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iStat pro

iStat pro

Monitor widget: cpu, memory, bandwidth, drive, fans, temps...

Version:  4.9

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Good idea, buggy implementation

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Contributed by: amishra--2008 Sunday, February 04 2007 @ 08:23 AM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: 1-6 months

Recommend Product: NO

The tool looks great, shows alot of information in one place, and conveniently is accessible through Dashboard; but it has one major bug - and that is starting a lsof process up which takes up 90% of my CPU on a Macbook Pro C2D. This process is used to determine the status of your system; but it should be opened and closed almost immediately.

Even if you close and reopen the widget, the 1st process is orphaned, and a 2nd lsof process is created, so you then have 2 processes taking up all your cpu resource. Major bug, and until it's fixed, this tool should not be used.   
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Good idea, buggy implementation - marcedwards_dotmac

Please submit a bug report on via the form here:
http://islayer.com/index.php?op=about

That's definitely NOT functioning normally (and the way it works on my Core Duo MacBook Pro).

Thanks, Marc.

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Monday, February 26 2007 @ 03:57 AM PST