RE: recommendations for alternatives to rdp
Robin Paulson <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:51:20 +1300, Michael Field wrote: > I concur. The issues I have is that every application now seems to > render the entire window as bitmaps, and you can't turn this off. > Java > apps seems to be the worst for this, then (strangely enough) the web > browser interfaces of big ERP systems... > > If your users are trying to access media-rich content or play Angry > Birds over RDP of course RDP will be the problem - just contrast the > bandwidth of a 8xPCIe 64Gb/sec connection with that of a 54Mb > wireless.... > > Ways that work around this disparity usually involve data compression > which adds to the latency and increases CPU demand at both ends... hmm, interesting. no, they're not doing games, it's for business applications which aren't at all graphics intensive i have a feeling there's a misunderstanding of the technology somewhere. the same person told me they were looking at using the Windows iPad as a platform, so that option has always been close to the front of my mind -- robin http://bumblepuppy.org/blog/?p=237 - government bill to remove basic human rights in NZ _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug