Ooma does not do wifi in the Telo, but it does have standard DECT 6.0 phone wireless built in that can be used with their own handsets. They have just released the Linx, which is a dedicated DECT extender for the Telo. (looks like it works similar to a wifi extender, but for Ooma phone only) This would be for those that do not want to mess with the phone wiring as you outlined. Personally, I find these add-ons from them too expensive. I just have the one phone system, which has a wired handset on the base unit and then a few wireless handsets. Although my family has lost all of them. We were using this before the Ooma, and I just plugged it in. Done.
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Apple to Launch New Mac Mini at Next Week's Media Event?
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Yeah, if you don't lose the handsets. We have mostly switched to cell phones this year. (and just found all those again!) So, I'll never go that route, either.
All my data is on all my computers and various online servers with "cloud" services. It's not like I delete the local copy. As for privacy, google this thing called "encryption", it the latest thing!
"Offline" just means when your house burns down your data is gone. It's good to backup to the internet.
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Your rant is, uhh, fascinating, but what's that got to do with the fact that the so called "professional" market is entirely inconsequential to Apple? What part of dropping the 17" MacBook did you not get? Or the neutering of Final Cut? Apple is a consumer electronics company now, and it's making big money in that field.
I'm sure you need all those things, since you've been working in the field 20 years and all, but you're going to have to use Windows it seems. Or make a hackintosh, it's pretty easy.
I really hope this is true. I have been holding off buying a Mac Mini for a year or more. What I would like to see is a configuration with the fastest processor and 2 drives, with at least 1 GB total storage.
I could really use an 802.11ac airport and extreme so I can bridge the two asap. I need more bandwidth for streaming from my PC. I would buy them today if they were available.
I really don't get it why everyone walks away with this 9to5 mac cry in the desert. They heard rumors. Woohoo! It would make totally 0 sense to update a Mini and keeping the iMac the same. It like Volkswagen bringing out a new Polo that is cheaper and better than a Passat stationwagen.
Been waiting for the Mini update for a while now.
Now I can let my NAS units go and replace with a Mini Server
Preferably the Mac Mini Server Quad Core.
Will upgrade to 8GB RAM, along with a Samsung 830 256GB SSD for the system disk, and a 1TB HDD for storage.
Will then add USB3 drives for more storage as and when I need to
Now I can let my NAS units go and replace with a Mini Server
Preferably the Mac Mini Server Quad Core.
Will upgrade to 8GB RAM, along with a Samsung 830 256GB SSD for the system disk, and a 1TB HDD for storage.
Will then add USB3 drives for more storage as and when I need to
I'd buy one. And I'm not even a graphic design or video professional. I appreciate the quality build and expandability of a real desktop computer.
Schools will upgrade their old Mac Pros to new Mac Pros, I know multiple universities in my area alone that use only Mac Pros for their video editing, student run studios, and graphics work. They need to upgrade badly.
Sure it's a smaller market now, but the new iMacs with no CD drive, less ports, single bay hard drives, and little upgradability are useless to those who want an all around good computer. I don't want to feel like I can't add more storage easily, can't use a CD/DVD if I need to, or need more RAM 3 years later. I want the upgradability and ability to handle CDs if it comes up, add more space when I need it, and basically not be stuck saying "sorry I can't store that file I'm out of space" or "sorry I can't copy that CD."
There's a market for real computers out there still.
No, there isn't, relative to everything else that Apple sells. Look for it to be cancelled in the next year or two.
Yes it is. Apple won't cancel if for a while. You know why? Because they might be raking in the cash now off iPhones, iPads, and other devices but that won't last. The iPhone isn't innovative anymore and other companies are catching up. The iPhone makes up over 50% of their revenue.
When the iPhone is no longer popular, Apple needs other revenue to make up the lost revenue. Sure iPads, iPods, and iTunes revenue will be good, but if they start dumping their computer lineup and think the iphone will keep carrying them, they'll be wrong.
Smart business, especially when you're raking in billions, is to prepare for when times aren't so flush with cash. And a way to do that is to keep multiple product lines available. I doubt Apple is losing money on the Mac Pro line, they might not make much, but it's something. They need to keep milking the iPhone but they also need other revenue streams remaining.
Furthermore when other companies are still making desktop computers why would Apple bail out on a market they helped create?
Remember that a lot of people who bought the first iPhone were Apple computer users, many of them Mac pro users.
Yes, the way for a company to innovate and make up for maturing markets is to go back to the lowest margin, most mature market of all. People who buy Apple don't want to fiddle with their computer, they want one that just works and they don't have to fiddle with, that's why Apple sells iMacs and laptops hand over fist, but is letting the Mac Pro wither on the vine. If it was so important you'd think they would update it every now and then at least. In summary: you're in denial, or perhaps delusional. R.I.P. Mac Pro.