One important thing that we must consider is that publically distributed computation projects "pay" the computational power they get by giving:

1) credit to their users, which makes them proud
2) a good, interesting screensaver

By realizing also a screensaver, we can augment noticeably the number of people who adhere to the project. This would be very important for computing purposes, because the real strength is the number of clients, not their power. The boinc channel (also for windows!) is a very huge resource of subscribers, why not support it fully also we graphics.

So I'm asking a question: when WCG introduce graphics also for the boinc client ?

We are working on getting graphics ready for the BOINC clients.

As for people who don't want them, that's fine. You don't have to view them, just like in UD. If they're not being displayed, you're not paying for them, in terms of CPU and RAM.

I full well realize that graphics are nothing more than eye candy, and that they take some processing power away from the calculations. However, I like graphics because they give me some insight into what the computer is doing, over and above knowing that "work is being done," which I know anyway because BOINC is running. I have some knowledge with regards to Biochemistry and I want to see what exactly the computer is modeling, how close this is to any previously determined structures, what the molecules look like and a lot of other things. Secondly, this is a network of volunteered computers, not a professional cluster/grid. Third, part of the point of these projects is to educate the volunteers about the projects methods and goals, graphics are an essential element of that education.

Thank you for letting me know that my graphics are on the way Mr. Alther.