Thread: Mac G4 render farm
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Re: Mac G4 render farm
Sure the render farm would be faster than one single computer. But consider other things. There needs to be a network so add the cost of that. The space for 36 computers, power costs etc. Then the time to setup and keep the cluster running would be a pain.

Over the summer I had an internship at a local college. My teacher had a 48 computer cluster (each one with dual Pentium 3s) it was a pain to keep everything running. After a few years the motherboards stopped working so they had to be replaced by hand. etc.