I love it when companies do stuff like this. I'm a technology junkie and I hate that it's held back by people who refuse to upgrade. 3 years is a LONG time to own a computer regardless of if it works or not. It's not a car, it's a computer. Even a brand new computer is typically already outdated by the time it makes it to the shelves for sale. Hate my logic all you want, but I love this kind of stuff.
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Yosemite 'Handoff' Feature Likely Limited to Macs with Bluetooth LE
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To focus on performance for a second... You do realise Intel hasn't focused on performance since Sandy Bridge? Since then it's been a massive drive for performance per watt. That's the measure you ought to be really looking at and is the reason laptops have gotten thinner, lighter and much much longer battery life. Performance is already more than I need. So long as Skylake onwards focuses more back towards performance then I'll be happy.
I know ARM chips look like they are making insane performance gains year on year but that will hit a wall soon enough. Same thing happened to Intel. Plus the performance has definitely improved.
I can see the writing on screen crystal clear, you can't seriously be suggesting that the display on the 17" MBP is superior to the 15" retina display? High DPI + excellent scaling make it look just incredible. Plus I don't like matte displays, but having one or the other doesn't make that display intrinsically superior or worse, its personal preference.
Being able to change out the parts myself would be nice but it's a trade off and one which I'm happy to accept for the stunning design. Mac's never appealed to me before the rMBP, now I wouldn't have anything else. As for lack of new features, they update them with the latest tech, I have thought long and hard about what I would like to see next and tbh I mostly come back to just upgrading the silicon which is what they do, maybe a better FaceTime camera, that's about it. Yosemite with the new calling features is really useful to me. What new features would you be wanting?
I'll agree with you on the ethernet port, but I get why they did not include it. It's huge compared to the thickness of the Mac's body, plus there are adapters for it and when compared to the cost of something like this its a pretty small purchase.
Apple would have made a 17" if it had been profitable for them but clearly it wouldn't have been worth their while. For me the 15" is perfect and the blend of hardware and design is second to none. Just glad OS X is getting a UI makeover.
AFAIK the iPhone 4S will not be supported as it does not have the required hardware. Airdrop is not supported on the 4S.
Well, seems that my early 2011 MacBookPro will not work... But, Removing the "old" airport/bluetooth card and put in a newer one from a MBPro Mid 2012 could solve the problem! Actually, both have same connections and same size, so it could be a good workaround! Better than "trash" my customised MacBook (8 Gb Ram 1600 + 500Gb Ssd)... Plus, here in Italy, a new 15" rMBP cost about US$ 3400, too much
Shame there isn't a way to normalize price. It's a shame that the cost is that high making the product so costly to other countries.
How frustrating!
Without the continuity and airdrop features, I really don't feel like they did anything for OS X or iOS this year aside from change some fonts and icons.
Don't get me wrong, they're great releases for developers, but until they take advantage of these features, is there actually anything relevant for the end user aside from some widgets in notification center?
I guess i'm just bitter because the only reason I won't have access to the features is because my crappy old Dell laptop died a couple of months before the retina MBP's came out, leaving me with the Late 2011 model.
Without the continuity and airdrop features, I really don't feel like they did anything for OS X or iOS this year aside from change some fonts and icons.
Don't get me wrong, they're great releases for developers, but until they take advantage of these features, is there actually anything relevant for the end user aside from some widgets in notification center?
I guess i'm just bitter because the only reason I won't have access to the features is because my crappy old Dell laptop died a couple of months before the retina MBP's came out, leaving me with the Late 2011 model.
Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) lets you detect devices and communicate with them without requiring that you pair them. It also uses very little energy to communicate.
Bluetooth advertises the presence of the device to tell everything that it is okay to start talking.
Call Routing then takes place via FaceTime Audio, bridged through phone.
Bluetooth advertises the presence of the device to tell everything that it is okay to start talking.
Call Routing then takes place via FaceTime Audio, bridged through phone.
Why would they use wifi? There would be no incentive for you to buy a new computer then.
This 17" Mac is my third or fourth, and alas, last. Whilst one can't deny the wonder of the retina displays, they're still too small to be able to code full screen. Maybe it's an age thing, but I'd sooner sit a way away from the screen.
In any case I use these Thunderbolt displays; in the office or at home. The MBP sits on a stand and is the secondary display for emails, diary & tunes.
For me, I'd rather we had square screens with 2000 pixels high and wide. That way you can see text. I really couldn't care about wide screens as I have a telly for that; my computers are for work, and work is coding. I guess I ought to buy another Thunderbolt display and stick two side-by-side vertically.
It's such a pity that the MBPs are just too small for me. But as this 17" works well, there's little/no point in upgrading any time soon.
Since they plan on using Wifi for the phone calling through the computer I don't see why Wifi wouldn't be an option or alternative.
From the Beta 2 Change Log:
"Phone call relay uses Bluetooth when it should be using Wi-Fi. Since not all devices have the necessary Bluetooth support, this may fail on some hardware."
This just in, we have breaking news to report. It appears that a company wants to make a profit! This is absolutely unheard of and we can't believe the reports that are flying in. Stand by for further developments.
Anyone else struggle to see the logic in using BT 4.0 over WiFi?
I don't even have BT turned on much, unless I'm in the car but WiFi is always on.
Always on for my wireless mouse and keyboard...
Anyone want to give it a shot? Reasonable $12 gamble...
IOGEAR Bluetooth 4.0 USB Micro Adapter
http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Bluetooth-Micro-Adapter-GBU521/dp/B007GFX0PY/ref=cm_cd_ql_qh_dp_t