On 16-Jul-05, at 02:08, Claire Hart wrote:
Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate
situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level,
somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read
that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with
Tiger. Now on to my current question:
Sorry, but I haven't been following this closely. I'm having no
problems with VPC 7 and Tiger. I've got Win 98SE, 2000 Pro, XP Pro
and (just installed yesterday) BeOS virtual machines on my iBook.
Other than a minor networking issue that M$ is aware of, it has
worked as well as on Panther for me. That is to say that it is
frustratingly slow at times, but functional.
Dan & Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my
"real estate - having to get a PC computer" question. I have
surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same
context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to
buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access
it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running
Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm
not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of
people asking questions.
Sure, you could do this. It effectively reduces your Mac to a
terminal. Okay, that is an exaggeration, but it is certainly the
idea. And it is rather wasteful as the PC must always be running,
though it doesn't need to have it's monitor on. And you become
reliant on having a good internet connection, the PC in the office
remaining running, the office network and internet connection having
the bandwidth to support this heavy use.
I do this every day for work with my 14" iBook 1.33 G4. Once I have
an internet connection (33.6 modem connection or better), I connect
to work's VPN, then use RDC to connect to the PC's (running 2000
Server, 2003 Server or XP) in the office. It is as if I was actually
working on the PC, though full screen refreshes may take a second to
2 depending on the connection. It is possible to transfer clipboard
contents between your Mac to the PC, share printers and drives, and
have alert sounds come to your Mac, but all this requires more
bandwidth. I have also tried VNC and found that it required too much
bandwidth.
Is this going to be a good solution for you? I doubt it. It may be
a stop gap measure until you get frustrated with it and either just
get this all running natively on your Powerbook or if you are real
stubborn, in VPC. Eventually you will come to the conclusion that
time _is_ $ and are doing this to make $. You will want the fastest
performing, reliable, easiest solution available. I hope that this
will be your Powerbook, but unless you can get required software
running natively, I honestly doubt it will be. Also, why would you
want to buy a desktop PC and have the hassle of internet connection,
VPN connection, and RDC connection every time you need to use it?
Why not just buy a PC laptop? The total support requirements are
actually reduced by using the PC laptop, and the software
requirements are the same.
And just incase nobody else has mentioned it yet, you will want a
complete back-up plan. Software AND hardware. Why hardware? When
my Realtor's laptop was giving him troubles at 11:00 PM with deadline
at 12:01 AM, he drove like a madman to his office and used a PC there
to finalize documents. His preparedness got me the home and him the
commission.
Sorry for going on...
Dave
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