Re: Which is a faster option?

2009-09-09 Thread falst...@46
I would actually like to take issue that the Mac OS did not support multi processors. I seem to remember several machines that were multi processor from the 603e era, including one with 4 processors, if memory serves, made by one of the clone manufacturers and I believe the 8600 and 9600 were avai

Re: Distributed processing.

2009-09-09 Thread falst...@46
True enough. On Sep 9, 12:17 pm, 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 > > gover

Re: Which is a faster option?

2009-09-09 Thread falst...@46
I already have the card. So it's not a cost issue at this time. As mentioned above, this question has been raised and discussed on the net before. Most discussions tend to spiral into personal preference discussions. I was looking for a more definative answer in actual benefits or lack thereof to

Re: Distributed processing.

2009-09-09 Thread falst...@46
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/pooc

Re: Which is a faster option?

2009-09-09 Thread falst...@46
She lives in the same town. She doesn't use photoshop but does do video renering/conversion. But she has one of those Miglia USB video H264 dongles that is suppossed to take most of the pressure off the CPU's for that job. Other than that it's just internet. email and youtube. So I'm not sure she