Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:48 AM, falst...@46 wrote: > > >> Addressing the original question, you could use the older (at least a >> g3) Macs to build a Mac Cluster. There have been universities and >> government agencies that have built, relatively inexpensive, >> supercomputers using this method which is explained at this link; >> >> http://www.daugerresearch.com/pooch/recipe.shtml >> >> But then, this does not address the power consumption issues or how >> your energy bill would be effected. >> > > Nor the fact that to utilize a cluster, you need a cluster-aware app, > which 99.999% of the software out there is not... > > Is Boinc one?
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