i've some experience with LogMeIn but it was pretty laggy (but free)

are there some where it's fairly lagfree?

12/14/2010 12:12:58 AM

Your issue is bandwidth not software. The upload of your ISP is what's causing it to be laggy. Some solutions might offer a better video driver or more options but in general remote desktop is only as good as the connection the client computer is on. I recently upgraded to 5mb upload from ~.7 and it made a world of difference.

For example try windows remote desktop on a wired network. You can barely tell that you're not actually at the computer.

[Edited on December 14, 2010 at 12:25 AM. Reason : -]

12/14/2010 12:23:19 AM

I use logmein on a 50/3 connection...its quite fast sir.

12/14/2010 12:32:09 AM

VNC

12/14/2010 3:01:16 PM

rdp is still the best.

12/14/2010 3:34:40 PM

rdp

12/14/2010 3:54:07 PM

rdp

12/14/2010 4:41:03 PM

Quote :

" in general remote desktop is only as good as the connection the client computer is on. "

12/14/2010 5:14:43 PM

rdp. On windows 7 with client rendering, its lightning fast and has full Aero.

12/14/2010 6:23:05 PM

Quote :

"This version incorporates new functionality such as Windows Media Player redirection, bidirectional audio, true multimonitor support, Aero glass support, enhanced bitmap acceleration (which improves user experience over high latency network connections), Easy Print redirection[10], Language Bar docking. "

RDP, +1

12/15/2010 1:11:16 AM

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"I use logmein on a 50/3 connection...its quite fast sir."

50/5 at home. Still not what I would consider "fast". Neither is RDP.

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"rdp. On windows 7 with client rendering, its lightning fast and has full Aero."

Can I remote in from my iPhone? OSX? Any browser? I'm not saying it doesn't work better in the right conditions but logmein is much more convenient. And RDP is not any more "lightning fast" than logmein. At least from my experience. It's mostly dependent on the upload speed.

-plus I'm running XP at work and unless I haven't upgraded or something the XP remote desktop client still sucks. When remoting into my home windows 7 computer it re-sizes my windows and screws up all my desktop items. With logmein it just logs you in and doesn't change anything. You have the option to match resolutions but don't have to.

I assume remoting FROM a windows 7 computer is better? I still like how logmein is the same no matter where I'm using it. Has mesh/live sync made RDP any better?

[Edited on December 15, 2010 at 10:02 AM. Reason : s]

12/15/2010 9:52:43 AM

I thought you needed Server 2008 to take advantage of all the added rendering features? It doesn't work simply connecting from workstation to workstation.

^I have RDP access on OSX and Android, no idea about the iPhun. As for a web solution, I know there's that utility packaged with SBS but I've never used it. And doesn't LogMeIn just fancy up the RDP protocol in the end anyway?

12/15/2010 10:02:11 AM

Fancy up as in more options maybe. Just tried both on the highest settings (full rendering) and logmein is by far faster. Took 1-2 seconds longer for RDP to render a page. Maybe it's because I'm using XP to remote in? From my experience logmein just has more options and is more convenient. The iPhone app is awesome and I can use it from practically any computer on any browser.

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/remote-desktop-client

Just saw that. I'll have to try it out. Haven't upgraded to Office 2011 yet.

- Also is there still no scaling option in remote desktop? A great feature of logmein is being able to maintain the native resolution of my 2 monitors at home and scale them to whatever monitor I'm remoting in from. This prevents unnecessary resizing of all my windows/icons/gadgets everytime I remote in.

[Edited on December 15, 2010 at 10:22 AM. Reason : s]

12/15/2010 10:09:18 AM

I'm not sure what the deal is with the influx of remote threads in the last month or two, but in the other ones I was letting LMI and TV battle it out and TV won simply from a cost standpoint. They're both great products and I personally use LMI to support family members. If it was not for the overlap in features and lack of a reasonably priced 'quicksupport/rescue' option, I may have picked LMI from a business standpoint.

12/15/2010 11:13:48 AM

There's def rdp clients for iOS

12/15/2010 12:57:25 PM

Neodata, yes you have to be using rdp ON windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2. And connecting TO a windows 7 or 2008r2 machine to get the benefits.

For me, that alone has been worth upgrading everything. I have a near-native experience over regular broadband.

12/15/2010 2:13:15 PM

^That's awesome. When my job FINALLY upgrades my laptop with Windows 7 I'll check it out.

12/15/2010 3:08:11 PM

I use LMI with good effect, but in terms of lag, like everyone else said, it's limited by your bandwidth. Remote Desktop in windows from my win7 on my old xp system on a gigabit network is basically as fast as if I'm right next to the machine (although I am, but the system has no monitor or any input devices, purely networked). It even plays sound, a feature lacking in LMI free edition. Not that I care whenever I hit the wrong button.

12/15/2010 5:26:16 PM

So Noen I noticed Office 2010/2011 comes with remote desktop. Is this the same version that comes with Windows 7?

12/29/2010 12:31:42 PM

^Afaik yeah, never heard of remote desktop in Office though. Link?

12/29/2010 1:04:25 PM

Maybe it's just bundled with Office 2011 for OSX. My friend installed it and noticed it added remote desktop.

12/29/2010 2:01:01 PM