CPU Speed Accelerator for Mac

User Reviews

• ok, not much speed

  collinhuber4/6/2010

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  very small speed boost easy to use

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  i thought that it was going to be better

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  the bottom line is that it does not give a lot of extra speed, but I still use it everyday

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• This Little Gem Is Amazing & Will Have Your Machine...

  quixos_dotmac7/5/2008

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  ...Blazing<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I was singing the blues because I can't justify spending the bucks to buy Apple's latest and greatest, and with all the dodad software that I've added requiring background CPU cycles, my venerable G4 PowerBook was getting to be like my old dog Delilah -- a bit creaky and slow. Then I ran across this little gem, and very nearly didn't try it because it sounded like snake oil for sure. A little voice interceded and said "do it, do it" and the rest is bliss. My creaky old G4 is once again singing and on top of the world. So far, no problems, no conflicts, no crashes or lockups - just sweet new life in the fast lane for a very old dog! Tres excellant to the french guy that came up with it!

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• WORKS!!!

  VersionTrackerUserOpinion4/7/2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Brought new life back to my g3 powerbook. Can see a definite difference in performance in forground applications, especially web browsing! Makes me like my g3 again!

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• Poop

  Ancient_Boii_Tribe1/14/2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I agree, This is crap. It doesn't do anything but take up more CPU.

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• Does Not Work

  locatondude10/9/2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Installed on a DP 2.5. It said operating at 2.147mhz. When I tried to start it, it failed. When I tried again, it crashed. POS.

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• Works for me

  Richarda1--200810/8/2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Works for me no problem. I like the gui and it also saves me having to Terminal every app. I want accelerated. If there are comparable freebies, what are they?

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• I am testing here

  Ilgaz6/4/2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Well, let me say. I use their linked applications launcher (registered) and that tiny application makes marvellous things when you finally setup to your links. The good thing about the linked applications launcher is: It never, ever crashed once in lifetime (well, 3-4 months) which is impressive as its a "menu extra" and also does a job like watching which application launches or quits. As I am a folding@home user, OS X team I noticed very interesting things about priorities on OS X and some apps. For example: Earthbrowser _does_ know its a heavy cpu user so it tries to be polite and uses the idle cpu cycles. I got Folding quit on such applications thanks to other utility above. I got thinkfree office. Many of the JVM (java) of OS X is set to run in low priorities, meaning: The mp3 played on iTunes is more important than the 200 page document you work on. The difference between this and other utilities is: It doesn't need your attention. Just like linked apps launcher, it sits there (and hopefully) does its job. I don't need overkill so, I just setup it 25% acceleration. You would normally need to click the "other utility", find the app you want accelerated (99% time frontmost) and let it renice. This one does it automatically. I'd say as its a paid utility an option like "advanced settings" and set individuals would be fine.

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• i am not a liar

  VersionTrackerUserOpinion11/4/2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />i am not a liar -- and that's the truth

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• Complete, Total, Unambiguous Crap

  ZZBaron10/23/2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />AtuGuy is a liar and undoubtably works for, or is the developer of AlphaOmega Software. Read the review history of all the AlphaOmega products on VersionTracker to see the kind of company you're dealing with. This company has one distinguishing feature: They are perhaps the worst and most hated developer of worthless, buggy, rip-off, and dangerous Mac software EVER. But don't take my word for it. Go ahead and install any of AlphaOmega's products on your machine and see what happens. Don't say you weren't warned.

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• works for me

  VersionTrackerUserOpinion10/23/2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />works for me. nice increase in speed on my G5. not sure why others are having such bad experiences. (P.S.: I have no relationship with the company that makes it)

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