Connecting an iPad to Winodws PC

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:54:09 +1100

I want to use my iPad to connect back to my Windows PC! Most of the software in the wool industry is Windows based, but I like the portability of my iPad. What is the easiest - cheapest - way of doing this? - buyer Sydney.

Here at Symbotic we use Splashtop! This allows any Apple device to connect to a Windows PC over the web. It's cheap at less than $3! It does not have all those other 'nerdy' items to set up and uses a Google account for the link.

As an exmaple, while at a wool sale the wool buyer can use - say - the AWH sale room network to connect an iPad back to the buyers office to run the buyers Windows applications.

The buyer could be connected back to the office selling wool, batching etc. using an iPad at the 'pub'.

The only problem we have experienced is that when using a wireless LAN, and the Winodws device 'goes to sleep' - some PC's are more difficult to set up in these circumstances.

They also have other software to remotely control computers, and other tools. We also use their whiteboard software to use our iPads as a whiteboard and project unto a screen/wall.

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Connecting an iPad to Winodws PC