Hardware Monitor Widget

Hardware Monitor Widget Publisher's Description:
Hardware Monitor Widget Edition is the Dashboard version of its "bigger brother" Hardware Monitor. You need a working registered copy of Hardware Monitor in order to fully use this widget. The applications are designed to give you access to all sensor readings Mac OS X uses to monitor and cool your computer.

The widget allows you to select two of your computer's sensors which should be displayed via Dashboard. The sensor readouts are displayed in a compact panel.

Unlike other widgets, Hardware Monitor is capable of processing the hardware calibration data Apple stores individually into each G5-based computer. So it displays the exact readings Mac OS X internally uses for cooling control, not just an "educated guess".

For detailed technical information about sensor discovery please see the developer's site.

What's new in this version:

* Added support for new portable Mac systems with Intel T8000 processors.
* Added temperature sensor support for the standard PATA hard drive of the MacBook Air.
* Support for on-core temperature sensors of Intel processors based on 45 nm technology ("Penryn") has been modified: As confirmed by Intel, the core sensors behave no longer linear enough for the display of absolute readings in low temperature ranges. For this reason, support for core temperature sensors in 45 nm technology has been removed in the Temperature Monitor Widget. The Hardware Monitor Widget will display them as logical sensors showing "Core Hot" status information.
* Enhanced support for CPU clock frequency monitoring, especially on systems with Xeon 5400 processors and MacBooks running Leopard or running without a battery unit.
* Added a workaround for a security problem in Mac OS X which affects systems containing a GPU of the ATI Radeon X1000 series. In those systems, the GPU driver can crash, causing the screen content to freeze. The Hardware Monitor Widget now tries to avoid situations that could increase the likelihood for this defect to become noticable. NOTE: It is our policy not to discuss security holes in third-party products before giving the vendor (Apple) six months time to fix this problem.