How important is the issue of latency for those involved developing desktop virtualization solutions?
This was selected as Best Answer I think one overcomes the latency issue by providing a true desktop virtualization service. I virtualized my desktop about 4 years ago. I created a XP VMware image that I used as my desktop on my company supplied laptop. I could backup the image to disk, remotely access it via remote desktop, and copy it to a remote drive so that I could start it on any system running VMware. When I left my company, I left with my complete desktop and all files in that VMware image while I returned the physical laptop with a near vanilla OS installation. When I started to work at a site where my personal laptop was not allowed, I was able to use a remote desktop connection to my VMware session running in my home LAN and access all my applications including access to my personal instant messaging accounts, twitter, and Facebook. In my experience, there are few latency issues using the standard remote desktop connection. Perhaps you can share the type of latency issues ex
