If you look outside the realm of RDP, then a few alternatives exists in the VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure market). The whole desktop is still transferred though, and it comes with a bunch of limitations (note that the project does not include a client for Mac, you'll have to build that yourself).
#Parallels client for mac windows#
Essentially they add a component to the Windows server that augments the RDP protocol with information about the position and size of each application window - allowing the client to "cut out" each window and display it in separate native window frames.
If you are a programmer (or even a hobby programmer), you can take a look at this project that shows how a Coherence-mode-like feature can be added to RDP. It only works for one application though, and does not automatically separate a number of applications automatically like Coherence mode. That allows you to use RDP to connect to a single application instead of the whole desktop. If your Windows computer happens to be running Windows Server (probably not that likely for a home user), then you can enable Remote Desktop Services (previously known as Terminal Services) and enable single-application sharing. it is desktop centric, and not window or application centric. The reason for that is that the Windows host sends a whole desktop to the remote client without any kind of specification as to where one application or window starts and another ends. When using "plain RDP" it is not possible to achieve something similar to Coherence mode.
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