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CPU Speed Accelerator

CPU Speed Accelerator - 4.1

increase CPU allocation to foreground apps

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Current Version: 4.1
Release Date: 2008-07-05
License: Commercial
Downloads (this version): 1,661
Downloads (all versions): 26,259

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Product Description:

You want to increase the power of your Macintosh? At very low cost? You want to increase by 20% to 30% the speed of your applications without spending money in new hardware? You want to automatically always make the most of the power of your CPU to the foreground application you are using?
Then CPU Speed Accelerator is what you need!

CPU Speed Accelerator allows you to drastically increase the CPU allocated to your foreground applications to make the most of the power of your Macintosh.
- It can increase by up to 30% the power of your Macintosh.
- It automatically detects the foreground application you are using.
- It redirects unused power of your CPU to the foreground application.
- You can set the percentage of acceleration between 0% and 100%.
- It tells the Process Manager of the UNIX layer of Mac OS X to always assign the maximum priority to the foreground application.
- It appears in the right side of the menu bar.
- It doesn't need any installation which makes it very easy to use.
- It is available in Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and many other languages.
Read the whole documentation for more details...

What's new in this version:

- A Catalan localization has been released.
- Thank you to Adria Enrique Saladich for his translation from English to Catalan.
- A Czech localization has been released.
- Thank you to Jakub Matejka for his translation from English to Czech.
- A Latvian localization has been released.
- Thank you to Rihards Graudins for his translation from English to Latvian.
- A Romanian localization has been released.
- Thank you to Cosmin Serban for his translation from English to Romanian.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3
  • Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X

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CPU Speed Accelerator ReviewI like it. - Version: 4.1, 7/6/2008 03:42AM PST

Joe N.--2008
On my iMac G5, I notice an improvement, plus Activity Monitor indicates it takes between 0 and 0.1% cpu. I'm guessing it does what it does via unix renice commands, but it does work regardless, so if you notice a speed improvement, that's all to the good, right? Plus, the price is right.
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CPU Speed Accelerator ReviewThis Little Gem Is Amazing & Will Have Your Machine Blazing - Version: 4.1, 7/5/2008 07:47PM PST

quixos_dotmac
I was singing the blues because I can't justify spending the bucks to buy Apple's latest and greatest, and with all the dodad software that I've added requiring background CPU cycles, my venerable G4 PowerBook was getting to be like my old dog Delilah -- a bit creaky and slow. Then I ran across this little gem, and very nearly didn't try it because it sounded like snake oil for sure. A little voice interceded and said "do it, do it" and the rest is bliss. My creaky old G4 is once again singing and on top of the world. So far, no problems, no conflicts, no crashes or lockups - just sweet new life in the fast lane for a very old dog! Tres excellant to the french guy that came up with it!
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CPU Speed Accelerator ReviewWORKS!!! - Version: 4.0, 4/7/2008 07:43PM PST

adamsck
Brought new life back to my g3 powerbook. Can see a definite difference in performance in forground applications, especially web browsing! Makes me like my g3 again!
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