I've a handful of systems in one office I visit a couple of times a week which I'd like to generally run from one keyboard/mouse/monitor before they are virtualised: Win 7 box, Win XP, and two OS X systems.

At the moment I've got Windows RDC running on Win 7 to remotely access the XP box, and I've also used this on the Mac to access the XP system, but it's not Mac to Mac friendly.

Ideally I'd like the option to use all the systems from one PC and also all from one Mac (the Mac display is a professional colour balanced system, and sometimes that is important). The Mac to Mac solutions I've tried all require some terminal fiddling to allow access first before running a remote client.

(There is no need for internet/true remote access in this instance, so I've not considered LogMeIn for this purpose, although I use this for true remote access for other offices.)

Any one stop solution people are using?

I'm sure there's a version of VNC for Mac.

Personally I would just use Logmein, unless some of the machines are off-line.

If you're willing to pay, there are other options. I've used Net Support in the past, and it was pretty good. There's a free trial which may last for the duration you need it?

There is a built in VNC client and server in OS X.

The server is configured through the "Sharing" pref pane (on Lion it's under "remote Management", but on Tiger it's under "Apple Remote Desktop").
The client can be found (on Lion) at /System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app - Or in Safari you can use either:


Something like RealVNC for the Windows would do you there too

Excellent thanks for the tips, will investigate in the next few days!