Does BOINC take CPU cycles ALL the time or be a screensaver?

Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Does BOINC take CPU cycles ALL the time or be a screensaver?

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Christian Seti (user) Send message Joined: 31 May 99 Posts: 38 Credit: 43,425,377 RAC: 6,722	Message 1593 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 1:26:13 UTC
	Does the BOINC client have to run all the time or can it only engage as a screensaver. If so, is it ensured to use minimal CPU time except when the screensaver engages (as in the old OS-X seti@home client)?
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AthlonRob Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 378 Credit: 7,041 RAC: 0	Message 1739 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 6:58:00 UTC
	It pretty much has to run all the time... or you can stop it and start it as desired. As M2 comes to bear, I think it'll be an option to run it as a screensaver, but for OS X, right now, there are no graphics at all, anywhere. Sorry. :-( The graphics are on their way, though. Rumor has it there's a developer working on the SETI@Home graphics engine for Linux and Mac and I know Rom is hard at work on the core client GUI to do controlling and administrative stuff. :-) Rob
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Shaktai Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 211 Credit: 259,752 RAC: 0	Message 1945 - Posted: 25 Jun 2004, 15:29:04 UTC
	BOINC does run at a low priority, so it will use only the CPU cycles not used by other programs. If you have adequate memory, it should not be a problem to leave it running in the background all the time. I do that on my iBook 600, and have experienced no problems.
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Questions and Answers : Macintosh : Does BOINC take CPU cycles ALL the time or be a screensaver?