is there a way to make 2 macs into 1 dual computer?

External Since: Nov 15, 2007 Posts: 1

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to take 2 powerbook g4s and make
one of them a second processor to the other one?

Can it be done with any computer?

Thanks,
Josh

External Since: Oct 03, 2004 Posts: 2984

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<78b23c51-286d-4b83-998c-f12985b58c22.RemoveThis@i37g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
odd <macsaregreat.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way to take 2 powerbook g4s and make
> one of them a second processor to the other one?
>
> Can it be done with any computer?

Not in the way I think you're thinking of it. The closest thing is
called clustering or distributed computing. Apple's offering in that
arena is called Xgrid, and it was introduced a few years ago. It doesn't
really give you "a" computer with multiple CPUs. What it gives is a way
for computationally intensive work to be spread among a number of
networked machines. You couldn't really use it to pretend you've got a
dual-processor G4 notebook, but you could use it to substantially reduce
the time that 3D rendering or a large software compile will take.