How do I leverage the power of my desktop from my laptop?

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I have a powerful desktop, and a decent laptop. My laptop is my primary machine. When I'm home, I'd like to "tap into" the power of my desktop while using my laptop. I'm not thinking a solution like "remoting in" and actually using my desktop from my laptop. I mean sending work to the desktop when my laptop is taxed in a seamless way.

Is this possible at all? How would I do it? I'll do whatever is necessary to my desktop to enable this if it's feasible.

My laptop has Vista installed.

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