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It's easier to have your parents use a mac.
by billrobertson42 14y ago
It's easier to have your parents use a mac.
- rbanffy 14y agoNot as easy to update/manage remotely without a GUI. With a Linux distro, all you need is an ssh client.
- heretohelp 14y agoI prefer Linux myself, but lets get real, if you can ssh, you can RDP into a mac too.
- rbanffy 14y agoNot always. Have you tried to use a remote desktop from a mobile network?
- heretohelp 14y agoGetting a little contrived.
- shinratdr 14y agoRight but when would you ever need to do that with a Mac? The few times you would need to remote in to solve something, you can just use VNC/ARD and "suffer" through the GUI. It's also much more useful as a teaching tool. Instead of whatever the problem was being silently fixed behind the scenes... then cropping right back up again because it's caused by user error, your client can follow along and actually learn something. That's my favourite thing about ARD. I can curtain a machine if I don't want questions or interruption, and I can reveal it if I want to teach something.
- eccp 14y agoHonestly, this is not an option for everyone. It's much cheaper to give your parents your old PC or laptop with an updated distro (say, Ubuntu) and forget about viruses, etc. They usually get most of their needs from the web (eg. webmail, facebook, etc.) and you can SSH in the event they actually need to install anything. If you are a developer, it's very likely your old PC or laptop will be good enough for their needs.