OnLive Desktop for iPad Now Available on App Store

[malman89]

OnLive does some pretty impressive things. I've been in on their streaming game system as a founding beta member. I haven't really used it all that much, but I love the concept and a transition into a productive application of that technology makes perfect sense.

 

[JackieTreehorn]

Yeah, let's be honest - iWork isn't quite at the level of Office yet. PowerPoint and Keynote? Pretty much. Word and Pages? Kinda, but Word still has more formatting options. Excel and Numbers? Not even.

Powerpoint and Keynote are not equal. Keynote runs circles around Powerpoint, just as Excel runs circles around Numbers.

 

[ibosie]

Huh??? I didn't understand a word of your post. Re-read that yourself please?


While I will agree that it's time for the next version of iWork your take on it saying it's been 37 months with no changes, maybe you haven't been following Microsoft's "every 4 year" updates on Office. An office program really isn't something that needs upgrading every year unlike iLife where people are constantly upgrading themselves with new cameras for video and photos with GPS tracking features now.
Uh I use iWork to do all of our business brochures and flyers for advertising. MS Word sucks in the graphic department and it won't cut it for the type of 3D graphics we like for our business advertisements. Doesn't really sound like you've used iWork. There's a place for Word and a Place for Pages equally.


While it doesn't have the power of Excel it does a mighty fine job for someone that needs a spreadsheet program. You're just being biased. Most people even in the corporate world just create basic spreadsheets. But I will agree it's time for a Numbers upgrade.

I completely agree. As someone using Microsoft products in a corporate environment, I often pop over to the Mac to produce my documents. People keep asking me why my presentations look so damn good and want to know what software I'm using. Keynote and Pages run rings around Microsoft. Numbers has its place too, graphs and charts spring to mind its so much quicker and the results look better than Excel. While I often need to stay with Excel for Macros or to work with MS specific formulae most spreadsheets are less complex and the presentation available in Numbers is excellent. MS Office has its place, but not for the reasons many people claim it is.

 

[AGVirt]

Another option for accessing Windows applications from iPads is Ericom AccessNow, a pure HTML5 RDP client that enables iPad users to connect to any RDP host, including Terminal Server (RDS Session Host), physical desktops or VDI virtual desktops – and run their applications and desktops in a browser.

Ericom‘s AccessNow does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight, ActiveX, or any other underlying technology to be installed on end-user devices – an HTML5 browser is all that is required.

You can choose to run a full Windows desktop or just a specific Windows app, and that desktop or Windows app will appear within a browser tab.

For more info, and to download a demo, visit:
http://www.ericom.com/AccessNow

Note: I work for Ericom

 

[richsadams]

I completely agree. As someone using Microsoft products in a corporate environment, I often pop over to the Mac to produce my documents. People keep asking me why my presentations look so damn good and want to know what software I'm using. Keynote and Pages run rings around Microsoft. Numbers has its place too, graphs and charts spring to mind its so much quicker and the results look better than Excel. While I often need to stay with Excel for Macros or to work with MS specific formulae most spreadsheets are less complex and the presentation available in Numbers is excellent. MS Office has its place, but not for the reasons many people claim it is.

This. +1

I'd really like to experience OnLive's Windows App...signed up days ago and my account still hasn't been activated.

 

[Bheleu]

Splashtop

Would rather use it to login to my own PC/office software than a service someone else is offering. <3 Splashtop, as I can get into either my Macbook or Windows PC & my mom's system to fix it.

 

[ScottishDuck]

Yes it does. If you've got a crappy internet connection then obviously it wont, but I can confirm it works very well in the UK, to the point where it renders LA Noire in full HD.

No amount of internet speed can overcome the speed of light, which determines this will always have input lag issues.