Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Widget World: iStat Nano

I usually like checking my system stats, especially when I'm multitasking. I check mainly for CPU usage to see which applications are taking up most of the processing resources, and I also like to check my bandwidth to see if my downloads are moving along just fine. I can do those things using the Activity Monitor which can be found in the Applications > Utilities folder when you go to Finder, but the iStat Nano widget by iSlayer provides a much more streamlined interface in a tiny and nice-looking window. You can check for things like CPU usage, free memory, hard drive space, IP and external IP address, bandwidth, CPU temperature, battery, etc... It even tells you how long your Mac's been running since the last time you powered it on. It's a pretty cool widget for obsessive compulsive users like moi.

Go get the iStat Nano widget.

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