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Best Mac program for controlling a PC?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Currently I have a G4 tower and a desktop PC sharing a monitor via a KVM switch. I would like to get rid of this monitor (a 21" crt I picked up for 30$ at a yard sale) - since it is huge, and the picture quality isn't great. I want a 17" acd Apple flat panel ideally, but I wouldnt be able to use the pc with that. Since I only use the PC for a few media conversion tasks, I was thinking I could control it from the Mac. They are hooked to the same router...
Any recommendations out there for a program I could run on my mac to control the PC?
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Microsoft's RDC works extremely well for tasks like that. I've been using it at home for similar things and it's worked great. It does require XP or 2000 server tho'...
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Tiger 10.4.8
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Another vote for RDC....it's very good....
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RDC kicks ass but don't expect to play games on it. I'd stick with the KVM option.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Hmm. I've never checked out RDC... It looks slick. The only problem is that the PC is running 2000 pro, not server or XP. I wonder if I can get it working with that?
I forgot to say that the pc only has a vga port, no dvi - so I cant convert it ans still use the KVM. I guess my option on that would be to get a VGA flat panel and continue to share, but I would so rather have the Apple monitor....
Thanks for all the ideas!
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