At 7:03 PM +0000 1/23/04, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >On 5 Jan 2004, at 12:14, Bill Cole wrote: > >>Yes, but you can get 95% of the same thing for free from VNC. Unless you use the >>esoteric TB2 features like NetMeeting compatibility or need to manage an old Mac >>for which a VNC server isn't available, you might as well skip TB2. > >I can't agree with that. I run both VNC and Timbuktu and there is a big difference, >above all in performance. I am now in England and I can manage my servers in Japan >(both running Mac OS 9 and X) comfortably with Timbuktu 6.03 but when I try to do >the same thing with VNC it feels like viewing a slow motion replay.
Controlling a Classic mac with Timbuktu is fine, even from an OS X Mac. But controlling an OS X Mac via TB2 is painfully slow. So I still use TB2 to manage Classic Macs, but I removed TB2 and installed VNC on a couple of X Macs. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
