AirPlay Mirroring Alternative and Development

Hi everyone,
I' just downloaded the new Mountain Lion and as many others probably, too, I was looking forward to the AirPlay Mirroring function the most! Now I've read that the minimal requirement is a MacBookPro from Early 2011. Mine, unfortunately is not younger than Mid-2010. I have a Intel Core Duo Processor with 2.4GHz and 4 GB RAM.
Is there any hope that Apple will enable the feature for other (older) machines as well? Or is there an elegant workaround to mirror the display via AirPlay and an Apple TV to another target?
Would be really, really disappointing to wait months for the new OS X and the feature I was most excited about isn't working for me and probably million others as well...
Thanks for you answers. Looking forward to hear from you!
Cheers

Airparrot has limitations and does not work properly with some NVIDIA cards. After I installed it, my MBP would go into screen saver mode for no reason, even while I was in the middle of actually doing stuff.
http://airparrot.com/support.php?platform=mac#dragDrop
Unfortunately these issues are related to a bug with Apple's Nvidia drivers on earlier MacBooks. The only way to remedy this is to remove the AirParrot driver or to disable your screensaver. The following Macs will have this issue when using the External Display driver in AirParrot: MacBookPro5,5 MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009), NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, MacBookPro5,4 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2,53 GHz, Mid 2009), NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, MacBookPro5,3 MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT and GeForce 9400M. We've provided this tool to remove the graphics driver.
This problem also affects mid-2010 MacBook Pro with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512 MB.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try the following steps, check whether things are working after each step where appropriate, before trying the next.
Check AirPlay is turned on on the Apple TV (turn it off and on if it already is)
Check that both devices are on the same network (Settings > Wifi, on the mobile device and Settings > General > Network, on the Apple TV).
Restart the Apple TV (Settings > General > Restart).
Restart the Apple TV by removing ALL the cables for 30 seconds.
Restart your router. (Also try removing it’s power cord for at least 30 seconds)
Restart your mobile device.
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HT4437 hi even when i connect my macbook and apple tv to the same wifi network i cant put on the air play mirroring option.my airplay mirroring option does not detect any device.what can i do for this?

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HT4437 how to use airplay mirroring between ipad3 and apple tv without any internet or wifi

I do presentation and a lot of the time, there is no wifi or internet connection available in the room (school, church, community center).
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I also have a macbookpro, I know there is a way to create your own network with the macbookpro, how don't remember how, but would prefer not to have to carry my macbookpro.
thanks
Christian

You can stream the content with a local connection. You dont need "internet", but need to connect the apple tv to a wireless router(plugged in with no internet) or hardline. Then connect the ipad wirelessly to the same router. Its a basic internet setup without the "internet ethernet cord" plugged in.

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