Have you actually tried it out or are you just searching for something called 'rendevous' on your hard drive. Get it networked with another Mac running 10.2 and see what happens. (Not that I know for sure that it's there. iTunes is slated to work with it in '6-9 months' according to the MWNY keynote, so it may not be ready.)
Thats because its not sofware. Its part of the kernel and the rest of the base system. It works fine for me, in fact I use it all the time with iChat for LAN messaging.
I am interested about what will happen with Rendezvous and Colleges.
I mean, it is a cool way to meet people who use Mac OS X (because most colleges are networked and now people will be able to talk to others over Rendezvous iChat)... Also, with the iTunes thing, you could be finding a lot more processor power being used up by other listening to your tunes. But, whate'er, it will be cool none the less <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
<strong>Also, with the iTunes thing, you could be finding a lot more processor power being used up by other listening to your tunes.</strong><hr></blockquote>Not likely.
With the sharing, I suspect Rendezvous will stream the *file* not the decompressed audio. Remember, it's the mp3 decoding and playing that take up so much processing power. Rendezvous-powered iTunes should not be doing either of these on the host's computer, rather on the client's computer.
<strong>I am interested about what will happen with Rendezvous and Colleges.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Rendezvous only works 'inside' the router... In otherwords if my machine is 'inside/behind' one router (aka on one subnet) and your machine is 'inside/behind' another (aka on a different subnet) then we will not see each other. Unless the routers are config'd to pass that type of traffic and I'm sure they wouldn't be.
Actually that's sort of a problem for me - I'm on a fairly large network with many different subnets. When I want to use iChat to chat via rendezvous with other people on my lan, chances are good that none of them will show up in my list because they're on different subnets. I wonder what sort of solution will come up for this problem.
Works fine with AirPort, but even there you might have different networks in a college. I think it'll be quite some fun on WiFi equipped courts, if there are some people around...
<strong>Works fine with AirPort, but even there you might have different networks in a college. I think it'll be quite some fun on WiFi equipped courts, if there are some people around...</strong><hr></blockquote>
it will be fun to go the student union or something and see who is lurking around in there.
Rendezvous only works 'inside' the router... In otherwords if my machine is 'inside/behind' one router (aka on one subnet) and your machine is 'inside/behind' another (aka on a different subnet) then we will not see each other. Unless the routers are config'd to pass that type of traffic and I'm sure they wouldn't be.
Dave</strong><hr></blockquote>
The white AirPort Basestation should be able to allow rendezvous to bridge between the internal and outside network.
The white AirPort Basestation should be able to allow rendezvous to bridge between the internal and outside network.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I hope so. I also think AirPort software base station software and actual hardware base station firmware should be updated to allow larger "linking" of networks together as the same subnet, even when they aren't. And carrying network signals to other client computers who in turn carry it to a base station which makes it available to other computers and networks. Even network redundancy through clients. It would be like a big distributed network. It would be a headache with wired networking, but I think AirPort could make it fun, possible, and useful... especially with the debut of Rendezvous and the ever-more serving/sharing options in OS X.
Printers. Rendezvous will come built into printers from Lexmark, HP and Epson. You can use Rendezvous for wireless personal file sharing without a base station. Peer to peer. And it's like a name server without the server - peer to peer, or server-less DNS if you will. It'll make life very easy.
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I mean, it is a cool way to meet people who use Mac OS X (because most colleges are networked and now people will be able to talk to others over Rendezvous iChat)... Also, with the iTunes thing, you could be finding a lot more processor power being used up by other listening to your tunes. But, whate'er, it will be cool none the less <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
<strong>Also, with the iTunes thing, you could be finding a lot more processor power being used up by other listening to your tunes.</strong><hr></blockquote>Not likely.
With the sharing, I suspect Rendezvous will stream the *file* not the decompressed audio. Remember, it's the mp3 decoding and playing that take up so much processing power. Rendezvous-powered iTunes should not be doing either of these on the host's computer, rather on the client's computer.
<strong>I am interested about what will happen with Rendezvous and Colleges.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Rendezvous only works 'inside' the router... In otherwords if my machine is 'inside/behind' one router (aka on one subnet) and your machine is 'inside/behind' another (aka on a different subnet) then we will not see each other. Unless the routers are config'd to pass that type of traffic and I'm sure they wouldn't be.
Dave
<strong>Works fine with AirPort, but even there you might have different networks in a college. I think it'll be quite some fun on WiFi equipped courts, if there are some people around...</strong><hr></blockquote>
it will be fun to go the student union or something and see who is lurking around in there.
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Rendezvous only works 'inside' the router... In otherwords if my machine is 'inside/behind' one router (aka on one subnet) and your machine is 'inside/behind' another (aka on a different subnet) then we will not see each other. Unless the routers are config'd to pass that type of traffic and I'm sure they wouldn't be.
Dave</strong><hr></blockquote>
The white AirPort Basestation should be able to allow rendezvous to bridge between the internal and outside network.
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The white AirPort Basestation should be able to allow rendezvous to bridge between the internal and outside network.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I hope so. I also think AirPort software base station software and actual hardware base station firmware should be updated to allow larger "linking" of networks together as the same subnet, even when they aren't. And carrying network signals to other client computers who in turn carry it to a base station which makes it available to other computers and networks. Even network redundancy through clients. It would be like a big distributed network.
Such as slide shows or screen savers or .....well, apple better think of more! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />