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2014 which is the best lightweight Remote Desktop setup???

PicnicTutorials

PicnicTutorials

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Hello happy New Years!

2014 which is the best lightweight Remote Desktop setup??? Instead of a MacBook Pro I got a iMac which will be here in a few days. So I will use my Ipad and a Remote Desktop app to go portable. I would like to find the best app. But with 20 or so viable options this would take awhile. Is there someone out there that has played with the best of them and could possibly share which solution they chose and why?

- needs to be lightweight on my iMac since I assume it will run 24/7
- inexpensive
- smooth ipad app

From obsessively looking around myself splashtop 2 looks like the best so far. Any others I should look at and why? Please don't just plug.
 
I use Jump Desktop (http://jumpdesktop.com) and really like it a lot. It is fast - at least for me (much faster than when I used to have to use the built in RDC on my old PC).

Not sure what you consider "lightweight" or if you would personally consider $29.99 inexpensive or not though.
 
Most products use VNC to remote and I've never been able to get good performance from VNC. So I run iRAPP by Code Rebel on my iMac. It is a small RDP server. I then connect via iTeleport which I have on my MBP, iPad, and iPhone. Works very well, but it also quite expensive.
 
I like the products by Remoter VNC. SSH, etc.

Kind of odd Apple doesn't make somethiing; I used Citrix and it rocked; was easier to use a PC on my iPad than a Mac. Go figure.
 
X-Ravin said:
Most products use VNC to remote and I've never been able to get good performance from VNC. So I run iRAPP by Code Rebel on my iMac. It is a small RDP server. I then connect via iTeleport which I have on my MBP, iPad, and iPhone. Works very well, but it also quite expensive.
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Interesting.
How is the speed?

They have a free version client and TS Server for Lion.
I think someone in the forums wanted a way to use their oMP to have multiple people login at the same time.
 
adam9c1 said:
Interesting.
How is the speed?

They have a free version client and TS Server for Lion.
I think someone in the forums wanted a way to use their oMP to have multiple people login at the same time.
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I've been very happy with it. You don't get the continual hangs and hiccups that seem to plague VNC apps. All in all I feel it was worth the money. I'm a very remote heavy user though, so like I said it might not be for everyone but you can run a free trial and see. I don't have the multiple login version since that isn't something I use anymore. But I did used to do that on a Windows box which worked very well.
 
PicnicTutorials said:
Hello happy New Years!

2014 which is the best lightweight Remote Desktop setup??? Instead of a MacBook Pro I got a iMac which will be here in a few days. So I will use my Ipad and a Remote Desktop app to go portable. I would like to find the best app. But with 20 or so viable options this would take awhile. Is there someone out there that has played with the best of them and could possibly share which solution they chose and why?

- needs to be lightweight on my iMac since I assume it will run 24/7
- inexpensive
- smooth ipad app

From obsessively looking around myself splashtop 2 looks like the best so far. Any others I should look at and why? Please don't just plug.
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Are you planning on connecting from outside your house as well?
 
MacTCE said:
Are you planning on connecting from outside your house as well?
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Ya. From looking around and reading it looks like I'll give splashtop a try. Jump desktop. Logmein. Maybe a couple others. I was just hoping someone would post that already obsessively tried all the top ones and could just tell me which one is the best and fastest. Save me from obsessive work.
 
PicnicTutorials said:
Ya. From looking around and reading it looks like I'll give splashtop a try. Jump desktop. Logmein. Maybe a couple others. I was just hoping someone would post that already obsessively tried all the top ones and could just tell me which one is the best and fastest. Save me from obsessive work.
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I would try LogMeIn first. It's free and you're can use apps or any web browser so you're not locked down to a specific set of devices. I use Jump Desktop as well but only for connecting to PC's for work.
 
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