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If you are a member of that special group of computer users, the tinkerers, you are going to wonder where Samurize has been all your life. I’d seen it mentioned a few times on Lifehacker but never really paid attention. Well, my mistake. “What is Samurize?”, you ask. Well, Samurize is “an advanced system monitoring and desktop enhancement engine for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista”. Translation: lots of stats and very cool ways to play with and display them.
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The scope of features is just way too big to get into right now but basically you get to select the stats(called meters) you want, where they are displayed and how they are displayed. For example, I’m using Samurize to embedd my CPU usage, Uptime, RAM usage, free space on my C:\ and the contents of a text file containing my to-do list on my desktop.
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The built in meters include disk usage, cpu usage, network traffic, memory usage, uptime, system temperatures, battery levels, POP/IMAP mailboxes….it’s quite a comprehensive list). You can also monitor other computers over a network or publish your stats using the included server. You can even write your own scripts to power these meters if you need some specific information. The built-configuration editor allows you to really get finetune your settings and looks although it can be a bit intimidating for first time users with all the options that are available.
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All in all, Samurize is a great utility, offering comprehensive information and in-depth customization of how that information is presented. I recommend it to anyone who wants to monitor system information or anything else, for that matter.