Airplay mirroring doesn't work

My Macbook Air is mid 2011 but still can't airplay mirroring. Does anybody know why?

About AirPlay:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5404
Troubleshooting:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4215

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