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8 Replies Last post: Sep 22, 2008 4:58 AM by I_C  

Another cry for a Mac client... posted: Jul 7, 2008 9:17 AM

Click to view ptgvmware's profile Novice 6 posts since
Dec 26, 2005

With a lot of administrators and developers switching to the Mac. Having a remote console on the Mac is ever more crucial. I know you can use VNC and RDP or radmin to access the box. But, there really is a need to be able to do every basic admin task on a Mac like you can on all of the other platforms. I do use Linux and Windows both natively and in VMWare Fusion, but it would be essential to have a Mac remote console for easy access. BTW, when are the VMWare guys going to treat the Mac platform seriously? I have a Mac Pro with plenty of memory, 8 cores of processor, and a block storage device with RAID 5 that runs as fast as RAM with the capacity of a harddrive. I am dying to see a real VMWare Fusion server with remote SSL access similar to VMWare Server 2.0. And, yes I will pay for it. Currently, under VMWare Fusion on the Mac Pro, I can comfortably run 10 copies of Windows Vista at the same time, alongside OpenSuSE, Sun Solaris, while simultaneously burning a CD, streaming music from 3 sources in 3 separate VMs with 3 different OSes, and watching and recording EyeTV on the host all without missing a beat and a single skip. VMWare that's power that is waiting to be tapped.

A Proper Mac remote console is only right. It completes the circle with VNC, RDP, VMWare and a real command line that can easily SSL into UNIX/Linux and run X Windows all natively.

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

1. Jul 8, 2008 3:52 PM in response to: ptgvmware
Click to view macsforever2000's profile Novice 11 posts since
Apr 10, 2008
I'd like to echo this sentiment. Although Safari 3.1.2 works very well as a client with the exception of the non-working console.

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

2. Sep 16, 2008 5:05 AM in response to: ptgvmware
Click to view bmc303's profile Novice 21 posts since
May 18, 2005

One more voice requesting a mac client.

Perhaps you guys could use a CrossOver product to easily port the client to mac os.

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

3. Sep 17, 2008 5:03 PM in response to: ptgvmware
Click to view nyhokie's profile Lurker 1 posts since
Sep 17, 2008
/signed

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

4. Sep 18, 2008 12:05 AM in response to: nyhokie
Click to view friedmar's profile Novice 12 posts since
Sep 26, 2005
signed!

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

5. Sep 21, 2008 1:12 PM in response to: ptgvmware
Click to view I_C's profile Enthusiast 40 posts since
Jun 3, 2008
VMware server client for OS X. Seems silly to not have one. Or just make the viclient work on OS X.

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

6. Sep 22, 2008 1:38 AM in response to: ptgvmware
Click to view penshi's profile Novice 5 posts since
Sep 7, 2008
signed...

Re: Another cry for a Mac client...

8. Sep 22, 2008 4:58 AM in response to: rhsoftware
Click to view I_C's profile Enthusiast 40 posts since
Jun 3, 2008
That's great! But I have no patience ;)

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