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 iPulse - 2.0OS X monitoring app with compact & clever user interface |
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Feedback Summary:
| Version 2.0: | |||||
| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (5.0) |
Support: | (4.7) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.3) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.8) |
Price: | (4.2) |
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No way to really sum this up... - Version: 2.1.8, 4/12/2007 08:33AM PST
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chieftedus
Ok. - Version: 2.1.7, 1/14/2007 08:14AM PST
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amosdudley
This is a pretty cool thing- it is a hardware monitor, but looks like a piece of modern art, pulsating on your desktop. I would love to like it, but I prefer hardware monitor (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24043) over ipulse. Hardware monitor is "no frills." You simply look at it, and you know what you need to know. I understand that many mac os fanatics are obsessed with looks, but for things like these, I want to know how hot my drive/cpu/gpu is and fast. That being said, iPulse is one of the coolest looking apps imho for the OS, and I suppose that with time a person can learn to read its weird little gauge on sight. I also worry that it uses up more resources than acceptable, but that is hard to determine, as it does not show up in activity monitor.
Personally, I am one who does not care much for looks, and use mac os because of its stability, security, and applications which are dedicated to the os; and the pretty UI is just an added bonus. When you get down to it, most of the time people spend on their computer is not looking at their desktop.
iPulse is definitly worth checking out, even just to see its brilliant visual execution of a relatively mundane task.
works great, looks gorgeous, draws comments - Version: 2.1.7, 1/12/2007 02:12PM PST
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dylan3--2008
this version works great on my MacBook Pro. Every time someone sees my mac, they always ask "what's that 'thing' on your screen?" After I explain, they always say "coool", and seem amazed that I can learn all that information from such a small area.
I guess I am too. Plus, it's cheap!
I guess I am too. Plus, it's cheap!
First the way it looks is fantastic but balance that with is the information easy to digest?
iPulse was fine when I used it to check on things every so often. With I new hard drive upgrade I am checking the internal temp far more frequently (don't ask me why just paranoid I guess). This is where iPulse let me down. I just wanted the info now.
Yes it is a great deal price wise. Features are what I was looking for. Again the way it is presented. (hence the one star for ease of use, ya its "easy to use" but does it provide the information in a "timely" fashion, for me not so much).
Documentation is ok, features are ok, Stability hasn't crashed on me once, and the price is good.
I still fall back to "give me the info" part, not have me remember what ring gives what info. If you are just looking hard core, need it now info, can't recommend this. If you just check what is going on with you system every so often sure go for the pretty.