- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try $15.00 to buy
- Operating system:
- Date added: December 17, 2004
- Total Downloads: 304,340
- Downloads last week: 225
- See full specifications
A newer version of Acquisition is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 20 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This program provides the most Mac-like experience of any file-sharing program we've tested. Built on Apple's Cocoa API, Acquisition takes full advantage of Aqua interface capabilities such as sheets, drawers, and a customizable toolbar. It also is integrated with iTunes, saving you the tedium of importing music files into your library.
Acquisition only shares files over the Gnutella network and limits you to five simultaneous peer connections, so search results sometimes are inadequate. On the other hand, the program provides search filters that can help you wade through incidental search results to get to the files you're actually looking for.
Though Acquisition can't deliver the sheer quantity of files available through PC clients such as Kazaa, it provides the quality experience Mac users have come to expect from their software. If you're content to share files over Gnutella, this should be your client of choice.
Publisher's description
From xlife.org :Acquisition is a gnutella client supporting modern gnutella features such as Ultrapeers, swarm (multi-source) downloads, download resumption, and distributed network discovery.
Acquisition also features a single-window user interface with a convenient drawer that summarizes all current searches, network activity, and active transfers.
More popular SMS Tools downloads
- 117 downloads 1. Apple iWeb
- 104 downloads 2. Download Deputy Turbo (Classic)
- 57 downloads 3. Ringtone Converter
- 48 downloads 4. SurplusMeter
- 21 downloads 5. Finddouble
- See all SMS Tools downloads
User reviews of Acquisition 116.5
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 20 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 12 user reviewsSee all 12 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
Version: Acquisition 116.5
"Quick and accurate for Mac downloading"
Pros: Can preview downloads at anytime, saves list of searches, very discriptive statistics
Cons: Do not download updated versions if you do not have OS10.3 or OS10.4
-
Version: Acquisition 116.5
Pros: It Can Download Anthing and Gives You Plenty of Options
Cons: None
-
Version: Acquisition 116.5
"Worth the cost and easy to use"
Pros: I have used this program for a couple years now. It was worth buying and getting rid of the annoying reminders. Its integration with iTunes and os X makes downloading simple and functional.
Cons: There might be better ones out there. But i have found this one is done well and suits my needs.
-
Version: Acquisition 116.5
"Aquisition? More like Aqui-crap!"
Pros: Are there any? Ok, if today is "Opposite Day", then read the cons...
Cons: Hmmm... where do I start? Well, it is nice that you don't need to register... although you wouldn't know that right away by all of the pop-up reminders. Maybe its because I'm cheap, maybe its because I wanted to try it out before I paid for it, but I never registered, and I'm glad I didn't! Beyond the agrivating reminders to register popping up every 5 minutes or so, the selection is so poor it is hardly worth the long time it takes to perform a search. Plus, when you do get your feeble results, you get a ton of other junk in there as well. So, if you do get a good sized return on your search, you have to take into consideration that 75% of it is irrelevent crap. I don't know why people don't like Limewire. I have been using it for over a year on my Mac with no problems whatsoever, and I get great search results! (Now, on my PC that was a different story, I think Limewire was soley responsible for running that Piece of Crap into the ground... but then again, I like conspiracy theories.) Anyway, if you love agrivating software that isn't worth its weight in crap, then this is perfect for you!! On a side note, if some of you Aquisition fans want to edumacate a Limewire fanatic such as myself, I'm all ears. I want to like this software, but I just can't.
-
Version: Acquisition 116.5
Summary: this application may be the best reason for some people to finally upgrade to os x. every upgrade hits the nail on the head, how nice to have an application that cleans up after itself, unlike limewire, which leaves incomplete files all over you har... read more >>
- See all 12 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
