Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac streaming solution?

Posted by rajlego on Thursday November 19, 2020 @09:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I want to start using my hackintosh again but while parallels performance is commendable, it isn't good enough for my liking. I have a local network where hackintosh is connected by ethernet while my windows thinkpad is connected by wifi (though I'm consdering a usb c to ethernet adapter to make things even faster) on a fairly decent router.

I have 2 4k monitors.

I tried both windows remote desktop and jump desktop and they didn't really cut it. Is there anything faster?

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by jakelazaroff on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:26PM (#25157058)

Shameless plug, the company I work for makes a really low-latency remote desktop app. We originally built it for gaming, but a lot of people use it for creative work as well. It supports dual monitors! https://parsecgaming.com

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by sigmaprimus on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:39PM (#25157104)

It says hosting is only possible on windows 8.1+ machines.

It is unclear if OP wants to remotely view Hackintosh or Laptop, I read it as wanting to control Hackintosh using laptop.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by rajlego on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:19PM (#25157280)

fortunately, it's the other way around. I want to use windows from the hackintosh

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by rajlego on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:21PM (#25157284)

shameless plug appreciated! latency is definitely wonderful!

the main thing I want to figure out now is how to get 4k to transmit cleanly with parsec. It looks like quality is being reduced though bandwidth should be plenty.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by rajlego on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:00AM (#25157443)

never mind looking perfectly (other than outage at the moment). It looks like apparent quality reduction is just poor font rendering which doesn't change when laptop is directly connected either.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by boxerbk on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:13AM (#25157497)

Hey. Use constant FPS mode. That’ll clear up the text :)

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best low latency local windows to Mac ... by wmf on Thursday November 19, 2020 @10:30PM (#25157077)

Parsec?

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