30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes

Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes by julien_p on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @04:43AM (#4289993)

Also keep in mind that AirPlay mirroring requires at least a Sandybridge CPU, so you need a mac released in 2011 or later.

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Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes by kogir on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @05:02AM (#4290047)

Can you cite a source for that? Experience suggests that is not the case.

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Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes by julien_p on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @07:08AM (#4290321)

http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ lists the following macs as supporing AirPlay

  * iMac (Mid 2011 or newer)
  * Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
  * MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
  * MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

I remember reading that AirPlay mirroring uses the video encoding capabilities of SandyBridge CPUs, but I can't find a source for that now. Anecdotally, http://airparrot.com really taxes my 2010 MacBook's CPU.

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Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes by kogir on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @01:15PM (#4291925)

Strange, because it's working great on my 2008 unibody Macbook Pro with Core 2 Duo.

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Re:30 New OS X Mountain Lion Features in 2 Minutes by pooriaazimi on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @05:11AM (#4290078)

Searching "airplay mirroring mountain sandy bridge" suggests otherwise.

http://www.google.com/search?q=airplay+mirroring+mountain+sa...

http://www.mindofthegeek.com/2012/07/05/airplay-mirroring-in...

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