ShowMyPC Updated to Incorporate Mac OSX

Though not quite of the same vein as an earlier post on Nimbuzz, I stumbled across an example of a company looking to bring Mac integration to its product, which contrasts the rather limited nature of the Nimbuzz social platform .  ShowMyPC, classically known as Windows-specific software, has just been updated to allow users of Apple's popular operating system OS X to use the program as well, according to PR Web .

ShowMyPC is a program that allows users to connect to other machines remotely, and used to be exclusive to non-Mac platforms.  However, this update allows PCs to connect either to fellow PCs or to Macs, and vice versa.  Of course, Mac OS X Leopard already has a similar (and undoubtably friendlier) screen-sharing feature built directly into the OS, but it is limited to sharing screens with Macs. 

Most significantly, ShowMyPC is totally free.  It is loaded directly from the company's website, which makes remote connections even more simple.  This should prove a fantastic tool for computer help specialists everywhere, or even for you if you find yourself struggling to explain the simplicity of your great-aunt's computer problem and wishing you could just fix it yourself.  

 However, I can tell you that this blogger will not be using the freeware.  Though I used to be a user of Windows exclusively, as a Mac user now I am more than a little hesitant to connect my safe and comfortable Mac to any Windows machine.  Many dual-booters have experienced serious issues simply from operating Windows onto a partitioned hard drive, and I'd rather not open the door to whatever creepy crawlies might want to invade my Mac.

 Then there's the issue of using the ShowMyPC website as a portal to connect to a PC; I'm also squeamish about involving any additional parties in remotely connecting, as it poses just one more security threat.  

But I don't say all of that to discredit what seems to be a really strong move to connect the Mac user community to the PC community.  I think the tool will prove very useful for a lot of people, and I applaud the efforts of any company that shifts from a Windows-only stance to one of cross-platform support.