Any tweaks to make it crunch faster?
First, turn off screen savers and just allow the system to turn off the monitor after xx minutes of inactivity.
Heat is the biggest danger to computers. I run my main desktop at 100% with no heat problems, but I run all other desktops at 75% to 90%. Laptops I set to 50% to 70%, depending on their thermal characteristics.
I also run the Console version for XP, so that it continues to fold even if the system is at a login prompt. The console version seems to be about 10% faster than the GUI version, but the real help is that it always folds, logged in or not.
Adding more memory is always good, and it seems to fly when you have over 1 GB of RAM.
Thanks for waiting till morning for me to reply. What part of the world are you in that you are awake all night?