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Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection... best thing ever!!!

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JordanShapiro

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Jul 17, 2002
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Forget VPC forever! With this, I'm running my actual desktop PC on my Powerbook, flawlessly. I'm playing MP3s, watching video through a Netgear wireless router. It's fast as hell, completely responsive and has absolutely no limitations. It takes no hard drive space and doesn't cost a cent!

I suggest EVERY hybrid user give this a try... it's making my life so much easier!

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/rdc/default.asp?navindex=s9b

Sweeeeeeeeeet!

:D

Jordan
 
You can do video?

Back when I had my Powermac, I tried this out and while audio was okay most of the time, video playback was horrible, I couldn't get any of my videos to play worth anything, I was just using a crossover cable if that makes any difference, is there some tip for this or was my hardware just not fast enough? (466Mhz G4 with 16MB ATI Rage, 667Mhz PIII with ATI Radeon 32MB)

The connection was running at a full 100mbs BTW, but I couldn't get a single video to play over the network.

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I wonder if i could use this to play counterstrike from my PC in the other room on my laptop. that would be badass. that game doesn't take much of anything... hmm... *conniving look.*
 
Originally posted by Shadowfax
I wonder if i could use this to play counterstrike from my PC in the other room on my laptop. that would be badass. that game doesn't take much of anything... hmm... *conniving look.*
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No. The graphics performace isn't good enough to run a game. I use this myself and it is fine for administration of my PC and running DOS apps such as MASM, which is required for my class in assembly language.

I could try CS, though. I'll do that, then post here with the results.
 
No luck. CS will not load a game, it just says "Loading" and stops. Guess it can't stream video at such high frame rates over network connections.
 
Originally posted by ibookin'@mwny
No luck. CS will not load a game, it just says "Loading" and stops. Guess it can't stream video at such high frame rates over network connections.
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damn, that sucks. all this remote technology and it can't even stream one of the most basic 3d games in existence. oh well, guess i'll delete that dmg...
 
I agree, Remote Desktop is the sweetest thing ever. I use it not only to connect to my PC desktop at home, but also to connect to my PC at work. It's like I'm sitting at my desk. I can play video, but it's jerky because the refresh rate is so much slower (around a frame a second). I don't see why you couldn't play a game, it would just be jerky as all hell. Maybe a turn-based game?
 
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