I've been in the market for a VNC/RDP type app on my iPad for a while and everytime I start researching I get frustrated and give up. It's not a "need" but more of a "nice-to-have" and I want to ...

Hell no. Unless everything you are doing doesn't require typing. iPads are fine for surfing or quick e-mails. I wouldn't want to type for long. Also, anything involving mousing around a screen sucks, ...