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iStat menus 1.0 released

by David Chartier Jun 21st 2007 at 1:00PM



Last month, the iSlayer crew allowed us to review a beta copy and post a screenshot gallery of iStat menus, their new full-blown app that brings system statistic and resource tracking to the menubar. Known widely for their iStat line of high-quality Dashboard widgets, iStat menus ushers in a new era of customizability and - as I discovered in my review of the beta - noticeably better performance and less resource requirements (hey, it's only fair to test how many resources are used by tools designed to track resources and system statistics). Unfortunately at the time, iStat menus was in a private beta, which meant our dear readers weren't able to get their hands on their own copy.

Until now - iSlayer today has announced the availability of iStat menus 1.0. As far as I can tell, not much has changed from the beta I saw in May, but that simply means that an awesome, streamlined app for monitoring your system stats in the menubar has only gotten better since then. Amazingly, iStat menus is still provided as freeware (no, seriously: I would try to get the iSlayer crew committed if I knew where they lived) with the rest of their vast collection of widgets and apps, so grab a copy and start keeping an eye on your system from the comforts of Mac OS X's menubar.

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artifex

spil: you don't have a processor temperature sensor on a G4 Mac Mini, do you? Mine doesn't have one, afaik.

June 22 2007 at 3:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kanny

OCM, i have been using iClock for now 363 days, ofcourse i didn't pay anything as i can't, but still the app works with most of the features. However, i have put the fan of istat menu, but it shows always 0rpm even when temp goes past 60 C.

June 22 2007 at 2:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cdiggy

iStat Menus is sweeet! I've been anticipatin' this app for a while now. Bu-bye rusty ol' menu meters :)

June 22 2007 at 12:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
john russell

I love that the individual sections can be dragged from place to place, but my question is why can't Adium, Monocle, and Quicksilver do the same? Are their developers just lazy? Or is there something I'm missing?

June 21 2007 at 8:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
OCM

"Is there a reason to switch this for my Menu Meters ?"

iStat menus has more features like temperature & fan monitoring, world clock etc. Most people seem to think it looks better then menu meters aswell from reading the comments on digg and other sites.

kanny,
Depends if you want to pay for a clock. iClock appears to be $20 Vs the iStat menus clock which is free.

spil,
Not all macs have readable temp sensors

June 21 2007 at 6:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
spil

I have tried a widget that was supposed to show the procesors temperature, and it didn't work. It was on my G4 Mac Mini. Does any one know why it wouldn't work or if this program will work?

June 21 2007 at 3:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Slippy

I am with the others on menumeters. istat brings temperature, but other than that, I think the menumeters iCandy is a little sweeter. And if I wanted the content from the drop-downs, I can always go to my istat dashboard widget...

June 21 2007 at 3:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jps

Oooook ignore my comment. That's what happens when you submit a comment but forget to check your email until an hour later.

June 21 2007 at 3:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
his noodly appendage

iStat does appear to run a lot faster than MenuMeters, which I have used for years and loved. The drop down menus open a lot faster, and they do look a lot nicer. Looks like I'll give iStat a whirl for a while

June 21 2007 at 2:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kanny

Menu meters + Temp Monitor + iClock gives much better options than this one.

June 21 2007 at 2:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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