VMware Horizon Client

Pros

• Secure
• Encrypted
• Relatively fast

Cons

• Networked machines may lag
• Consumes a ton of bandwidth

VMware Horizon Client is a desktop virtualization program that helps you access remote systems no matter where you might be. It boots into a stable virtual desktop that provides an encrypted connection to those who are logged into it. That's good news for those who have to do any kind of productive work with emulated apps.

Horizon will selectively allocate a certain number of resources to the virtual platform that it's working with. That means you won't have to worry about a runaway program taking up more of your system's CPU than it should. Perhaps more importantly, this means that if you have a potentially dangerous application execute inside of the virtual machine you won't have to worry about repercussions to the host system happening in the process.

Power users can implement their own adaptive policies for each individual person connected to a single database from all of the endpoints. That means they can set Unix-style permissions for each end-user. For instance, one person might be classed as an administrator while another might only be able to run things within their home directory. That helps to make the virtualized system much safer than it would otherwise be.

Designers and programmers can run full pieces of development software inside of their virtual machine. Others might want to instead start up a single VM to share documents or other object. In either case, Horizon will be able to do so without consuming too much in the way of system resources. Those who have access to a machine that supports a built-in hypervisor will be able to rely on it so long as they're using x86_64 microprocessor chips.

Since this is among the most common architecture for deploying Microsoft Windows on, users shouldn't have any problems getting high-quality hardware acceleration going that will increase the speed of bytecode execution drastically.

In fact, this might prove to be an attractive option for those who want to play games in an emulator over a network as well.

Pros

• Secure
• Encrypted
• Relatively fast

Cons

• Networked machines may lag
• Consumes a ton of bandwidth