Your food must be cheaper ... only 3 bags for me ... $4.52:9 for gas. 30 cents more/gal for the Saleen which drinks only the very best. But they keep beer cheap to keep us pacified.

So, i am going to ask a newbie question, even though I am old, but I have been away for a long time, and to ask in the tech forum would inevitably lead to jibs and jabs :) So, I came back because I got a new Apple iMac,
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Memory: 3 GB


I run WCG on BOINC @100% when i am not using my system. When I was last an active member on windows on a much older system, running at 100% caused me major problems, now it seems consensus on BOINC w/ a Mac is 100% should be just fine. Do you all agree? Just want to make sure I can both contribute, and not have any system failures like in the past.

Happy Crunching!!!!

Good machine ... you should have no problems. Use a utility like Speedfan to keep track of temperatures. If it gets hot, you can step down the processor utilization in BOINC (Advanced tab, then Preferences) until you get the temp you want.

Thanks again for coming back and ... as always ... crunch on!!!

Yep, I have never noticed any problems running BOINC even on my old P4. I've always had it at 100%. Your C2D is a hair faster than my C2Ds and has more memory. Unless you're running something extremely intense like CAD programs or the latest high end games, should have nothing to worry about.

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/14 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
=========================

                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
RT                               18         -1        19       3,040,074
Dave Bell                        19         +1        18       3,041,947
Marcelle                         28         -1        29       1,733,890
Jonathan Figdor                  29         +1        28       1,736,708
JerBlock                         71         -1        72         581,951
Mushball                         72         +1        71         591,618
warken                           95         -1        96         385,732
John Conrad                      96         +1        95         386,179
RedCoat999                      122         -1       123         222,388
justins505                      123         +1       122         226,852
ianchudson                      248         -1       249          11,837
Technophile                     249         -1       250          11,464
BiscuitMan                      250         -1       251          11,436
Dataman@BC                      251         +3       248          11,991

Points milestones report
========================
kkelson reached 900,000 points
Sunny L. Kae reached 700,000 points

Runtime milestones report
=========================
finman reached 4 years of runtime

Results returned milestones report
==================================
marysduby returned their 55,000th result
Dave Bell returned their 8,000th result
siseberg returned their 8,500th result

New members report
==================
No new members found.

Retired members report
======================
No new retired members found.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points   Results
Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned   Returned
06/14/2008  0:124:14:05:21  246,134  369 
06/13/2008  0:122:13:14:51  239,019  376 
06/12/2008  0:108:09:41:15  208,081  323 
06/11/2008  0:119:16:40:20  238,045  389 
06/10/2008  0:109:07:59:48  226,484  363 
06/09/2008  0:129:10:52:21  244,616  405 
06/08/2008  0:126:11:10:36  218,560  356

Team Records:
Results Returned: 12/19/2007 2,522
Points: 12/19/2007 379,990
Runtime: 01/25/2006 1:123:00:53:34

Good crunching folks!!!!