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I wil start by saying this app is not perfect; its got some bugs, and will occasinoally crash. Why the hell would that be the first sentence of a 5 start rating? Because this app is also pretty amazing, when you think about it. Im sitting on my couch typing with my wireless keyboard communicating with a laptop ("laptop1") connected to my HDTV. On the coffee table in front of me is my anoher laptop ("laptop2"), which is not connected to the TV or laptop1, but is on the same network (my home network) as laptop1. Because both laptops are on the same network and Ive got air display setup, laptop1 sees laptop2 as a full blown, legitimate 2nd monitor. I dont just mean it can use it like one, I mean it thinks it is one.

I can use System Preferences native display preferences to manipulate the arrangement of the screens relative to one another, and their resolutions . Then I can use the 2nd laptops own mouse to go to edge of the screen and get the 2nd laptops task bar to show up, at which point I can exit fulll screen and actually have a window showing the minitiatur, but fully functoining second display. Finally, I can open the first laptops screen, go back to the first laptops system preferences, and arrange all three screens so I can now drag windows seamlessly across laptop 1, TV screen, to laptop on coffee table. Because the way the App Store works, and because both my computers are macs, I have Air Displayed on laptop two too, so I can reverse the connection anytime I want.

Given what theyve accomplished, I can forgive them the occasional glitch here and there, because its downright impressive. And dont get me wrong about the bugs: its really quite reliable, and the issues usually occurr during things like shutting down the application, so it ends up not being in the middle of your workflow (and has never caused anything other than that application to crash and require relaunching).

If youve got a need for such a tool, get its slick.
If youre even a little bit geek, get it, its fun.

shgreen123 about Air Display®