Stratcat wrote:

"Klaatu" <mutster8_nospam_@netscape.net> wrote in message
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don did all that. there is no spyware on my computer or any rogue tasks
running in the system.

Check here when site is back up
http://homepage.mac.com/pauldbuck/site-boinc/faq/performance.html

Hehe...I thought suggestion #5 under the heading "How Can I Make
BOINC Run as Fast as Possible" was pretty good:

[...]

5. Buy a faster computer.

[...]

LOL

Yeah, that'll work! <g>

I liked this one since I run Linux.

"Will Linux allow me to run the BOINC Software faster? 
 It is expected that there may be a slight performance advantage gained by
Linux versions that run on a machine that is identical to a machine that is
running Windows. However, the performance benefit will likely be between 2%
to 10% faster."