# In bed with my desktop PC - VNC Rules!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 29, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006 "2003-03-29T09:27:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006/1 "2003-03-29T09:27:19Z")
Aghgh! This is so cool.
I liked surfing in bed on the SO’s laptop, but my destop has all my local shortcuts and history and the like.
BUT NOW I’m using my desktop in bed!!! woo hoo!
It’s like being on my desktop PC, fullscreen access to my music and files ON MY LAP. 🙂
If you have a LAN you MUST try out this app ‘[www.realvnc.com](http://www.realvnc.com)’ it’s GNU shareware and is awesome.
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006/2 "2003-03-29T14:49:43Z")
Yep we use it at work. It’s pretty nice to be able to work on a computer (web server) that’s 10 miles away from your office and not even get out of your chair.
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### Author:  [@finn1911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finn1911)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006/3 "2003-03-29T19:09:34Z")
if you have xp, you might want to check out remote desktop. it is included with xp. It’s called “remote assistance”, somewhere in the bowls of xp… It’s a bit faster than vnc usually.
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### Author:  [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bed-with-my-desktop-pc-vnc-rules/165006/4 "2003-03-29T19:44:09Z")
I use remote assistance to control my media PC from my laptop. It lets the sound route through the soundcard to the stereo. Remote desktop is a little different. It routes sounds through the remote connection. Might be good for general use, but I’m usually playing with synthesizer programs, and the lag is too high.
When I get a Linux box on my network, I’ll be checking out VNC. I’m glad to hear that it works well.