It monitors your memory usage as well as CPUs, and it packs a lot of information into a small space. All CPU Meter isn't as complex as some, but the simplicity works in its favor. It supports up to eight cores (so I have room to grow). The gadget I used to monitor my dual-core computer running Vista wasn't available in a quad-core version, so I switched to All CPU Meter ( Figure A). Note: This article is also available as a photo gallery and as a PDF download. Now it's 2010 and I'm running Windows 7, and although I still use most of the gadgets I was using back then, I've also discovered a few new ones that deserve mention. Way back in 2008, I wrote an article titled The top 10 Vista Sidebar Gadgets.
