When Snow Leopard 10.6.2 comes out, don’t be so quick to Software Update your Intel Atom hackintosh. Apparently, Apple updated the Mac OS X kernel in the 10.6.2 update and it will kernel-panic a hackintosh with the Intel Atom CPU. Basically, Apple is attempting to stop people from installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on netbooks with the Intel Atom CPU.

Kernel panic according to Apple:

A “kernel panic” may occur when the core (kernel) of an operating system receives an instruction in an unexpected format, or that it does not handle properly. A kernel panic may also occur when the operating system is not able to recover from a different type of issue. A kernel panic can be caused by damaged or incompatible software or, more rarely, damaged or incompatible hardware.

So, be warned about doing a Software Update to Mac OS X 10.6.2 on your hackintosh laptop. You can look out for more info from the MyDellMini forum post – Intel Atom Support Removed in 10.6.2.

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