Allnameswereout - I mostly agree with you, an I actually didn't bother getting Conky until today. Today I downloaded it because I realized how customizable it is, which means I can cram just about anything about the system I want in there, to cover whatever the other programs don't cover. I suppose it's ultimately the same difference in philosophy as having only Queen BeeCon Widget vs. downloading/programming new widgets for everything you need. *Shrug* I personally like having the versatility of Conky, without actually having it be my main system monitor for the time being. But it's ultimately a to each their own thing.

But, as I understand it, Conky doesn't run in the background on the N900. It only runs when you have it open, which technically makes it less juice sucking then having a widget on your desktop the entire time, no?