I planned on buying an Apple TV unit yesterday but then held back from purchase because I doubted it would work with my MacBook Pro running in Bootcamp, which would be my 'primary' use for mirroring the computer screen when playing games - namely Battlefield 3.
Gaming on a Mac may be more restrictive than with a desktop PC running Windows, but if you choose the right Mac hardware, and are willing to pay for it, you’ll be able to play most games without.
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Initially I had been very excited at the news that Mountain Lion gave full Airplay Desktop mirroring ability and had read some articles on the internet that stated it included mirroring 'games' to the Apple TV as well as the ability for displaying any Apps running, i.e. movies, music, user software, internet browsing, games etc.. But while in the retail store and briefly searching the internet on a display Mac; I then naturally concluded that initially this may not be possible within Bootcamp 'unless' there's a small chance that Apple have written the capability to do so within the new 'Bootcamp Assistant Software verion 5' puproted to come with the new Mountain Lion OS and/or if the latest downloadable Bootcamp Support disk image may contain new drivers for such functionality. Does anyone have any knowledge on this?
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Naturally if not incorporated within the above mentioned, it would require some kind of driver/software by Apple for it's full functionality within Bootcamp/Windows.
When I installed iTunes for windows in Bootcamp some time ago, it gave me full ability to use my iPhone 4S as an Internet tethering personal hotspot/modem when connected via the iPhone 4S USB Sync cable even without running iTunes, this led me to believe that iTunes installed the necessary and required drivers to use the valuable feature and therefore I'm probably clutching at straws hoping the new Bootcamp Assistant Software verion 5 may similarly do this for Apple TV or maybe not, trouble is I don't want to purchase an Apple TV only to find out that it doesn't!...
Posted on Jul 30, 2012 1:34 AM
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