Mac OS X 10.6 installation on Intel Atom N455

[James De Santa]

Hi. I know Mac OS X 10.6 is not supported now but is it possible to install Mac OS X 10.6 on a Intel Atom N455 CPU? I just want to see how it performs compare to older OS like Windows XP. I hope someone here can help me do it. Here's the specs.

CPU: Intel Atom®️ N455
RAM: 1GB DDR3 @ 667MHz
Model: Lenovo IdeaPad S100
 

[Cyberdevs]

@James De Santa

Hi and welcome to InsanelyMac.com

Atom processors are not supported by Mac OS X or macOS you need to use custom kernels to be able to install and run Mac OS and it's gonna be a pain in the neck to make it work.

The 1GB RAM is another issue which is gonna have a massive impact on the performance.

Another issue is gonna be the graphics which if it's not supported by Mac OS X or macOS it's gonna render the system useless.

[James De Santa]

3 minutes ago, Cyberdevs said:

@James De Santa

Hi and welcome to InsanelyMac.com

Atom processors are not supported by Mac OS X or macOS you need to use custom kernels to be able to install and run Mac OS and it's gonna be a pain in the neck to make it work.

The 1GB RAM is another issue which is gonna have a massive impact on the performance.

Another issue is gonna be the graphics which if it's not supported by Mac OS X or macOS it's gonna render the system useless.

What do you mean custom kernels? And does that mean there's no way for me to install macOS on my netbook?

[Cyberdevs]

Custom kernels are modified kernels which add support for unsupported processors and you can use google to find them.

But when you use a custom kernel if you update Mac OS X they will be over written and the system won't boot afterwards.

So in short, No. It's better not to waste your time on your netbook trying to install Mac OS X because if you do manage to install Mac OS X as @Hervé mentioned above you'll have no graphic acceleration and system will no work properly.

Think of it as running a system without installing the graphics driver and without the drivers the performance will not be what it should be.

 

[James De Santa]

55 minutes ago, Cyberdevs said:

Custom kernels are modified kernels which add support for unsupported processors and you can use google to find them.

But when you use a custom kernel if you update Mac OS X they will be over written and the system won't boot afterwards.

So in short, No. It's better not to waste your time on your netbook trying to install Mac OS X because if you do manage to install Mac OS X as @Hervé mentioned above you'll have no graphic acceleration and system will no work properly.

Think of it as running a system without installing the graphics driver and without the drivers the performance will not be what it should be.

 

Ok thanks.