BOINC FOR MAC MAC OS X

Still these -and later G4's- are all hampered BOINC-wise by their PowerPC architecture because, as with the G3, you can't get them past a BOINC 6.12.35 client.Īt the risk of sounding repetitive: even the Power Mac G5 (In its ultimate 'Quadcore' version with two dual core 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970MP CPUs) is hampered BOINC-wise by its PowerPC architecture and can not get a better BOINC client than the 6.12.35 version.

Well.The earliest G4's were hardly better than the G3, running their PowerPC G4 CPUs at 350 to 500 MHz, but there is a 2002 edition that has a Dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 -dual in those days still meaning two CPU's. An alternative could be Linux for PowerPC, but then you can -slowly- run only what a bummer.īut we now know that you need a better/later Mac than a G3. so I am thinking of using the casing for a new AM1 system or so. The G3 ran, depending on the version, at 300 to 450 MHz.

BOINC FOR MAC MAC OS X

Unofficially you can install Mac OS X Leopard with a PowerPC G4 CPU upgrade and LeopardAssist, but this still will get you no further than a 6.12.35 BOINC client. The Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) -as is the full official name of my best apple- can officially be upgraded to at max Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger, which could mean a 6.12.35 BOINC client. The absolute minimum version of OS X that is supported by BOINC is OS 10.3.9, and that will give you at max a 6.6.36 client. It just won't work on OS 9, as was the OS of the G3 I found in a dumpster. The giveaway is already in the title of this post, BOINC on Mac OS X. Well, as I found out with my Power Mac G3 that is not as easy as you'd think. Say you get get/find an old Mac, is it possible to BOINC with it?

Boinc for mac