This is probably as good as VNC could ever get. I just used the "screen sharing" provided by Leopard (10.5.2) wither another Leopard box (also 10.5.2). The machines were connected directly through a single ethernet cable - both have gigabit ethernet NICs. In case it's not obvious, if there's any bottleneck here it's probably the network connection - I'm sure Pentium3 machines could be used to demonstrate this same scenario. :D
Great example video by the way. It helps a lot to get an idea of the performance possibilities. I wonder how my old PowerBook G4 550MHz (Gigabit Ethernet) would fair as the viewer instead (probably a lot worse than your MacBook, but I wonder just by how much). I'd be curious to know what the CPU utilization of the MacBook is during this demonstration. It doesn't have to process the game of course, but it still has to retrieve and display full screen graphics, and at a high frame rate.
pegpenguin 3 years ago
What actual resolution is being copied here? Also, do you know if there is any way to remote control another Mac without it taking over the system? I mean, so another user can also use it simultaneously (much like X11 works). Or is this a "no go" any way you look at it?
pegpenguin 3 years ago