Thread 'Can\'t get work for my Mac'

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old_user9420 Send message Joined: 2 Sep 04 Posts: 2 Credit: 258,532 RAC: 0	Message 23751 - Posted: 25 Jul 2006, 15:50:29 UTC I had a problem a few days ago and had to switch to my backup hard drive. Once I got back up and running I have been unable to get new work from the Climate Prediction server. I keep getting a message about deferring communication. It says it can\'t get any work, but that there is work for other platforms. Anyone else having this problem? ID: 23751 · Reply Quote

astroWX Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Aug 04 Posts: 1496 Credit: 95,522,203 RAC: 0	Message 23755 - Posted: 25 Jul 2006, 19:36:42 UTC Last modified: 25 Jul 2006, 19:38:19 UTC There are no MAC Work Units for the Transient Coupled Model. See the \'Sticky\' at the top of the MAC page. Sorry. The situation may change for Intel-MACs in the future "We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo Greetings from coastal Washington state, the scenic US Pacific Northwest. ID: 23755 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 23787 - Posted: 28 Jul 2006, 0:01:49 UTC Apple computers are only about 2%-3% of the consumer market, and about the same on all projects that have a Mac application. (At least according to BOINCstats.) And the same amount of time is needed to create and test a climate science application for them as for Windows / Intel machines, so it\'s not economical. And, at present, the programmers don\'t have a Mac on which to build and test. ID: 23787 · Reply Quote

old_user3 Send message Joined: 5 Aug 04 Posts: 173 Credit: 1,843,046 RAC: 0	Message 23822 - Posted: 2 Aug 2006, 11:57:36 UTC Last modified: 2 Aug 2006, 11:57:38 UTC Yep, the reason is the development hardware. You can try other BOINC projects in the mean time ID: 23822 · Reply Quote

richard schumacher Send message Joined: 20 Feb 06 Posts: 22 Credit: 3,416,696 RAC: 451	Message 23857 - Posted: 5 Aug 2006, 15:58:41 UTC - in response to Message 23787. And, at present, the programmers don\'t have a Mac on which to build and test. Which Mac would you like? ID: 23857 · Reply Quote

old_user35795 Send message Joined: 12 Jan 05 Posts: 13 Credit: 1,884,525 RAC: 0	Message 23872 - Posted: 8 Aug 2006, 16:54:31 UTC - in response to Message 23857. And, at present, the programmers don\'t have a Mac on which to build and test. Which Mac would you like? Good question. A modest proposal: If the CPDN people could assure us that they would work to produce a current Mac client and could commit to maintaining it for a reasonable period, then couldn\'t the Mac CPDN people band together and get them an Intel Mac? What are the system requirements? The Mac Pro\'s are pretty pricey ... would an Intel iMac or even a Mac Mini do? Is any Intel machine enough ... or would you need both a Core Duo and Xeon? An additional thought for people in the US. Given the nature of CPDN, it would probably not be too hard to locate a nonprofit organization that could offer tax deductibility for any donations ... provided this hypothetical nonprofit and CPDN could sign a simple understanding in which CPDN assured that the hardware would be used for its nonprofit research purpose. ID: 23872 · Reply Quote