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Re:The untapped potential of volunteer computing by williamstein on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @11:56AM (#10778772)
I'm curious about the perceived (or not!) adverse effects of running cpu heavy computations on a MacBook or phone for years? This article doesn't discuss the downsides of running something like BOINC if there are any... But that may be a real issue that shouldn't be ignored...?
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Re:The untapped potential of volunteer computing by justin2004 on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @12:14PM (#10778907)
That's right. A MacBook user would want to know how this daemon would affect the longevity of his or her device. My own guess is that heat cycling is more detrimental than relatively constant (but below thresholds) usage.
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Re:The untapped potential of volunteer computing by Havoc on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @05:20PM (#10786020)
Last time I looked into this I concluded that the effect on hardware life is near zero. Stuff is outdated before it matters unless the gear is running at its thermal limit which is unlikely unless something is wrong.

Power bills on the other hand are a real problem

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