pedro_sandchez Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 My father is in need of some computer upgrades at his autobody collision repair shop. The business has five PC's currently, a laptop which isnt used much, a desktop in the main office for estimating, a PC in the paint mixing room for the paint mixing software, a PC for the frame alignment system, and two other PC's in two other offices for general use. Current problems with PC's constantly crashing and such have prompted him to consider purchasing new systems. These are pretty old (the newest one is the two year old laptop that isnt really used at all). Currently they arn't really working as a network. Each PC has its job and thats all it does which is fine and they are all connected to the internet via a router. He heard about the networking abilites of Apple Remote desktop and this has prompted him to seek more information about the software. Is it true that with remote desktop you can access any system on the network directly and operate it as if it were the machine you are sitting in front of? Basically the idea is to have the most powerful system in the network (powermac) be the administration system in the main office. On it would be installed all the financial applications as well as the estimating software. Then there would be a laptop (ibook or powerbook) with wireless so as to be able to take the computer out to the vehicle when writing an estimate and write it right there rather than taking notes and putting it all into the computer in the office after looking at the car (this was the intention of the current laptop but it doesnt really function the way he wants). Then each department (paint, frame alignment, etc) have its own lower powered computer (imac or mini to save cost rather than a bunch of powermacs) which has its specific software installed (paint mixing, frame alignment, etc...). From the main computer in the main office then, he would be able to monitor activity on all of the other systems correct? As well as be able to acess all of the data stored on them and copy it to the main computer and run the software remotely etc correct? So there is the idea on how he wants it to work Am I right in thinking Apple remonte desktop will allow him to do all of this? if so, then the next hurdle, which may perhaps be insurmountable, is to find out if the software he requires is available for mac. In the case that one ap or something isn't available on mac, can a PC be integrated into this system and be controlled remotely as well with remote desktop or not? Thanks Pedro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9548-remote-desktop-2/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 You can do this with the Remote Desktop Connection built into windows. You just have to enable it it the system properties for the host machine. I connect to XP machines on my network all the time, from other XP machines, and from my OSx86 box. Microsoft made a nice OS X version of the RDC viewer that comes with Office for Mac. Also, you can use a more universal solution- VNC. There are VNC clients for most operating systems. I use VNC to remotely control my OSx86 box from my XP machines. I find it a lot simpler to set up and deal with than Apple Remote Desktop (at least on cross-platform setups). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9548-remote-desktop-2/#findComment-59773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro_sandchez Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 awesome I'll look into VNC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9548-remote-desktop-2/#findComment-59994 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zfire89 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 has anyone had success running apple remote desktop 2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/9548-remote-desktop-2/#findComment-62705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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