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Migo Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 4 Credit: 1,770 RAC: 0 |
Any work being done on getting the Rosetta/Ralph applications to work natively on the new Intel Macs? The current apps have to be run under Apple's PowerPC emulation deal, and it's about half as fast as if it were to be running native. Not that there are that many out there, but I have one, and I want to use it to it's fullest potential :) |
Moderator9 Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 251 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 |
Any work being done on getting the Rosetta/Ralph applications to work natively on the new Intel Macs? The current apps have to be run under Apple's PowerPC emulation deal, and it's about half as fast as if it were to be running native. While your point is well taken, I am sure you know that Macs only represent a small portion of the machines running on any of the BOINC projects. So of course the Mac community is almost the last place to see improvements. At this time a Mac application that uses Altivec optimized code would yield even higher returns that an intel customization would for the project overall. As more Intel based Macs enter the market, the applications will evolve, but this will take time. Moderator9 RALPH@home FAQs RALPH@home Guidelines Moderator Contact |
Carlos_Pfitzner Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 182 Credit: 22,792 RAC: 0 |
While your point is well taken, I am sure you know that Macs only represent a small portion of the machines running on any of the BOINC projects Cause "small" is a psycologic word subject to individual interpretations. I take a Host Operating System breakdown at boincstats ... see -:) 4 Microsoft Windows 2003 24,225 344,816,873.01 2,706,194.59 14,233.93 111.71 5 Darwin 33,831 187,262,284.26 1,687,357.77 5,535.23 49.88 6 Microsoft Windows 98 15,664 52,802,782.22 393,757.85 3,370.96 25.14 Darwin -> the OS of the macs , is the 5th into boinc world o/s rank Ofcourse 187,262,284.26 credits , is a small number, on your interpretation. Click signature for global team stats |
FluffyChicken Send message Joined: 17 Feb 06 Posts: 54 Credit: 710 RAC: 0 |
While it maybe a smaller percentage, BOinc is already set up for it. They have just released new guidlines for compiling for the intel macs and is now the fifth official platform for boinc. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/mac_build.html Building BOINC Clients and Applications on Macintosh OSX ..... Building project applications And it seems we have an alpha tester ready and waiting :-) |
Moderator9 Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 251 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 |
While your point is well taken, I am sure you know that Macs only represent a small portion of the machines running on any of the BOINC projects Carlos, You have misunderstood my meaning. I probably said it poorly. The comment was not intended as a slam against Macs (I am using one right now). It was a simple recognition that they do represent fewer systems in the BOINC community than other platforms by actual number count. ("small portion" - as compared to other system flavors) As a result the projects (all projects) tend to put their development money where it can affect the largest number of systems. This has nothing to do with credits counts or anything else, and my statement is supported by the numbers you presented. It just means that Mac development efforts almost always come after fixes for three or four flavors of Windows and other OS types. This is not my opinion, it is just one of the facts of living in the BOINC community. Moderator9 RALPH@home FAQs RALPH@home Guidelines Moderator Contact |
scsimodo Send message Joined: 16 Feb 06 Posts: 1 Credit: 760 RAC: 0 |
TWO! My Mini CD is getting more and more bored with crunching for Seti and Einstein :) |
FluffyChicken Send message Joined: 17 Feb 06 Posts: 54 Credit: 710 RAC: 0 |
The boinc developers are activley asking people to make the Mac Intel Client at the same time as the PPC one. Especially with the new 5.4 release. And also to notify them about it. Though with Rom on the team here, i am assuming they already know. http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/pipermail/boinc_dev/2006-April/005266.html [boinc_dev] Public rollout of i686-apple-darwin platform |
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