I use remoting software everyday, my PC is in a datacenter as that has the speed to download stuff really quickly like compilers libraries and so forth. My home network is standard hsdpa (sloooow). I have a lot of experience when dealing with remote desktop software. For Microsoft Windows, the RDP protocol is good but you shouldn't be constrained to a single protocol (allow for redundancy). Logmein is in my experience uses a slow protocol. TeamViewer is excellent for documents, coding and what not. UDP protocol usually. Splashtop is good for videos (again UDP) Chrome Remote Desktop is also an option if a little awkward to setup but very reliable. VNC protocol can be slow. My mac (I assume you're Microsoft Windows) has a HDMI USB tricky thing, which activates the graphics card for OpenGL 4. This also improves performance for many apps [remotely]. I do recommend 2 protocols, one as back up. Even more so if you don't have access to the machine (which I'm sure you do). Best Regards Bobby Jo