Would you like to get more information about the system's performance without resorting to complicated programs or whose data you have to search among thousands and end up wasting too much time? Then you should know that there are alternatives in this field, thanks to which you can obtain these statistics quickly and easily, such as Rainmeter, which we will analyze below.

As we said, Rainmeter is nothing more than software that allows you, in seconds and effortlessly, to view all the details about the performance of your computer, thanks to a series of windows on the Desktop. In just seconds, you will have data related to the use of RAM, the amount of free disk space, the processor load, the current date and time, and many others.

Operation

One of the main differences between this application and other similar ones is that it also shows information about our network, including issues such as IP and DNS address, traffic, channel speed, etc. This way, you will have a complete overview of all the aspects that make the performance of a PC, avoiding hardware problems or problems with your Internet company.

What other data can you get thanks to this utility? Some of the most important ones are related to the messages in your email accounts' mailboxes or the content that goes through your multimedia player. And as if all this were not enough, you can customize the use of Rainmeter to the maximum, both in terms of its analysis and how we see this information.

Especially interesting is what is related to the multimedia player since it has compatibility with most of them, such as AIMP, Foobar2000, iTunes, MediaMonkey, MusicBee, Winamp, VLC Media Player, or Windows Media Player.

Something that we liked about this program is that we have transparent background windows so that they do not become annoying for any reason, and we see the contents of our Desktop behind them. Likewise, you can move them from one place to another if you consider it necessary or delete them entirely if you have already obtained the data you were interested in, forgetting about them and leaving them in the background.

Rainmeter will also allow you to launch searches in Google in such a way that a small window will give you access to this website, being able to generate processes to find specific content without even having to open the browser. In this sense, we are witnessing one of the many assistance functions it has to offer.

To take into account

We liked Rainmeter's user interface, considering that when configuring the application and viewing the contents, we can navigate through the contents without significant inconveniences. We are also grateful that they are translated into other languages so that users who are not used to programs of this type can take full advantage of each feature.

On the other hand, we also wanted to mention that this utility allows you to modify the skins of its contents in such a way that, in just a short time, you will get it to look much closer to the way you like.

It has generated a kind of community on the Internet responsible for developing all types of themes for this program. Thanks to being open source, we can download and apply them, renewing their appearance all the time.

The best

Among the main positive aspects of this software, we can mention the massive amount of data it can collect and how colorful some of the skins or skins are available. Also, its memory consumption is relatively minimal so it can be run even on older computers, and we also find its theme manager extremely useful.

The worst thing

Although this is not a weakness in itself, some users may find the process of configuring the use of the program a bit annoying, considering that we have to customize most aspects on our own. However, it is also true that this feature allows us to use it precisely as we want.

Evaluation

Rainmeter is a handy application for those who want to know all the data related to the operation of their computer's hardware and its Internet connection. Free, easy to use, and above all, very customizable to suit any user, you should not fail to take it into account if you are looking for a solution of this type.