Apple Remote Desktop 3 Released
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Apr 2006 18:31 UTC
Mac OS X Apple delivered a new version of Remote Desktop to customers Tuesday, the first update to the software in nearly a year and the first major revision in almost two years. Remote Desktop 3, which allows users to control and administer Macs remotely, packs more than 50 new features, Apple said. Among these are support for Spotlight searching across remote Macs, a Dashboard widget, Automator support, an AutoInstall feature that automatically installs software on Macs when they reappear on the network, full drag and drop support to and from remote Macs, Application Usage and User History reports, and more.
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v I can see it now.
by jamesrdorn on Tue 11th Apr 2006 19:41 UTC
looks good
by tiiim on Tue 11th Apr 2006 19:43 UTC
tiiim
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2005-09-02

Just be looking over the new RD3 and it looks very impressive. We use a remote desktop client at work on a win 2k network this looks very impressive Apple have done a great job. System admin Apple style.

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Looks good
by vondur on Tue 11th Apr 2006 19:52 UTC
vondur
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2005-07-07

And I just ordered the unlimited client version this morning. I knew something was up when the Management Software for 2.0 was not updated for the Intel Macs. Oh well, only $299.

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price
by yanik on Tue 11th Apr 2006 20:03 UTC
yanik
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2005-07-13

isn't it a little pricey?

Does OSX have a built-in simple VNC-like client/server?

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RE: price
by Adurbe on Tue 11th Apr 2006 20:50 UTC in reply to "price"
Adurbe Member since:
2005-07-06

I always found it fast and suited my needs perfectly.

As such i thought the price was justified

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v RE[2]: price
by tomcat on Wed 12th Apr 2006 01:48 UTC in reply to "RE: price"
RE[3]: price
by pojo on Wed 12th Apr 2006 02:14 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: price"
pojo Member since:
2005-10-05

No it doesn't. This also manages several macs. Including installing new software, etc.

You have to have a copy of Windows Server in order to do this kind of stuff. And let me tell you, it costs a heck of a lot more than $299.

If you want just plain logging into a remote mac and seeing it's desktop, use VNC instead.

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RE[3]: price
by chekr on Wed 12th Apr 2006 04:07 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: price"
chekr Member since:
2005-11-05

You have obviously no clue whatsoever what it is that Apple RD is and what its featureset is, to compare RD3 to your default winxppro remote desktop is just ridiculous

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RE[3]: price
by Duffman on Wed 12th Apr 2006 06:07 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: price"
Duffman Member since:
2005-11-23

Perhaps if you RTFM instead of trolling, you will know why some people pay ...

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RE: price
by lunddal on Wed 12th Apr 2006 07:56 UTC in reply to "price"
lunddal Member since:
2006-02-09

"Does OSX have a built-in simple VNC-like client/server?"

Yes.

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