I have access to a kick butt iMac! Which of course, is yet another computer that won't do directv2pc regardless of OS running on it. Not in a VM and not as a booted OS.
Everything about the performance issues with this software that I've read points back to the same thing. It was written and tested on some geek developer's kick butt gaming box...
Seriously, someone made some serious mistakes in how they approached writing this software imo. Somehow they've managed to take something like video/audio streaming and make it way more complicated to deal with than it has to be. That is my firm opinion. Intel graphics are all over the place and probably make up the bulk of the laptop/desktop market, and that is true because that is all most things need.
Everything about the performance issues with this software that I've read points back to the same thing. It was written and tested on some geek developer's kick butt gaming box...