Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 1.0.2 for Mac OS ...

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client 1.0.2 for Mac OS X (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20031222154324)

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Approved by arn

[Nermal]

This was released a couple of days ago, but the build date of the application itself is 4/11/03 - 6 weeks ago! What do MS do all day? Build a product then sit on it for 6 weeks? It can't take that long to test it... mind you, we are talking about MS here :rolleyes:

[ITR 81]

They probably sat on it knowing folks would complain and blame it on Apple or something.

[dongmin]

so what's faster?

-running PC programs on my 800 mhz G4 iBook through VPC?

-remote desktopping it to my Athlon box?

[kettle]

That is a really good question.
anyone?

[jevel]

That really depends on quite a few factors;

- what is the speed of your Athlon? Anything above an xp1600+ will probably beat the G4 on most things.

- what kind of apps are we talking here?

- what network connection do you have? And how much of the bandwidth can you reserve for your usage?

- what resolution does the remote app. run? Is it CPU or graphic intensive?

There are other factors as welI, but these should be the most important ones...

-KJ

[OutThere]

VNC is a really good free alternative...if anyone is interested.

[dongmin]

Originally posted by jevel
That really depends on quite a few factors;

- what is the speed of your Athlon? Anything above an xp1600+ will probably beat the G4 on most things.

- what kind of apps are we talking here?

- what network connection do you have? And how much of the bandwidth can you reserve for your usage?

- what resolution does the remote app. run? Is it CPU or graphic intensive?

There are other factors as welI, but these should be the most important ones...

-KJ OK in case anyone's still reading this thread:

programs I need to run on Windows:
-AutoCAD 2002
-Rhino
-3DStudioMax

I'm guessing for any kind of rendering, it'd be better to remote desktop it and just let my Athlon box (1.3 ghz I think) do the rendering on its own. I can't imagine doing any kind of 3d graphics-related work on VPC. So my question focusses almost exclusively on AutoCAD. I'll most likely run AutoCAD on 1024x768 resolution. Pretty high I guess.

As for bandwidth, I should have plenty to spare. I'm on a fast LAN at my school and the iBook and Athlon box will share a router.

Most likely I'll probably just end up using the Athlon box on its own since I have an external monitor for it. But I just like the idea of doing everything THRU my Mac. Does Remote Desktop or VNC let me exchange files easily between my Mac and PC? I find Panther's existing PC networking to be unreliable.