For those confused, Apple has spelled out Yosemite requirements

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Catzilla wrote:
[quote=OWC Larry]
We have a nice guide too..
http://blog.macsales.com/27028-is-your-s...-make-sure

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/compatibi...0_Yosemite

this guide includes the handoff compatibility..
http://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility

And... we are working to have upgrade options for Bluetooth to enable support for the new 10.10 features backwards.

Cool, thanks...
Very nice.

[Wags]

No wonder my IIsi wouldn't run it.

[Speedy]

. Artificial obsolescence.

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Speedy wrote:
. Artificial obsolescence.

Sort of. Though Ive enjoyed the advantages of the new low power Bluetooth on my pebble. I can see where that might be a real hardware issue.

But the graphics is often Apple arbitrary for sure. The pre-unibody MacBooks are more than capable of running windows 8.1, but apple locks them down to Mac OS X 10.7.

[pinkoos]

OWC Larry wrote:
We have a nice guide too..
http://blog.macsales.com/27028-is-your-s...-make-sure

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/compatibi...0_Yosemite

this guide includes the handoff compatibility..
http://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility

And... we are working to have upgrade options for Bluetooth to enable support for the new 10.10 features backwards.

Your guide doesn't match what Apple is telling us from the link I originally posted. According to your guide, my Mac mini (mid 2011 2.7GHz core i7) supports Handoff but, according to Apple, it does not. And, I don't have the option in the General Preference Pane to activate Handoff.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

DRR wrote:
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
I think Apple is in the final stages of determining if it is worthwhile continuing to develop new versions of OS X and sell computers. You people need to buy more computers! (they gave up on people like me years ago)

What I've been noticing is computers are becoming more complementary to phones a tablets, whereas just a few years ago the opposite was true.

Macs aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but their development may continue to slow as more resources are put into mobile development.
I don't think development can slow down any more. With the exception of the 5k iMac where Apple had to wait for the LCD screens and a mobile GPU that could drive it to be made, the "new" Macs could have been released a year ago.

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Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
[quote=DRR]
[quote=Filliam H. Muffman]
I think Apple is in the final stages of determining if it is worthwhile continuing to develop new versions of OS X and sell computers. You people need to buy more computers! (they gave up on people like me years ago)

What I've been noticing is computers are becoming more complementary to phones a tablets, whereas just a few years ago the opposite was true.

Macs aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but their development may continue to slow as more resources are put into mobile development.
I don't think development can slow down any more. With the exception of the 5k iMac where Apple had to wait for the LCD screens and a mobile GPU that could drive it to be made, the "new" Macs could have been released a year ago.
I agree. I think the delay was to our advantage, however!