I was an avid user of iStatMenus 2, and love iStatNano. So when version 3 of iStatMenus came out with a price tag of $16 I gulped, and then went about finding out more about what enhancements they had added.

I also read about the feature set (and a lot of the bad feedback placed here on the price - you're not wrong about that part), and I liked where this software was going and so went and bought it anyway.

I love the fact that I can glance to the top of my screen and see my Network, Ram and CPU doing their thing. It explains much to me without having to open up Activity Monitor to see why my iMac (Early 2009) is lagging or what network activity is happening. It does it so much nicer than MenuMeters (which is an awesome Pref Pane - just like MM's GUI and feature-set better).

And now I can have a calendar on my dock, a whole bevy of temperature sensors telling me what's cooking behind the screen and what drives are working their little guts out.

On the whole, I'm really happy. There's been a quick succession of updates over recent weeks that have addressed the problems it caused, so kudos to the developer for getting on and making it better, as well as making them richer.

Not worth US$16 - but sometimes worth more than that with the time it saves in me being able to monitor my iMac elegantly, easily and (now - CPU) efficiently.

Decided to download iTubeX Ultimate 4.4 to update an earlier version. I discovered that I needed a new serial number - the instructions were to email the author. "Great", I thought, "This will take weeks". But NO! I received a reply within minutes from Joris (on his iPod Touch) explaining he would send me the updated serial number within a couple of hours. An hour later I received the updated serial. Version v4.4 is, again, stable and does exactly what it says. I really like the modern GUI touches, like the status bar drop down window etc. It has a small CPU footprint, even on a PowerBook G4 12" 1.5 GHz. This is the best way to save .mp4 and .flv content off the web. Kudos and accolades to the developer - a role model to other developers for how to look after paying customers.