Folding on a Macbook Pro
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Folding on a Macbook Pro
I'm a bit wary of running folding on my new notebook for extended periods of time. Does anyone have any experience with folding on a Macbook Pro/Powerbook?
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You could set the bigpackets to "no" in the client.cfg
This will reduce the number of proteins that is being run.
This can be set with some installers, or edit the file with TextEdit.
This will reduce the number of proteins that is being run.
This can be set with some installers, or edit the file with TextEdit.
Last edited by Nefarious on Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Vista ? ( forum rules probably don't allow a flame war )
Anyway, back to a more basic question. If you find the heat is too high on the laptop or the fans are running too long, I'd reconsider running Folding at all.
Anyway, back to a more basic question. If you find the heat is too high on the laptop or the fans are running too long, I'd reconsider running Folding at all.
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I was just wondering if there were any performance differences between the two.Nefarious wrote:Vista ? ( forum rules probably don't allow a flame war )
Anyway, back to a more basic question. If you find the heat is too high on the laptop or the fans are running too long, I'd reconsider running Folding at all.
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I've been running it continuously on my MBP since I received it (over a year), with no ill effects. I'd suggest getting either SMC Fan Control or iCyclone, which give you control over the fans.
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True, in both respects.Nefarious wrote:Vista ? ( forum rules probably don't allow a flame war )
In addition to some performance differences (already mentioned), the Windows client does have a setting which configures FAH to run at less than 100% CPU. I run my Win XP laptop at 98% and it's enough cooler to make a lot of difference. In the summer I sometimes have dialed it back to 95%.Anyway, back to a more basic question. If you find the heat is too high on the laptop or the fans are running too long, I'd reconsider running Folding at all.