Would it be safe to assume...

[Beerdrinker]

Hey there team...

My oldest daughter is starting back in school in about a week. This is her last year of High School...Since last year there has been a demand from the school that students bring their own laptop, since the school can´t afford to buy 100 laptops...

So I did some trading during this summer...

That trading ended up with be being able to give her a second hand laptop. Not a ligthning fast one...But a decent laptop. I believe it has a T5900 dual-core CPU, and the battery is lasting around 1.5 hour fully charged.


Now - to the real question:

Since I can´t control the laptop (she attends school around 50 miles away) I do not want to have it doing projects on the CPU.....But then it came to me...!!

It´s safe to assume that NON-CPU projects will run just fine?? Will that affect normal use? And how about battery time? (forgive me - never crunched on a laptop before..) That little sucker could give the team som nice credit this next year..

Her school has Wi-Fi that they are free to use..

Edit: OS is Win 7 x64, and the laptop has 4Gigs DDR2

[Fire$torm]

That should work as long as you run FreeHal alongside WUProp. WUProp by itself does not give credit.

Also consider trying Quake-Catcher Network (QCN@Home). If QCN can detect the lappies built-in accelerometer then you'll have more easy credits.

Edit: Even NI projects will run down the battery faster but by how much I'm not sure. Hopefully the school will provide AC power for the students since most laptops won't last a full day of school on battery alone.

[Mumps]

Well, if she'll be leaving it on most of the time she has it plugged in, why not configure it as follows:

a) Don't crunch while on battery
b) Don't crunch while computer active

That way you can have it crunching as long as it's on but not in use, or putting her battery life at risk.

[Crazybob]

There are battery powered back-up supplies that you can get, or an inverter to charge it in her car. Just a thought.

[Beerdrinker]

There are battery powered back-up supplies that you can get, or an inverter to charge it in her car. Just a thought.

She´s 16....You can´t have drivers license before the day you turn 18 here in Denmark.

[DrPop]

She´s 16....You can´t have drivers license before the day you turn 18 here in Denmark.

Wow...that's rough!

[NJCaNS]

Wow...that's rough!

That's not rough. That's a good idea. But that's coming from a dad of a 17 year old "demanding" a car I have no money for.

[DrPop]

That's not rough. That's a good idea. But that's coming from a dad of a 17 year old "demanding" a car I have no money for.

Haha! Well, to be fair...we (my brothers and I) all had to buy our own cars and pay for our own insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc. So...yeah, if the 16 Y.O. has no income, then driving may not be such a good idea. If he/she has income, well...I say more power to 'em! Good ole' American ingenuity might come to the surface, and if they reaaaaaaaly want wheels....
(Yeah, I know...just wait 8 more years when Kat is there, and I'll be calling you up *groan*!)