Intel pro widi
Double click on the Intel® WiDi Media Share installation file to launch installation. Select save and download the Intel WiDi Media Share installation file to a folder of your choice on your PC.
#Intel pro widi license
After selecting download from this page and accepting end user license agreement, you will be prompted with a pop up menu.
#Intel pro widi software
It is recommended that the correct wireless, graphics drivers, and WiDi software be installed on the PC prior to installing the Intel WiDi Media Share Software.Ĭonfirm that you have the Windows 7 or Windows 8 Home Premium 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. This software is for systems that originally sold with Intel Wireless Display software. Neither Apple wants their MacBook Pros to work with WIDI so they won't sell Apple Tv's.The installation file contains the Intel WiDi Media Share Software for Microsoft Windows 7* or Windows 8* 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. 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 pro widi install
The WIDI software won't even install if you don't have a computer compatible. 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. 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. 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.