Very nice

I had been using Temperature Monitor and when that became unavailable, I decided to try System Monitor. I like it very much. It has already helped me figure out whats going on a couple of times when there seemed to be more activity than I thought there should be. The only quibble about the app is the fact that to use it full out, it takes up a great deal of precious MenuBar real estate on my 15 inch MBP. However, this led me to another app (Bartender, not in the App Store) to manage the MenuBar, and now that thats installed, I can have my realtime System Monitor display and easily access my other MenuBar items too.

One other point: early on, I found it instructive to run Activity Monitor while also looking at the System Monitor display. I think doing that increases ones understanding of just what one is looking at. (Once youve done that for a few minutes, you wont need to do it again.)

Greg Shenaut about System Monitor