Comment Remote Desktop Connection (Score 1) 551
Right now when I get a support call in the middle of the night, I can bounce out of bed and remote desktop into my office pc to handle the issue immediately. How am I supposed to RDC into a down machine? So instead I will have to get dressed, take a cab to the office, get past security in the middle of the night, and finally boot up the machine. That takes an hour of time, plus the cab ride isn't exactly carbon friendly (I'd need a taxi ride because adequate public transportation isn't available in the middle of the night). Having this situation arise just 2-3 times a year would wipe out any savings from leaving the machine off, and that's not counting the cost of my time and the fact that clients will be upset that an issue that should have taken less than 5 minutes to resolve took over an hour.