getting a stripped down laptop to control my high end desktop in my apartment

[Naer]

Would this work well with team viewer?

Thoughts?

 

[Naer]

Would the experience be hindered if I use teamviewer. I'm looking at a cheap Chromebook now

 

[MrCassdin]

Any type of remote access control is bandwidth and video dependent.

What types of tasks are you looking to perform remotely? On Gigabit wired LAN I have done something similar just using RDP and it's passable.

Over the Internet is another story.

 

[A5]

Yeah, you can do it, but the only use case where it makes sense is if you need to do something on the desktop that doesn't take long and doesn't require your active attention (so like starting a download or something).

Anything else, you'd be better off just using the notebook or walking over to the desktop to do it.

 

[PsiStar]

I use the cheapest 17" notebooks to access my desktop workstations via TeamViewer all of the time. No. Not as good as sitting in front of the 24" monitors, but definitely the interactive aspect is more than passable to cut the anchor chain of the office chair day in day out.