Working on my pc and imac simutaneously!

OSX-Devlinite

OSX-Devlinite

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Thank God, OSX supports remote desktop, now I dont need to get Virtual PC :)

Now I can work on my Imac and home PC at the same time!
 
You could also get a KVM switch, or get a bigger desk for 2 monitors and keyboards/mice.

Mods have been locking most of your posts from what I've seen. Wonder how long this one will last.... maybe we can start bets.
 
how does remote desktop work? where can i get the OS X client? i've been wanting to play with this at work.
 
Remote Desktop is like logging into your Windows box remotely, but having full access to the GUI of the machine. You can log into the remote computer, and the remote computer's desktop is shown to you in the RDC window. It's like VirtualPC with a REAL PC on the other end.

Get it from Microsoft... or do a search for "Remote Desktop Client" or "RDC" on versiontracker.com.
 
You can use VNC for free for this.


Post only get locked, edited or deleted for violating board rules. Some of his posts turned into wars. Not what this site is for.
 
Yep thats a pretty handy thing to have. And 10 times faster(or more) than VPC.

The only lame thing is Windoze XP Pro will only let you have one user logged in to the computer at once so if you want to use the windoze computer, no one else can use it at the same time.

And it's about the only half decently fast MS Mac app.
 
Originally posted by OSX-Devlinite
Thank God, OSX supports remote desktop, now I dont need to get Virtual PC :)

Now I can work on my Imac and home PC at the same time!
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Why should a logical person wanna do that? Your have both a Wintel/Amd and a Mac in the same house and you would like to use your Wintel/Amd through your iMac? :confused: Damn! Your Wintel/Amd must be REALLY ugly ::ha::

My advice to your "problem" would be:
-Just use shared devices via networking
-Use your Wintel/Amd when you have to use it
-Use you iMac when you have to use it (if at all) :rolleyes:
-Use Virtual PC in your iMac :eek:
-Sell your iMac to someone else who will fully use it and not just for a Windows Dumb Terminal :p

So, far I can clearly see that you still don't get it ::ha::, or should I say you don't want to get it? :rolleyes:
 
well, if i owned a pc for many years, i'm sure i would have lots of files that were of importance to me. i wouldn't just abandon them because i got a mac. i think what he is happy about is a good thing. just as i was happy that i didn't have to give up os 9 to use os x. while i rarely use classic anymore, i still have it ready to go for those few tasks that require it. so i wouldn't criticize devlin for this thread. i find it kind of refreshing to see his eyes slowly opening to the fact that there are alot of positives about macs. maybe he'll never be 100% a mac user, but at least he's trying it out now instead of just basing his opinions on articles that he reads.
 
I recently purchased a USB KVM, and it works seemlessly between my Mac and PC. Not to mention the desktop realestate it save by not having two keyboards/mice, and two monitors. The only foreseeable problem, is that there doesn't seem to be KVMs that support DVI for flat panels. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong about that.

Good luck and thanks.

J
 
I think it's a good thing as well. I bet you could even get a real pc(an older one) and use remote desktop cheaper than Virtual PC, and it would probably be faster.

It's good if you need something on a PC or have to use something on it.
 
Captain Code:

Actually, you can have multiple "sessions" using Remote Desktop. We have a Win2K Server box in my office and when I login using RD I get a session (that can be saved and persist) and that session is different than the one actually logged in on the system if I were to sit in front of the machine. My buddy can also RD connect into the Sever and we both can work on it at the same time, not always a good idea but it's possible.
 
I know, that's possible for the "Server" versions of Windoze, but the home and Pro versions are deliberatly crippled to allow only one session to be logged in at once.
 
Originally posted by bobw
You can use VNC for free for this.
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...Except VNC stinks.

It's slow and latent, even on local networks. It doesn't allow sound, fullscreen mode is terrible, doesn't allow drag-and-drop or native disk/printer/etc sharing and at least the Mac version turns off clipboard capability if it runs as a "service", has a terrible time intercepting system keys, etc.

Using Remote Desktop I often have troubles determining that I'm on a remote system, even when connected across a WAN.

One thing to note: You can't use Remote Desktop to connect to anything that doesn't support Terminal Services, therefore you can't connect to Win2k Pro, WinXP home, WinNT 4 Workstation or Server, Win95/98/ME. You CAN connect to Win2k server, WinXP Pro, and WinNT 4 Terminal Server.
 
Originally posted by Captain Code
I know, that's possible for the "Server" versions of Windoze, but the home and Pro versions are deliberatly crippled to allow only one session to be logged in at once.
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Well, you can't do it at ALL with Home. It doesn't support it. You can only use the "Remote Assistance" feature which isn't quite the same thing (but a cool feature nonetheless)
 
I only use VCN for helping a friend that doewsn't live close, so compared to Apple Remote desktop, it's great since I'm looking at cost.

It does the job fine, just slow. I've been told both ARD and Timbuktu are also slow.
 
As far as I can tell, ARD is based on VNC. Both it and Timbuktu are nearly as bad as VNC, technology-wise, albeit with somewhat better user interfaces/GUI implementations.

If my choice was ARD vs VNC, I'd go with VNC because of price, few technology differences, and the fact that it's cross-platform (I can't connect from my PC to my Mac, which I want to do a LOT). Both options really suck, though, If Apple's going to charge extra money for technology that's being built-in to current and future Windows products, you'd think it'd at least be comparable...
 
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