Airplay in Imac "2010"

Why Apple doesn't support airplay for IMac bult latter than 2011. I download Moutain lion and no airplay, I have to buy a addon AirParrot to us it on airplay,
I feel cheated by This upgrade that doesn't support my hardware. Hmmmmm.

We are users, so we don't know why Apple doesn't support iMacs older than 2011. However, I remember that someone said that processors included in the Mid 2011 and later iMac have got a component that allows them to support this type of task, but other applications like AirParrot can mirror your iMac display to an Apple TV without any problem

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