Actually, I've run Citrix (ancestor of Remote Desktop) on a 14.4k modem. Once all the bitmaps are downloaded and cached (those app launch 1/2 screen splash page

Actually, I've run Citrix (ancestor of Remote Desktop) on a 14.4k modem. Once all the bitmaps are downloaded and cached (those app launch 1/2 screen splash pages were murder), it ran pretty well. The meta graphic operations (lines, circles, fills, etc.), fonts, etc. worked fine. Any large pixmap operations were crushing, but most productivity apps didn't use those as much as you'd think.