VNC? (Score 1)

I saw several people mentioning better X implementations for Windows, but did anybody mention VNC? Create a virtual desktop on the Solaris box with VNC. Connect to the VNC session as needed from any OS at any time. I find the responsiveness is typically much better, especially since VNC can reconfigure color depth and transmission techniques on the fly to best match available bandwidth. I also love VNC because I don't lose state when I disconnect. Since the apps and the VNC server tend to be on the same machine, machines on which you only run the viewer can be shut down. I can leave emacs running for weeks, connecting as I need to and knowing I'm not accidentally getting two emacs sessions out of sync. I have a Linux box with VMWare to provide a Windows window. My project leader has to spend a lot more time in Windows land, so he uses Windows as his primary OS, but uses VNC to get a Linux desktop from a machine in the server room. I run a VNC server in my VMWare Windows session, which makes it easier to get the full functionality of Outlook whether I happen to be sitting at a Solaris box in the lab or my Office-less laptop at home.