Parallel computing isn’t of much use to most ordinary folks. It’s great if you want so simulate a nuclear explosion or predict the weather 10 days from now or do finite element analysis of a new airplane wing design.
I believe you’re wrong. With the advent of multi-core systems, GPUs and the software to take advantage of them (games, video editing, etc), parallel computing is here.
Might be fun to run Folding@Home on this little guy....
Imagine Soldworks, (CAD) a Fast FEA ( Cosmo's is it still around?) and Virtual Gibbs CAM on a very cheap and fast box....
An inventor's or arm chair aero-engineers dream...
Can I predict global warming with this rig?
It would be nice to run molecular binding energy computations in minutes instead of days.
It’s useful anywhere where you have a large number of generally independent calculations going on at the same time. Graphics (including image/video processing and editing) should really eat this up.
Or in geek speak, it turns O(n) calculations into O(1) calculations.
Scene rendering uses parallel computing. You think the average person might like being able to create nice-looking animation? You think video game designers might like that capability?