[X4U] VNC - Speed differences

[Andrew T. Lynch]

What type of information are you trying to display?  I frequently use 
M$ RDC to attach to a local windows desktop to access our graphical bug 
tracking database, and it works well.  It is not demanding, no live 
motion.  I also find that the combination of the Apple RDC VNC server 
and VNCViewer to control my home theater mac, and that also works well. 
  Again, simple graphics, nothing live...

-Drew

On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> Drew wrote:
>> On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:43 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>>
>>> Which VNC server/client is best for speed?
>
>> I am quite happy with the VNC server bundled in Apple's free remote
>> desktop client.  I am using it with VNCViewer.  One Caveat: It only
>> works well for me on the LAN.  Over my DSL modem to work it has so far
>> been unusable.
>
> Here is a question I've been wondering about, why on earth is VNC
> performance on Mac OS X so bad?  At work, I spend almost all my time 
> working
> under a VNC session running on a very old Linux box.  Up until 
> recently I
> was accessing it with a old slow WinXP system from home and work.  Now 
> I'm
> using a nice fast Laptop.  I've never had any problems at work, and it 
> is
> normally quite usable from home over my 768k/128k DSL line.  The same 
> goes
> for Windows Remote Desktop sessions.
>
> At the same time trying to use my Dual 2Ghz G5 to connect to a local P4
> running WinXP via a Windows Remote Desktop session, or to connect to a 
> Sun
> Ultra 60/2300 via VNC is painful to say the least, and almost 
> unusable.  In
> the case of VNC, I've tried multiple clients.
>
> 		Zane
>
>
>
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