Remote Desktop 3.0
Posted April 12th, 2006 @ 09:14am by Erik J. Barzeski
Well, Remote Desktop 3.0 is out and some people are happy. Every time I hear about Remote Desktop and look at the $299 price tag, I simply wish Apple offered a one-user home version for $29.99 or something. That way, from downstairs on my PowerBook, I could do things like check Entourage, Adium, or some other things on my G5 upstairs.
The tablet Mac or even a "wireless screen" would solve the problem too, but I don't think they're coming. VNC has proven to be rather unreliable. And for $299, Remote Desktop isn't an option. So… oh well.
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Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 10:58am #
There's some VNC improvements as well, and from what I hear, Chicken of the VNC works well with the basic VNC client in OS X.
For one machine, Apple Remote Desktop is a nuke to kill a wingless junebug.
Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 12:20pm #
You might want to check out FreeNX/NoMachine NX (http://www.nomachine.com/). I've primarly used it on my Linux boxes but the speeds are comparable to RDP on a local LAN. I know there's an OSX client and I'm pretty sure there's gotta be a server package for OSX as well since its supported under various *BSDs
Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 1:38pm #
I use Tiger's built-in VNC server (part of Remote Desktop sharing) with Chicken of the VNC and it works pretty well.
Posted 12 Apr 2006 at 3:37pm #
I've used Chicken of the VNC for years using "Remote Desktop" Sharing's VNC option and it works great. At work I use the full-fledged ARD, but at home it's not needed.
Posted 14 Apr 2006 at 4:55pm #
Remote Desktop is totally free and solid as it gets on Windows XP.