Ask TUAW: Control a Mac from a PC?

Brian Alvey, co-founder of Weblogs Inc., (y'know, our bosses) has submitted a great question for this week's Ask TUAW post: What's the best way to control a Mac from a PC? Brian says he's tried Timbuktu but he isn't so hip on the $199 price. He's also tried VNC but says that no matter what VNC client he's using on the PC side, the session keeps dying on him, even though he's set his eMac to stay awake and he's running Tiger with all the latest patches.

So it's time to ask you, TUAW readers: what are your thoughts? How else could Brian take control of his Mac from a Windows PC? Remember: "just use the Mac" doesn't cut it  as an answer.

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