Today, we’ll be looking at WeatherBug Alert, the lighter-weight cousin to the flagship application, WeatherBug Desktop Free Edition. As with the previous review (link), we are using Commview to measure bandwidth usage for this application.
After 4 hours of running, Commview captured the following:
Total time of data captured: 4 Hours
Total bytes captured: 62,262
Bytes per second: 4.3
Bits per second: 34.4
Ports recorded: http/80
CPU usage: On a typical single Ghz box, you’ll not likely see it bounce past the 00 mark from the system monitor. So honestly, unless you are running with a truly dated machine, you should be fine with a 650Mhz box onward.
Memory usage: WeatherBug idles at roughly 70k throughout, on my test machine. And because the application uses your default browser, you are in a position to select which browser the weather data will be opening up in.
System resources usage overall: Perfect for lower-end boxes with minimum system resources.
On the Windows platform, WeatherBug Alert is the best for lower end systems or for workstations where system resources are at a premium. And in some corporate environments, WeatherBug Alerts would provide a viable alternative where workstation policy dictates strict usage rules for each application running on each computer.