should it end up being an ARM/iPhone OS device) are pretty much doomed to being niche products.
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Of course my original comment is null and void now since the main image in this article was changed. Judging from some of the other comments it looks like too many people were expressing interest in the redhead instead of the netbook.
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