[iDriveX]

So I was laying in bed with my laptop and wanted to check something on my cube. I have Apple Remote Desktop administrator and client installed on both machines. So I opened Apple Remote Desktop on my laptop and controled the screen on the cube. Then I saw the Apple Remote Desktop icon in my Cube's dock and wondered "What if...". So I clicked on it and chose "Control PowerBook G4". Then it became like a mirror that sees another mirror, where it just goes into oblivion. Anyways, i took a pic, I guess I'm easily amused:

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Ya someone did a thread about that here a while ago.

[IceEnclosure]

that's ca-razyy.

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by iDriveX:
So I was laying in bed with my laptop and wanted to check something on my cube. I have Apple Remote Desktop administrator and client installed on both machines. So I opened Apple Remote Desktop on my laptop and controled the screen on the cube. Then I saw the Apple Remote Desktop icon in my Cube's dock and wondered "What if...". So I clicked on it and chose "Control PowerBook G4". Then it became like a mirror that sees another mirror, where it just goes into oblivion. Anyways, i took a pic, I guess I'm easily amused:

what pic?

edit: nvm, found it when i replied to your post.

http://www.idrivex.com/ard.jpg

cool

[velodev]

what is that starfish icon app on your dock?

[Goldfinger]

Originally posted by velodev:
what is that starfish icon app on your dock?

Carracho

[cSurfr]

Originally posted by Goldfinger:
Carracho

You mean people still use that ancient non os x conforming software? I thought that died years and years ago with hotline.

[Superchicken]

My head hurts... that said... I gota check out how much ARD costs... not to mention, does it work well over the net? I figure that way I could fix my mom's mini once I buy it for her form school wherever I am

[Silky Voice of The Gorn]

Originally posted by cSurfr:
You mean people still use that ancient non os x conforming software? I thought that died years and years ago with hotline.

Keep up with the times.
Carracho X

[brapper]

Originally posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn:
Keep up with the times.
Carracho X

Haven't seen that account in quite awhile...

[iDriveX]

Carracho is a beast of a program....

1- ARD is competitely priced with other remote software
2- ARD only works on your subnet, so it's mostly used in schools and computer labs
3- I use Carracho for the computer clients I service. I run Carracho server with a bunch of disc tools on it, and then start up Carracho on my client's computers and log into my server. No more having to lug around CDs and everything is at my fingertips. I also keep all the Apple Service Manuals in there too for when I forget on how to install RAM in a PowerMac 8500.
4- Carracho X, while trying to be all OS X Compliancey is horrible. They try to mimic the finder with their interface and its the worst interface ever. I just stick with the old Carracho and deal with it. I suppose I could set up a web or ftp server with all my stuff on it but Carracho is easy to use and set up and it just works.

[wdlove]

Interesting

[waffffffle]

Originally posted by iDriveX:
Carracho is a beast of a program....

1- ARD is competitely priced with other remote software

Not exactly. We use UltraVNC where I work and its 100% free (beer and speech) and is more cross-platform compatible than ARD. With the NT domain administrator privelages I can forcibly install the VNC server onto any machine on our network, which makes machine administration much easier. ARD has some nice features but UltraVNC is MUCH faster and in many ways it seems like ARD's implementation is non-standard. When controlling PC clients I can't even send a ctrl-alt-del!

2- ARD only works on your subnet, so it's mostly used in schools and computer labs

I use ARD over the internet all the time, you just have to manually enter the IP.

3- I use Carracho for the computer clients I service. I run Carracho server with a bunch of disc tools on it, and then start up Carracho on my client's computers and log into my server. No more having to lug around CDs and everything is at my fingertips. I also keep all the Apple Service Manuals in there too for when I forget on how to install RAM in a PowerMac 8500.

Isn't a web or AFP server much better for this? There's no client software needed for web or AFP.

4- Carracho X, while trying to be all OS X Compliancey is horrible. They try to mimic the finder with their interface and its the worst interface ever. I just stick with the old Carracho and deal with it. I suppose I could set up a web or ftp server with all my stuff on it but Carracho is easy to use and set up and it just works.

Carracho has always been buggy since the earliest versions on OS 9. The new OS X version seems to be the same.

[iDriveX]

Originally posted by waffffffle:
Not exactly. We use UltraVNC where I work and its 100% free (beer and speech) and is more cross-platform compatible than ARD. With the NT domain administrator privelages I can forcibly install the VNC server onto any machine on our network, which makes machine administration much easier. ARD has some nice features but UltraVNC is MUCH faster and in many ways it seems like ARD's implementation is non-standard. When controlling PC clients I can't even send a ctrl-alt-del! I use ARD over the internet all the time, you just have to manually enter the IP. Isn't a web or AFP server much better for this? There's no client software needed for web or AFP. Carracho has always been buggy since the earliest versions on OS 9. The new OS X version seems to be the same.

Waffffffle- you forget...You can use TextEdit, but Microsoft Word looks prettier ;-) What does this have to do with ARD? The latest incarnations of it make it so that an idiot can use it. Forget VNC and NT Domain blah blah blah. How about this:

1. Insert Installer CD
2. Install administrator software on administrator computer, client software on client computers
3. Start up ARD.
4. Point to the computer name that you want to control
5. Click "Control"

ARD is for librarians and computer lab administrators that schools don't want to train. It's a simple elegant solution for simple elegant needs. It's the same reason most people use a mac, they can type a word doc and surf the web on a $400 PC yet people buy $1000 iMacs. But they look nice and are very very easy to use.

As for Carracho, it's not buggy if you know what to do and what not to do, I've been using it for the last 6 years and it's what I know. It's gotten to a point now where it's just easier to use this than try and set up anything else. Maybe when I get a serious network I'd consider those things but for now, Carracho, .mac and ARD are indispensable network tools for me.