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Axon Logic Hackintosh Tablet may outdo the iPad

by tABStaff on August 14, 2010 · 0 comments

Crunch gear recently reported on the release of the new Axon Haptic, a 10-inch touch screen tablet device priced approximately at $750 to $800 and capable of running not only both Windows and Linux, but also any Darwin-based operating system, including Mac OS X.

We had some rumors back in April regarding an affordable hackintosh tablet called the Axon Haptic, but now we know that it’s real, you’ll be able to pre-order it this week, and yes, it runs OS X. But installing OS X on anything other than Apple hardware is a breach of the license agreement. So Axon Logic (the company that makes the Haptic) strongly urges you not to do it, though of course they are not responsible for how you use the open-source software available, but everybody thinks it’s a great idea and many would go for doing it.

The approximate weight of the Axon Haptic is said to be around two-pounds, supporting both stylus and finger input, and is powered by a 1.6 GHz Atom processor with 2 GB of RAM and a 320 GB hard drive. The Haptic also includes a 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, and a series of USB, Ethernet, and VGA ports, as well as a card reader. Upgrades like 3G data SIM card and Bluetooth to support Verizon is also said to be available.

Ultimately, of course, it’s up to the user whether this is something for them. However many believe that the OS X runs best on iDevices, and so go for an iPad if its enough, or a MacBook Pro if you need more power.

Via [Macrumors]

Atom can rock on with Mac OSX 10.6.2 kernel mod

by Renzo on November 22, 2009 · 0 comments

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With the latest Mac OSX update for Snow Leopard, v10.6.2, Intel Atom processors were no longer supported. This has consequences for a lot of Hackintoshers who installed Mac OSX on their netbooks using the hackintosh kernel-mod. But it took no longer than 2 weeks before the restrictive work of Apple was undone by a new hack of Mac OSX’s Darwin kernel.

The Mac OSX 10.6.2 Atom restriction came in the knowledge that Mac OSX shouldn’t normally run on Atom processors. So with the update Apple shut down netbook users from the latest Mac OSX update. Who updated his hackintosh installation to v10.6.2 was no longer able to boot.

But a russian hacker known as “tea” has released another upgrade of the 32-bits mach_kernel for Mac OSX 10.6.2 among the OSx86. This means that all owners of netbooks and nettops with an atom processor will once again enjoy their favorite hacked OS.

Hackintoshers can now download the new hacked kernel and get it up and running with some terminal work. Nothing for the normal home-user, but hackintosh users should manage to update without many problems.