I can't find handoff in the general settings tab

I can't get Handoff or continuity working. I was running the last version of the Yosemite public beta but have now upgraded to the full release version in the App store. Neither version was/ is giving me the option to turn on handoff in System Preferences/ General tab. Although at an earlier Yosemite Public beta version (can't remember which one sorry) I did manage receive and make calls from my Mac (via iPhone) so at some point it did work.
I have a mid 2001 Macbook air (according to Apple this is compatible) and have checked the System Report / Bluetooth and confirmed that the LMP version is 0x6, so again thats compatible. I am signed in to iCloud on both Mac and iPhone. My iPhone 6 is running iOS 8.02 and had bluetooth turned on
Anyone know what might be wrong?

Thanks for that Belafromny. I hadn't seen this particular page but that is pretty clear thats macbook air mid 2001 wont work when it talks about handoff feature. Strange thing is thought there is heaps of major site (cnet, gizmodo, cultofmac etc) out there saying that mid 2001 is ok and that Bluetooth 4.0 LME 0x6 is the minimum - and the mid 2001 air has that.
Even stranger is that when I was running earlier version of Yosemite public beta, it was working fine then. I was making and receiving calls on my mac. So suspect that Apple is now playing mean and trying to force people to upgrade Mac Air hardware.. grrrr. that really annoys me.

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