In the spirit of practicing the skills necessary to market effectively I've been playing about with Skitch for the Mac (a groovy graphics application that Ed etc. uses).
I trust that you'll find this screenshot informative.
I uploaded it at full screen resolution so you can even open it up and read the details of the email I was writing!
I trust it explains how little impact giving away your spare computing cycles can have on day-to-day activities to help projects like: AfricanClimate@Home, Discovering Dengue Drugs - Together, FightAIDS@Home, Help Conquer Cancer, Human Proteome Folding 2, Nutritious Rice for the World.
I have Twelve-ish applications running (that you see active in the dock on the right) and can happily do anything I need to do at the moment. If I was in a hurry and had to encode a movie, then I'd just suspend BOINC.
Have Fun
Chris
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"No other technological breakthrough has demonstrated the power of individuals more than grid computing. By donating your unused computer time, you can begin to change the world for the better."
http://www.WorldCommunityGrid.org