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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1603365" data-attributes="member: 307555">Go with TeamViewer.&nbsp; It is free for individual use, very easy to set up, and works well.&nbsp; I have a setup similar to what you are describing.&nbsp; I even use dropbox for file moving.My work computer is a Windows 7 machine that I use to edit video, do graphic work etc.&nbsp; I have a MB Air for home.&nbsp; I recently went out of town for 8 days and had an issue arise at work where I needed to access a file, make some changes on it, and start filezilla to enable an upload to an ftp server of said file.&nbsp; Worked smoothly and flawlessly.&nbsp; Plus, you can log on to the computer from your laptop - no problem if you turn of the &quot;hit ctrl, alt, del&quot; feature to log on.&nbsp; (I discovered that was an issue - no alt key on a mac!)&nbsp; Teamview can also be set up to &quot;wake&quot; your computer if it is off say due to a power failure.&nbsp; There are some setup requirements that have to be done on the windows machine such as &quot;wake on lan&quot; turned on and I forget what else but they have excellent instructions on their site to explain it. I have used both and I have found that Windows Remote Desktop works well on a local network but not so well when used outside the local network.&nbsp;&nbsp; Teamviewer will work very well even over a slow connection.Lisa</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1603365, member: 307555"] Go with TeamViewer. It is free for individual use, very easy to set up, and works well. I have a setup similar to what you are describing. I even use dropbox for file moving. My work computer is a Windows 7 machine that I use to edit video, do graphic work etc. I have a MB Air for home. I recently went out of town for 8 days and had an issue arise at work where I needed to access a file, make some changes on it, and start filezilla to enable an upload to an ftp server of said file. Worked smoothly and flawlessly. Plus, you can log on to the computer from your laptop - no problem if you turn of the "hit ctrl, alt, del" feature to log on. (I discovered that was an issue - no alt key on a mac!) Teamview can also be set up to "wake" your computer if it is off say due to a power failure. There are some setup requirements that have to be done on the windows machine such as "wake on lan" turned on and I forget what else but they have excellent instructions on their site to explain it. I have used both and I have found that Windows Remote Desktop works well on a local network but not so well when used outside the local network. Teamviewer will work very well even over a slow connection. Lisa [/QUOTE]

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