OS X 10.8.4 System Performance Docks

[Carlosinfl]

Does anyone suggest a few (or one) well known / free system performance metric docks that lay over my desktop so I can easily see my system w/o hitting the bash shell? I would like to see things like 'CPU / RAM / Temp / LAN-WAN / HDD / etc etc etc'

Thanks for any help / suggestions.

And yes, before someone post the 'Let me Google that for you' link, I know how to Internet. I simply am asking here for trusted suggestions of what the [H] community recommends. Remember this is a community where we uses help each other and recommend things based on specific needs...

 

[CEpeep]

Menumeters:
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

It lives up in the menu bar rather than on your desktop, but I prefer it since it's even less obtrusive but always in view. Works best with a large display that has a wide menu bar. If you have an 11" Air or something, there's always iStat.

 

[Carlosinfl]

I have a MacBook Pro 15" notebook. I'll give that a shot but prefer something on my desktop.

 

[Kai]

iStat menu is pretty robust, again, it's npt on the desktop, but it works well enough.

 

[Sixthsense]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for



Search through this thread if you're interested. It was recommended to me a couple years back

 

[westrock2000]

Menumeters:
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

It lives up in the menu bar rather than on your desktop, but I prefer it since it's even less obtrusive but always in view. Works best with a large display that has a wide menu bar. If you have an 11" Air or something, there's always iStat.

I have been using menumeters since G4 days. I really do like it because it uses space that isn't doing anything anyways. What I really like is the LAN bitrate up/down.