Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Productivity
Being able to access one computer from another, via some sort of remote desktop utility is hardly a new development, Windows and Mac OS have included VNC clients with their operating systems for years. Being able to access a Windows personal from your Mac isn’t even new — the Windows Remote Desktop client is available for the Mac, and programs like TightVNC will grant Windows users to connect to a Mac running Tiger or Leopard, assuming the sharing preferences are configured correctly.
However, the downside to using a client-based VNC is that if you are on a trying to connect to a personal from a system that with access restrictions (say, a personal in an World wide web cafe or in a school computer lab), you might not be able to access the necessary software to begin the remote connection. That’s where services like LogMeIn come in.
As long as your target computer has the LogMeIn client installed and is connected to the Internet, you can access that system from a different personal simply using your web browser. And even though Mac users have been able to connect to Windows machine via LogMeIn for quite some time, the reverse was not true. Until now. Last week LogMeIn released the first full release of the LogMeIn client for the Mac. Right now, the free version of LogMeIn, which is adequate for most home users, is available, and as the name implies, free. A free beta is also available for the LogMeIn Rescue (which is aimed at IT professionals or computer technicians, as it makes it easy to take control of a client’s machine without having to pre-install software).
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