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GoToMac? Citrix to offer Mac Version?
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ah, now I see.. all it takes is a web browser to get to a PC. You can do that from pretty much any browser capable computer.
The difference is, that the GoToMyMac application will allow you to get to your Mac from any other computer, where up until now, all you could do is go to a Windows box.
The difference is, that the GoToMyMac application will allow you to get to your Mac from any other computer, where up until now, all you could do is go to a Windows box.
iMeowbot
macrumors G3
Ohhhh, that would be nice, if the ISP at home didn't block inbound traffic to the standard webswerver ports (supposedly a response to code red, but couldn't they have lifted it by now?) And the lousy port thieving bums are still the only real broadband option serving the area. Ugh.Steamboatwillie said:
This is a great thing, We used this alot when I worked for Verizon DSL, I NEVER had a problem with this, And it was used on a WIDE VARITY of machine, from windows 95 to windows 2003 server... I hope the mac verision is just as good, This is a very god thing.
nagromme
macrumors G5
Pricing
OK, here's the pricing info (for the PC version). Sadly, it's a subscription thing. I'd love it if I could pay once and simply need my Mac's IP address, but apparently it doesn't work that way:
One PC: $20/month or $180/year.
Second PC: 50% more.
Third, fourth, etc. PC: by the month it costs more then the second one, by the year it costs less.
https://www.gotomypc.com/pricing.tmpl
$180/year is more than it's worth to me. But it will be neat for those who need it 🙂
OK, here's the pricing info (for the PC version). Sadly, it's a subscription thing. I'd love it if I could pay once and simply need my Mac's IP address, but apparently it doesn't work that way:
One PC: $20/month or $180/year.
Second PC: 50% more.
Third, fourth, etc. PC: by the month it costs more then the second one, by the year it costs less.
https://www.gotomypc.com/pricing.tmpl
$180/year is more than it's worth to me. But it will be neat for those who need it 🙂
GoToMyPC are just an expensive "middle man", you can do everything that they are offering on Mac and Windows right now for free.nagromme said:
ShiggyMiyamoto
macrumors 6502a
In my experience with VNC-based remote access methods, it has sucked @$$. It would r@pe our DSL's bandwidth, which is only about 256 kbps up. Also, I was lazy to look up how to optimize it, what connection profile to use etc. As we speak, I'm connected to my P2/233 at home that's running XP Pro Corp. Ed. from XP Pro using MS' Remote Desktop Client from school, the remote access that comes with XP. I've found it much more reliable and lag-free than any VNC-based method... but ya never know.. This one might be different. I have an iBook G3/600 that I have with me when I go to school, so I don't suffer on Windoze that often. ^_^
FoxyKaye said:
The project i work on uses citrix. It works flawlessly. Problems probably due to implemtation at your company. It is not a trivial software. Many things can go wrong in installing and configuring it. I guess we have gotten it right.
Citrix
Well, it's been a few years since I did any Citrix support - but I recall one of the big issues being 3rd. party printer drivers. You had to install them on your Citrix Metaframe servers so people could print to those printers over your network, but a misbehaving one would instantly blue-screen the server when a user tried to send a print job to it. (Lots of HP drivers caused issues. Sometimes you could work around the problem by using a native Microsoft driver for the HP printer in question, but you'd usually lose some advanced printing features. Other times, you just plain had an incompatible printer unless/until HP released a driver that would work in Citrix.)
Generally though, yeah - the product worked well for us, and its ability to remain functional even in low bandwidth conditions was a major reason for its purchase. (Our salespeople could dial in via 56K modem from hotel rooms on their laptops, start Citrix sessions, and use the same desktop environment they were used to seeing back at the office on their desktop PCs.)
Well, it's been a few years since I did any Citrix support - but I recall one of the big issues being 3rd. party printer drivers. You had to install them on your Citrix Metaframe servers so people could print to those printers over your network, but a misbehaving one would instantly blue-screen the server when a user tried to send a print job to it. (Lots of HP drivers caused issues. Sometimes you could work around the problem by using a native Microsoft driver for the HP printer in question, but you'd usually lose some advanced printing features. Other times, you just plain had an incompatible printer unless/until HP released a driver that would work in Citrix.)
Generally though, yeah - the product worked well for us, and its ability to remain functional even in low bandwidth conditions was a major reason for its purchase. (Our salespeople could dial in via 56K modem from hotel rooms on their laptops, start Citrix sessions, and use the same desktop environment they were used to seeing back at the office on their desktop PCs.)
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azrussell132
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The day this comes out is the day I sell the LAST pc in the house. Citrix is the ONLY reason I HAVE to have a pc in the house.
