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MS RDC is way faster than VNC (sort of)
Authored by: ms_t_rie on Feb 02, '05 11:29:41AM

Oh, I'll agree that VNC is needed if trying to do support, but the scenario described had both machines on the same desk. I just thought it worth mentioning another OPTION, not neccessarily better :)

For me, I just use dual displays on my Mac, connect via RDC to the PC, and move the RDC window to the second display. It should behave just the same as you described that way, I use the keyboard and mouse on the Mac and when I move the mouse to the second display and click the RDC window, I'm controlling the PC session. Plus, if I wanted to, I could just use a single display (which is usually what you use a KVM for) to save space.

The lack of a shared display though IS the big disadvantage of Remote Desktop, though if you don't need sharing, the speed advantage is considerable.

Rie



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