Distributed Computing alternatives for Macbook Pro

[Knut Ole]

Is there any way to set up my three macs (macbook pro, macbook, minimac) to share computing power for common tasks (like quicktime, photoshop, final cut) ? I have googled for hours on xgrid, which doesn't seem to support it. I was thinking there might be other, perhaps more 'hacky' alternatives?

Is there any logical impossibility in say creating a virtual cluster computer from VMs on all machines, and run eg. photoshop on this virtual machine?

hoping for quick and positive response,

thanks for reading,

k

[Death Slaught]

I have a friend with a considerable amount of experience with making need based alterations. I'll ask him and get back to you.

VM's would be a bad idea because of the extra use of your computer's resources. This of course depends on the computers.

Regards
Death

[Knut Ole]

Thanks a lot DS!
VMs generally lose around 3-5% of processing power from my understanding. So if it's indeed possible, I think I'd still end up with something super-!
thanks again, looking forward to hearing what your friend says!

[Death Slaught]

Hey Knut Ole,

I'm sorry to say that he said not that he knows of. As far as Photoshop is concerned, look into Adobe Lightroom.

Regards
Death