Is it possible to run games from iMac on MacBook Air?

[KimHansenDK]

This might be a stupid question.

But is it possible to run games on an iMac (2013) and send the screen to a MacBook Air and control the game on that? I sometimes play Football Manager and I would like to be able to sit in the couch playing the game on my MacBook Air - but the use the power from the iMac. Does it make sense?

 

[mrsir2009]

This might be a stupid question.

But is it possible to run games on an iMac (2013) and send the screen to a MacBook Air and control the game on that? I sometimes play Football Manager and I would like to be able to sit in the couch playing the game on my MacBook Air - but the use the power from the iMac. Does it make sense?

Well, I suppose you could use the "Share Screen" feature in OSX... But the quality will be low and the lag is pretty bad. I don't think playing a game like that would be all too enjoyable...

 

[ZombiePete]

This might be a stupid question.

But is it possible to run games on an iMac (2013) and send the screen to a MacBook Air and control the game on that? I sometimes play Football Manager and I would like to be able to sit in the couch playing the game on my MacBook Air - but the use the power from the iMac. Does it make sense?

Splashtop has a game streaming app; it's for tablets though so I'm not sure how it would work on the MBA (if at all). I'm not familiar with Football Manager's requirements but I have been able to play games pretty decently, natively, on my 2013 MBA.

Edit: Then again, I play games on my Mac Mini so I'm not really that discriminating. ;-)

 

[Aegelward]

If your using Steam, you could attempt to get into their Streaming beta, i've signed up but not gotten in yet unfortunately.

But hopefully it should go live by the summer.

 

[fedecape]

Football manager? doesn't sound like a demanding game
You can try to run it on the MBA or just remote control your iMac.

Check out Teamviewer. It's freeware and works pretty good.