[X4U] Remote Desktop Question

[Simon Forster]

On 22 May 2006, at 20:45, jessup at san.rr.com wrote:

> However, my own experience of it was that it was unacceptably slow.


On 23 May 2006, at 01:44, Michael Elliott wrote:

> That's how I feel using VNC with the built-in VNC server in OS X.   
> Painfully slow


FWIW, I regularly use ARD to log into servers based in co-lo  
facilities, offices with ADSL or SDSL as well as a couple of local  
machines. I'm on the end of an ADSL line. All work absolutely fine  
and speed is not an issue. Things you can do to make life less painful:

1) Change the desktop background to a solid colour (as opposed to an  
image). Makes quite a big difference.
2) Learn to love working in grayscale. Preferences -> Control/ 
Observe, move image quality slider to left. I have it one notch in  
from the left hand side "Faster" setting.

For slow, try managing remote connection through a mobile's modem  
using GPRS. Glacial. Makes you realise why one's got the command line!

ATB

Simon Forster
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