First Look: OnLive Desktop | Macworld: I’m writing these words as I often do, using Microsoft Word. But I’m doing so on an iPad 2, not on a Mac. And I’m running Word for Windows on that iPad, thanks to the new OnLive Desktop client for the iPad.
OnLive made its mark with a streaming service that allows almost anyone with broadband access—whether they’re on a Mac, PC or other platform—to play a wide array of PC games. OnLive’s servers do all the heavy processing—3D rendering and such—then stream the resulting video to client apps via a broadband link.
If you can stream an interactive, high intensity PC game over the internet, why not stream productivity apps, too? That’s exactly what OnLive Desktop does.