Questions pertaining to running Steam account on two different computers.

[larryl]

I've been using Steam for a couple months now. I've recently purchased a second gaming computer and would like to play games off both computers. I understand I can share my Steam account on two computers. I have a few questions and would appreciate the community's input.

1) When I attempted to "stream" a game without downloading it to my new computer it ran very slow and was breaking up. So I am downloading the games I purchased on the new gaming computer as well as my original gaming computer as I presumed that my internet speed was causing the disjointed performance when I attempted to "stream" a game. I'm downloading the first game now and will see how it performs.

2) It is my understanding that two different computers can play off of the same Steam account as long as the two players are not playing the same game at the same time. Is this correct?

3) I'd like to play Age of Empires against my wife. As I understand it this will not be possible with us trying to do so off my Age of Empires game in the library of my Steam account. Is this correct?

4) Pursuing this further, is it possible to play AoE against my wife if I were to purchase a second Age of Empires game for my second gaming computer? If so, would my wife need to have her own Separate Steam account to purchase the second AoE game or could we play against each other using my Steam account alone but with a second AoE that I purchased on that account?

Thanks in advance for any help.