Yes, I hate to be the "bearer of bad news",…but I just don't think it's going to happen. (sorry)
I think if you want to keep using the 17" MacBook Pro, and you feel the hardware is running well, the best investment you'd spend on it to keep going a little longer is adding a Solid State Drive to the machine. I've done a few of these for clients of late, and the pricing is very good now for either 250GB, 500GB, and you can even get 750GB and 1TB Solid State Drives. I added a 750GB SSD to my MacBook Pro 15" and it runs really really well. Well worth the money! And makes a huge difference! The boot time and Application running is so fast!! If you're interested drop me an email off list and I'm happy to price up some options for SSDs if you want :o) I have to go back and re-download my Mavericks due to a "hiccup", but as my internet is bad between about 8.30pm and 11pm,…I have a bit more longer to wait for the speed to pick up again. (That's another rant about internet, but I'll leave that for another time,…lol). Glad your download went well and all installed nicely though :o) Enjoy! 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On 23/10/2013, at 9:34 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > On 23 Oct 2013, at 3:04 pm, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> So no MacBookPro 17"!!! > I don't think Apple are ever going to bring back the MacBook Pro 17" > unfortunately. > A huge amount of people have sent feedback to Apple (myself included of > course) that we really need a 17" MacBook Pro for work/professional users. > But I don't think Apple will change their mind, once they decide to > discontinue either hardware or software... They never bring it back!! > > I still live in hope, but I'm thinking this is 'false Hope' though :-(( > And Daniel keeps telling me, and reminded me when we spoke today... "Its > never going to happen Ronni"! > >> Off to say nice things to my 'old' 2008 one, which just makes into accepting >> Mavericks... >> Backed up and all permissions verified and fixed. >> Checked iCloud for calendar and contacts syncing - thank > > Good to hear everything went well with the upgrade to Mavericks for you. > After taking almost 6 hours to download on my slow ADSL connection 558.0 > KB/s! (since the Fibre cable was laid in our street & must have done some > damage to the old 'rotten' Telstra copper wiring)... Mavericks is running > fine. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > >> Brian >> Sent from my iPhone >> IOS 7.02 >> >> On 23 Oct 2013, at 6:58, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi People, >>> >>> On 23 Oct 2013, at 2:25 am, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: >>> >>>> Mavericks, available today,…and wow,..it's FREE!! >>>> Will update any machine from 2007 onwards. Just need to update from the >>>> Mac App Store. >>>> As always,…make sure to backup before to start. (And make sure all your >>>> Applications will still work.) :o) >>> >>> Just a very quick message to people who might rush in an upgrade without >>> first doing the preparations and backups which include a bootable backup & >>> checking that all your applications are compatible with Mavericks. >>> >>> Note: If you use an iTunes sync to transfer contacts, calendars, or notes >>> to an iOS device or if you rely on older third-party software for syncing >>> data like contacts or calendars,... >>> Mavericks no longer includes Sync Services. >>> “Most users won’t even notice it’s gone, but it will affect people who >>> still use older versions of apps that rely on this mechanism to sync data >>> with iOS devices” >>> >>> “The loss of Sync Services also means that you can no longer use iTunes >>> (via Wi-Fi or USB) to sync calendars, contacts, and notes between your Mac >>> and iOS devices. You must instead use a server-based system of some sort on >>> both your Mac and iOS devices, which could be (among other options) iCloud, >>> Google, an Exchange server” >>> >>> “You can still sync media, apps, and documents with iOS devices via iTunes, >>> by the way—this change affects only calendars, contacts, and notes.” >>> >>> There are other changes also in System Preferences - “Apple renamed and >>> rearranged several System Preference panes:” >>> >>> I have not got time at this moment to enlarge more, just alerting you to >>> make sure you check what Mavericks offers and know what changes are in >>> Mavericks. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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