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Newbie to Mac... lots of questions!

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David T.

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Nov 28, 2013
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Hi everybody,

New guy here and to Mac with lots of questions. With that in mind, please excuse my "stupidity" with the questions below and the rest that I may post... this Mac world is really new to me.

So, I got a new iPad Air that I really like. Unfortunately, the wife proceeded to quickly snatch it up, and I haven't seen it much since. :D Anyhow, the experience with the Air has got me wanting a rMBP.

My situation is this, I could really justify getting one if I could "explain" (cough cough :D) to the wife that I could use it from home for work as a "backup" ;) to my other laptop. To do so, I would need to be able to VPN in to work (we use CISCO) and use Remote Desktop to access my desktop and then run sessions on our IBM AS400. My current windows laptop does this without a hitch... I would need the Mac to do the same thing.

Now, probably no one here has that same situation, but if the new rMBP's running Mavericks can VPN and run RD with no problems, then I would think the rest would work. Our network guy told me that he has been able to VPN in with a Mac. However, it was an older Mac and he didn't try the RD.

Guess I'll wait for some answers on this before I bombard you folks with tons of other questions.

BTW, I did do a search on VPN and RD, and found tons of stuff, but it was difficult sorting out the info into my situation.

TIA
Dave
 
I use remote desktop connections for work as my firm's HQ is in Little Rock and I like be in Dallas.

I use Jump Desktop because it is really fast, especially compared to the RDC on my recently replaced HP.

No issues whatsoever.

You can also go to Microsoft and download the RD from there too.
 
NativeTxn said:
I use remote desktop connections for work as my firm's HQ is in Little Rock and I like be in Dallas.

I use Jump Desktop because it is really fast, especially compared to the RDC on my recently replaced HP.

No issues whatsoever.

You can also go to Microsoft and download the RD from there too.
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Thanks NativeTxn,


Which rMBP do you Dave?
 
If you do run into any problems, you can always run windows either within mavericks itself using an app like parallels, or install windows on the laptop natively via efi or bootcamp.
 
sabbyp said:
If you do run into any problems, you can always run windows either within mavericks itself using an app like parallels, or install windows on the laptop natively via efi or bootcamp.
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Thanks savvyp,

I figured I could do that, but would prefer not to install Windows just to do VPN/RD. Besides, I think it would be cool to connect a pure Mac to a Windows PC to an IBM AS400. :D
 
Apple fanboy said:
When I work from home I use Microsoft RD to dial into my Windows PC at work. No issues except forgetting which keyboard functions do what!
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I assume you are running MS Remote Desktop Client for Mac 8? If so, how is performance?
 
Sounds like I will try MS RD first before I go out and buy Jump Desktop.

Thanks again everybody.
 
You might look at Remotix also. I currently have a trial of Remotix on my MB Air and I'm liking it a lot. I might buy it when my rMBP comes in.

FYI, I also use mine to connect to our VPN (Cisco ASA's) and RDP into various servers. No problems at all.
 
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