New Mac Owner - Render Farm Question

I am new to the mac world. I have purchased the macbook pro, 17" with 2 gig ram and 7200 rpm HDD. I am using the machine for video editing, effects, and DVD authoring. I have read through several files about compressor2 and Qmaster and their ability to improve render time when producing a video file. Being new to the mac world, I do not have multiple machines to link together via network to utilize these amazing applications. I do, however, have several PC's that are high speed, dual processor, with loads of ram (previous video editing systems). Can a PC run the Qmaster and/or compressor software and allow for the render farming? Any input and advice is greatly appreciated.

By default you CANNOT run anything called "QMaster" or "Compressor" on a Windows PC.
BUT!
There is something buried deep in the Apple QMaster documentation that describes how to use Terminal on your Mac and the command line to set up any Unix or Linux machine as an external [what Apple calls,] "EXTENDED NODE."
But to do this, you have to have at least ONE extra Mac to use as the "INTERMEDIATE NODE."
How it works is that you use Terminal and command line codes to make the EXTENDED (non-mac) nodes talk to (and offer their processors to) the INTERMEDIATE node, which then says to the Cluster Controller, "Hey! I've got more SERVICES NODES to offer you."
So, in a manner of speaking, this process tricks the Cluster Controller into thinking that the Intermediate node has more services to offer than it really does, because the Intermediate node is kinda "subleting" the processors of the Extended Node(s).
So, it's up to you to decide if it would be worth it to install Unix or Linux on all those PC boxes you have, but it would be possible, provided you purchased another mac to use as an Intermediate Node. Perhaps an Intel Mac Mini would do the trick.
Good Luck.

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