CheckUp is a new way to monitor the activity of your computer. It’s like the dashboard of your car. CheckUp allows you to understand the behavior of your computer in real time. It also allows you to manage alerts to prevent problems in the future.
On December 10 th 2007, app4mac will release the first beta version of this new application designed for Mac OS X. The download link will be send per email with a special introductory price. During the beta period (until the end of January 2008), all features of the product will be FREE!
CheckUp is optimized for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. CheckUp requires a computer with a PowerPC G4, G5 processor or an Intel processor (Universal Binary). An option – which requires an internet connection – allows you to monitor your computer from a remote computer.
More info and screenshots here.
Yared was right!!! Hope you grabbed some.
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/15603/
“Yared was right!!! Hope you grabbed some. “
Ya, that was quick!!
Wonder if this new app4mac will be better than Cocktail now that they’ve just released their trial version for Leopard?
Looking forward to compare this huge stuff to donation-ware iStat pro that gives me full satisfaction as a Widget!
Wow.
That has to be the biggest, ugliest, application of this type I have ever seen.
These kind of apps are a dime a dozen there are so many of them and most perform the same functions in a very acceptable fashion. You only have to check out the main page (linked above) and look at the prominent screen shots to see that this thing takes up between three and *thirty* (!) times as much screen real estate as it’s direct competitors. It’s also butt ugly.
What most people want in an application like this (and this has been *firmly* established over the last 20 years of such apps being made on Windows and on Mac), is a small utility that they can glance at once in a while for the data. This thing takes up the entire screen! How often do you want to open an app like this and sit and stare at your computers performance? Ridiculous!
Why is this a story on MacDailyNews? Is someone at this site related to the developer?
Another thing … it’s not even free! 🙁
You can get all of this functionality in several different FREE products already.
What’s that ugly purple background behind the screenshots?
Was this a sponsored link?
What’s the cost after January?
“What’s that ugly purple background behind the screenshots?”
Ummmm, that would be the new default desktop background for Leopard.
“CheckUp is a new way to monitor the activity of your computer.”
Apple’s Activity Monitor serves me perfectly well “to monitor the activity” on my Mac. And I agree with Jeremy that this app is too over the top and screen hungry.
The scary thing about stuff like this is that people buy it, believing it to be accurate and when their computers fail they say, “But CheckUp said everything was ok?”
Same thing happens when disks fail. People say, “But I ran Norton on it?”
As a consultant, those 6 words mean I’m about to make money. Over the years I’ve become an expert at repairing Norton “repairs.”
I hope this latest false sense of security is a better application and actually does help people.
Um, wtf MDN? Shameless plugs now??
MDN frequently posts press releases related to new product launches. Invariably this occurs without the patented “MDN Take” or other commentary and we readers are free to take this info on board as we see fit. As I see it, it’s all part of the service. Or maybe it was just a quiet news day. Either way… it’s not exacyly anything I’m going to get my knickers in a twist over.
Doesn’t MenuMeters do the same thing in a MUCH MORE inobtrusive way?
ANDS it’s free?
Just my 3¢
John
@ Cubert
“What’s that ugly purple background behind the screenshots?
Ummmm, that would be the new default desktop background for Leopard.”
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Phew! I needed that…thanks!
Yeah, this app. is too ugly, and big. Defer to Activity Monitor and other free apps. out there.
One thing I do have to say, their free RapidoStart is a great way to have a second dock readily available and to help free up space on your Mac Dock.