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Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by jkestner »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #169
jkestner wrote: post #150

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That’s great. You could map 3KB on, like, a sheet of paper. I learned Photoshop 2.5 on a 5MB RAM/40MB HDD Mac IIvx (512KB video RAM, hell yeah). Seems incredible now, but that capability after upgrading from a pre-Windows 286 felt incredible then. Now my Apple Silicon machine bogs down when everything’s trying to use the same core for UI I guess, and each browser tab consumes more resources than Mac OS 7.

> 5MB RAM/40MB HDD Mac IIvx That was a top-of-the-line Mac, back then. On a par with a maxed-out Studio.

Not sure the IIvx was ever the top of the line, more like the butt of jokes. The 68040s were out in Quadras already, and this was a hobbled IIci. I remember we got it when they were slashing prices near the EOL, which is what made it a decent buy.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

jkestner wrote: post #171
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 5MB RAM/40MB HDD Mac IIvx That was a top-of-the-line Mac, back then. On a par with a maxed-out Studio.

Not sure the IIvx was ever the top of the line, more like the butt of jokes. The 68040s were out in Quadras already, and this was a hobbled IIci. I remember we got it when they were slashing prices near the EOL, which is what made it a decent buy.

You’re right. I got it mixed up with the original Mac IIx (the gray box).

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by DavideNL »

jshier wrote: post #113
herrkanin wrote: post #2

I've been for many years a happily paying customer of iStat Menus [1], from which this seem to be the heavily inspired of. [1] https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

Latest redesign is pretty garbage though. I want my precise graphs back!

I agree, verschlimmbesserung...

- "The German word "Verschlimmbesserung" is a compound noun that combines "verschlimmern" (to make worse) and "verbessern" (to improve). It refers to a situation where an attempt to improve something unintentionally makes it worse. This term is often used humorously or critically to describe well-intentioned actions or changes that backfire and lead to negative outcomes instead of the desired improvements"

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by DavideNL »

Khaine wrote: post #116
Khaine wrote: post #49

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I've used both, and I think Bartender was a little more polished, UI wise.

This was after I stopped using Bartender, but it got silently sold to a third party https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/04/bartender-mac-app-new-o...

Alternative: install it anyway, and block all connections with Little Snitch.

(note that Bartender is also part of SetApp...)

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