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Disappointed as the Mountain Lion slide on PowerNap clearly stated 2nd gen MacBook Air (the 2nd gen was released in late 2010 with a new design).
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Apple Releases Firmware to Activate PowerNap on 2011 MacBook Airs
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Disappointed as the Mountain Lion slide on PowerNap clearly stated 2nd gen MacBook Air (the 2nd gen was released in late 2010 with a new design).
I think you nailed it - except that Macs don't use BIOS, they use EFI, and the EFIs are mostly written by Apple - in that case they could not come up with a smartconnect-enabled EFI update compatible with Core2Duo probably.
The MBPR does support USB3. Or is it that you've only got USB 2.0 and FW enclosures?
Well, looks like the slide was supposed to say "2nd generation Core i series".
Because a 2nd gen MBA (MBA 2,1) is the late-2008 MBA (Penryn, GeForce 9400 graphics)...
Smart Connect
The Intel Smart Connect Technology, which is probably responsible for Power Nap, was on introduced somewhere in may 2011, which obviously excludes all Airs prior to the mid-2011 model. I'm actually a happy owner of such a computer and don't understand why the announcement at WWDC stated that 2nd gen MBAs would get Power Nap.
The Intel Smart Connect Technology, which is probably responsible for Power Nap, was on introduced somewhere in may 2011, which obviously excludes all Airs prior to the mid-2011 model. I'm actually a happy owner of such a computer and don't understand why the announcement at WWDC stated that 2nd gen MBAs would get Power Nap.
My 2010 Air 11" got the firmware upgrade a few days after the GM was released. I installed straight away and PowerNap has been working great ever since.
That wasn't exactly clear, so it seemed obvious that with "2nd generation" they meant the redesigned MBA (so starting with the 2010 model). And that was without any doubt what they meant, because the system requirements on apple.com also stated that for Power Nap you need at least MBA 2010.
Now that it turned out not to be the case, instead of admitting their mistake / misleading, they can just say: "Oh, we meant the second generation of the redesigned MacBook Airs!" (which is the 2011 model) I wouldn't be surprised.
grrr... asides from thunderbolt and "i5", there is nothing that really separates the mid 2010 MBA's from the 2011's.
maybe its the battery?
Except for calendar, gmail, contacts, gdrive with docs, reminders in gmail, google play store...
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Interesting, so it has been removed between the gm and the launch version.
I'm disappointed too, especially given the reviews which said this feature by itelf was worth the price of the upgrade.
The Verge:
Assuming you have a new enough machine to use Power Nap, its a game changer another feature worth upgrading for all by itself.
On the basis Apple has confirmed at launch my 2nd Gen MBA would be compatible I bought ML last night and installed it onto my MBA.
How do refunds work on the Mac App Store?
I think Apple is in the process of phasing them out so I doubt we will ever see it on the desktops.
Yes, looks that way. Wonder why it was pulled at the last minute, it seems to be working perfectly for me. I just checked my Time Machine backups to see if the 2010 PowerNap firmware installer was still cached somewhere, but can't find it. Hopefully someone else has a copy they can post.
The only logical conclusion is that you don't know the reason.
It could be:
- technical barriers making low-power functions hard to implement on older mac's
- a feature that needs *engineering/preparation, so only macs after a certain point in time have these modifications
- shortage of engineers
- shortage of mountain dew
- a conspiracy
- divine intervention
Anyone else realized that it only works while the MBA is plugged in?! The homepage says:
Which I interpreted as: "The power source is only necessary for Time Machine backups and software updates". In fact the menu in ML says power is needed for everything (I can't give you the original English text...).
Tested it with a new Reminder list and it didn't sync while not plugged in
Did i interpret the Homepage wrong
Which I interpreted as: "The power source is only necessary for Time Machine backups and software updates". In fact the menu in ML says power is needed for everything (I can't give you the original English text...).
Tested it with a new Reminder list and it didn't sync while not plugged in
Did i interpret the Homepage wrong
Ridiculous!
Yet another feature that doesn't work unless you have a "brand new" computer. My "late 2010" MBA can't use Powernap OR Airplay Mirroring.
This is very disturbing and annoying. If Apple wants people to replace their laptops every year they should lower their prices.
Yet another feature that doesn't work unless you have a "brand new" computer. My "late 2010" MBA can't use Powernap OR Airplay Mirroring.
This is very disturbing and annoying. If Apple wants people to replace their laptops every year they should lower their prices.
Good to know, not that it affects me as I;m stuck using my G5PM until Apple bothers updating the iMac line! Even then I understand it won't work anyway
And it doesn't update software automatically anyway I don't think. I believe it just downloads the updates ready for you to apply. At least that's what a lot of the reviews say.
I find absolutely absurd that they designed a retina display, a thinner case, but couldn't think of coding an update to make the Retina MacBook Pro compliant with Power Nap and releasing it on the same day Mountain Lion was bound to be released.
It might sound arrogant, but hey... I'm buying the latest notebook and it requires an update to work with the latest software from the firm that produced the notebook? And it's not coming out with the release of that software?
I thought apple's philosophy was to build computers and code the softwares to be run on them so that everything is smooth and integrated.
No, it won't be your last. Besides, getting an alternative pc still won't get you a powernap.
Not a single one of those are deeply integrated into the OS itself natively. Microsoft and Apple have that advantage because they develop and own the OS themselves. Google is banking on their Chromebooks but your entire OS being just a web browser is not something that people seem to want. I'm sorry but I can't use Terminal on a web browser and I can't create presentations in Google Docs like the powerful and fluid things I can do in Powerpoint and Keynote.
Even on mobile, I always prefer fast native applications over comparably slower web based abominations like the Facebook app or the gmail app on iOS.
HTML5 web based applications are better than Flash, but they just don't compare to real native apps based on higher level languages like Objective C and C#. Google is finding this out with the poor reception of their Chromebooks. Facebook found this out as well which is why they are now in the process of completely redoing their Facebook app for iOS in Objective C.
HTML5 is great for the web but is a poor replacement for a real OS and full native applications.
Microsoft and Apple have a clear upper hand in this new era of integration. Web-only "cloud" solutions are so 2005. Native applications that are effectively "everywhere" by using the cloud as a highway is the future as it is the only thing they lacked in 2005 compared to web-only applications.
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You can achieve much of the same functionality by turning off your external display and leaving your computer running.