#Intel® widi Pc
Using standard 802.11n wireless technologies for transmission of data, Intel describes the product as " a solution that requires a laptop PC based on select 2010 Intel Core processors, Intel HD Graphics, and Intel Centrino wireless with Intel MyWiFi Technology enabled. Intel's new WiDi (Wireless Display Interface) technology will start to be bundled with various Core i5 and Core i3 notebooks later this month and it promises to address the Home Theater and Multimedia PC markets with a solution that will enable wireless connectivity of your notebook over HDMI to an HDTV. We heard some fairly inspiring things about the technology back in the November time frame at a cozy bistro in New York city but today we were able to see it in action and it was impressive to say the least.
Today we got to spend some quality time behind closed doors with the folks in Intel's Mobile group learning a bit about some of the new features that will be coming to their Core i5 and Core i3 Mobile platforms in the weeks ahead. Neither Apple wants their MacBook Pros to work with WIDI so they won't sell Apple Tv's.At this year's CES show in Vegas there have been more than a couple of relatively exciting announcements and of course Intel was intent on joining the party. Apple does not want Apple Tvs to work on other devices as well Intel does not want other devices to work on their WIDI. All are 802.11 b/g/n, same as AirPort, some Intels have the lower speed rates (Macs can go up to 450Mbps), and some Intels are not even 5GHz like the Airport. Of course, what is the diference between the Mac Wi-Fi for the intel centrino? None.
#Intel® widi install
The WIDI software won't even install if you don't have a computer compatible.
#Intel® widi pro
Even a 13inch MacBook Pro 8.1 (Late 2011), has a compatible graphics Intel HD and i5 compatible processor, the wireless card MUST be a intel Centrino Wireless card listed. To WIDI to work, you have to buy a new computer that supports it.
#Intel® widi tv
Also, Apple TV DOES NOT work as WIDI, as only stream, photos, videos or music from iTunes, it does not share your desktop on the screen.Īlthough Intel based Mac's would make sense to work, the hardware in the most cases does not work for one simple reason: Intel doesn't want to. As apple made Apple Tv only available to Mac computers, it does not want WIDI to be supported by other devices that are half price of an Apple TV. Of course it was because of a market hold.
Perhaps to deliberately hinder anybody wanting to use WiDi rather than Apple TV? which apprently Apple have yet to support on dual graphics Macbooks. Something else that makes me think this won't work in Windows on the Macbook, is that WiDi requires Intel HD Graphics. So with that said, I would also welcome any OSX or Windows users who have been able to get WiDi working through their Macbook Pro. That said, I have not seen it in action personally, although I do recall a prototype being displayed on Youtube somewhere that demonstrated how it worked. The current media devices like Apple TV are restricted in this sense, as they are concerned about making revenue from streaming services and thus are harder to control when sourced from a non-restricted source like a computer.
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and if my reading is correct, the spec of WiDi suggests that anything your WiDi computer can display can be displayed on a WiDI capable display. From my reading Intel does seem to suggest that WiDi should work purely by having the new i core chips, but like Roger says, I think the OS has to support it too (and OSX doesn't seem to).Īnd on that note, WiDi has two distinct advantages over Apple TV in that no additional hardware is required between your computer and large display. I'm interested in somebody actually confirming this either way, too.
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