DC on a laptop

[VirtualLarry]

Just wondering what DC projects were suitable for a laptop. Obviously, it would be a requirement that the DC app be able to recognize when the PC is on AC power, and only run if it is. Are there any out there like that?

 

[theAnimal]

Folding@Home.

 

[Wiz]

Seti does fine.

Boinc can be set to not run when on batteries.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

My laptop crunches happily on whatever TAS is crunching for the month. Then again, the cats thing DC projects exist to provide for their heating pad, but that's besides the point.

 

[GLeeM]

Laptops do very well electricity cost wise.

Remember to watch temps.

And to blow out the HSF of accumulated dust.

 

[Assimilator1]

DPAD work's well with laptops, with these 2 options in the config file to help on batteries & hot running (under load) laptops.

Sleep on battery power: Y
CPU throttle (%): 100

 

[PlasmaBomb]

FAH can stop when running on battery too.

 

[SlangNRox]

I run boinc on my laptop 24/7 without any problems. (It stays in the same spot on the table with 1/2 of it hanging off the table for better ventilation) I did buy a raised laptiop fan cooler thing, but my computer says it can't draw enough power from the usb port to keep it powered. Bad engineering i guess.

 

[thomsbrain]

I run SETI in BOINC on my laptop. It has a desktop P4 3.2 GHz, so it pumps out an insane amount of heat and sounds like a jet plane. The keyboard is always toasty, and I actually burned myself on a pair of metal scissors that I left near the air outlet vents, but no issues with stability so far, and I've verified that the fans still aren't even running at max speed.

 

[jonesthewine]

I run Rosetta on a dell xps m1210 with a dual core 1.6GHz chip...sometimes 24/7, sometimes not, but it has never hiccupped.

 

[biodoc]

I'm running FAH SMP WUs 24/7 on my macbook (2.4GHz core2duo penryn). It's on the back porch to keep it nice and cool (34F right now).