Hi, Guest
07-28-2005, 03:14 AM
The client doesn't act as a data harvester, only as a tool for scientific research and computation.
There's always the outside possibility that the program could be exploited for evil purposes... but that's the same of MS Office, Outlook Express, and Windows itself. Operate your computer as you would normally and you're fine.
As far as processor-intensive apps go, I've gamed with each distributed client program running as well... and suffered no ill effects. I'll go along with Puppet tho and recommend "sleep mode" or disabling the client if you really think you're doing something else that requires lots of horsepower (DVD backups, gaming, etc). I don't know what specs everyone else has for a computer and their experiences would not equal my own.
There's always the outside possibility that the program could be exploited for evil purposes... but that's the same of MS Office, Outlook Express, and Windows itself. Operate your computer as you would normally and you're fine.
As far as processor-intensive apps go, I've gamed with each distributed client program running as well... and suffered no ill effects. I'll go along with Puppet tho and recommend "sleep mode" or disabling the client if you really think you're doing something else that requires lots of horsepower (DVD backups, gaming, etc). I don't know what specs everyone else has for a computer and their experiences would not equal my own.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.