What has Remote desktop over Screen sharing?

I´m was wondering to get Remote Desktop but after Leopard I´m not sure. What has Remote Desktop over Leopards screen sharing ability? I cant see that I would need the other stuff...
Message was edited by: aglifribbason

If all you're interested in is sharing screens, then unless you need to be able to see multiple screens at once, I doubt that ARD would give you anything over the built-in screen sharing in Leopard.

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