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Jul 18, 2012 · Features and usability. Performance and verdict. OnLive helped pioneer the idea of cloud-streaming video games, letting you play slick, modern titles without a PC or one of the major consoles.
- Features and Usability
Files saved to your OnLive Desktop can be accessed from the...
- Performance and Verdict
OnLive Desktop makes Windows 7 usage on iPad an unexpected...
- Features and Usability
Jan 13, 2012 · Just like the OnLive gaming service before it, OnLive desktop is technologically hugely impressive – amounting to a whole computer in the cloud. Thousands of ‘em, in fact.
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- In Use
- Performance
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- Closing Thoughts
Tablets have changed the way people use the internet at home and work, simplifying daily tasks. Along with that simplification however, come minor annoyances and omissions that can leave you scratching your head. The lack of Flash support on the iPad is one well-known omission. But even little things like needing to right-click in a browser to view...
Installing and accessing OnLive Desktop is as easy as downloading the free OnLive Desktop app from the Apple App Store or the newly-renamed Google Play Store. Once the app is downloaded, sign up for a free OnLive account and sign into your desktop on your iPad or Android tablet. The login screen is simple and adequate, but missing information as ba...
Once logged into OnLive Desktop, you’ll see a familiar Windows desktop, complete with Office 2010. The screenshot below shows the OnLive Desktop with on-screen keyboard. Files created in Microsoft Office are saved to your OnLive instance Documents folder and nearly immediately available for cloud access on other machines via the OnLive Desktop site...
For all intents and purposes, OnLive Desktop is simply a virtual Windows desktop attached to a crazy fast internet connection. How fast? I checked. All testing was done on an iPad2 with iOS version 5.0.1. The OnLive Desktop is advertised as "Gigabit-accelerated" browsing. The speed is shared between all OnLive users and it’s veryfast. So fast, that...
The Desktop itself is locked down well as evidenced by my attempts to install apps, load reg files, and run scripts. I was simply told I had no permission, which was expected and good. I had to dig into OnLive Desktop’s Privacy Policy to find information about data security. Along with the usual boilerplate assurance that "we… use industry standard...
Support options include a searchable online Answers section, support question submission and live chat. Chat is available for 16 hours a day (4am-8pm, PST / 12pm-4am, GMT). While the Contact Uspage provides a physical address in Palo Alto, neither phone number nor support email address is posted.
If you are looking for a way to have a remote Windows desktop available on your iPad or Android tablet and don’t want to open up your local network to the internet for something like RDP access, then the $4.99 OnLive Desktop could be for you. An added bonus is that it brings Flash playback to iPads for any site viewable by Internet Explorer. This e...
Jul 18, 2012 · OnLive Desktop makes Windows 7 usage on iPad an unexpected reality, and at its best, the service proves capable of serving up relatively speedy access to Office and a Flash-based browser.
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Jun 28, 2010 · OnLive allows nearly any laptop or desktop to play high-end PC games, by offloading the CPU and GPU-intensive tasks of actually running the game software to a remote render farm, then beaming the...
Dec 3, 2011 · OnLive comes as either a desktop program for your PC or a cigarette box-sized set-top box that plugs into the TV and plays games off the internet.
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Feb 23, 2012 · How impressive is the Desktop Plus version of OnLive’s iPad software? For $4.99 a month it basically lets you run full Windows on your iPad, and at blazing speeds to boot.
