NoMachine NX type software for Mac OS X?

[Martin Costabel]

Hex Star wrote:
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> Here is pretty much what I'm looking for:
> 
> My family wants to have one desktop machine that people can use as they
> please, each person (except me, I paid for my own computer...and for good
> reason :P) has their own account on the machine so that they have their own
> desktop, home folder, itunes library, mail, etc. This is already done. Now
> they want to expand to a laptop as well so that when someone is using the
> desktop and someone else wants to use the computer as well it will be
> possible for that to happen.
> 
> However they also want to be able to be on the laptop and be able to see
> their usual desktop, mail, etc.

A poor man's version of what you are looking for can be achieved with 
vnc: Let everyone login on the desktop via fast user switching and run 
an instance of OSXvnc (AKA "Vine Server"). Then they can connect to 
their desktop via "Chicken of the VNC". It suffices to define the ports 
5900 for the first user, 5901 for the second one etc.

The firewall has to open these ports. Otherwise you don't need any 
configuration. Just download these 2 apps and run them.

-- 
Martin