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Top 11 little known uses for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute's 1,100-node Apple G5 Super Computer.: Page 8 of 20

• Calculate a large number of digits representing the area of a circle divided by the square of its radius and copyright it as "Apple pi". - Philip Baczewski

• Only computer fast enough and with sufficient memory to run Windows Longhorn code. - Henry Rohlfs

• Finally a machine that could run Outlook and Word at the same time. - Dave Breiland

• Keep track of all the viruses that exploit microsoft windows based systems. - jeff meadows

• The perfect height for a stool to sit and chill listening to tunes on an IPOD. - donna michaels