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Heart Monitor - 1.1

CPU monitor that displays a beating heart

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All Time:	(3.5)
Version 1.1:	(3.0)
Selected Version:	1.1
Release Date:	2003-11-16
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1):	2,487
Downloads (all versions):	4,798

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Product Description:

Heart Monitor is a bare-bones CPU monitor menu extra that displays a beating heart. As the CPU load increases, the heart beats faster. You can set Heart Monitor to track the User, System, Idle or Nice load. It does not do much else. Uptime, processor info and other tidbits are not displayed. You can set the window level (desktop, normal or floating), and optionally display a small window showing all CPU load averages.

What's new in this version:

Fixed bug causing crash on OS X 10.2.x. Various GUI enhancements. The window shadow can now be turned off and on at your will. An optional menu icon of a beating heart has been added.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1:
Overall Rating:	(3.0)	Features:	(2.0)	Support:	(2.5)
Ease of Use:	(3.0)	Quality / Stability:	(3.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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monitor cpu while studying cpr - Version: 1.3, 9/17/2006 09:16PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

Clams McShrew

This is a wonderful cpu monitor. If you have any visual skill at all, you will find it easier to interpret this than staring any number of complicated graphs or bars. Not only does it seem to be accurate, and take up very little screen space, but the animation itself is soothing. I find it helps me to calm down, subliminally. Though I may be developing a slight arrhythmia (?)

Glitzy, Glammy Garbage - Version: 1.1, 5/24/2006 09:08PM PST

(0 of 6 users found this comment useful)

Central Scrutinizer--2008

This is the dumbest CPU Monitor I've ever tried to use. Good luck telling the difference between 50% CPU usage and 90% usage. The graphic never really impressed me, either.

Heh.

Bizarre - Version: 1.1, 11/17/2003 03:54AM PST

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LukasM

I always liked StimpSoft's products for their bizarreness and their Frank-Zappa-istical "spirit". Although this is no more really StimpSoft, the spirit is still here. It's not the best CPU monitor out there but there's nothing really bad about it either - except that it's quite a CPU hog itself (on an iBook 700)...