Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4 User Reviews
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"BEST Bit Torrent Program Available!!"
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
everything, amazing.
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"Very informative Bittorrent client"
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
This client is one of the most useful I have used. It shows all the useful statistics and info about my torrent download. What's more, I can download plugins to add optional features, even one that shows you which countries your peers are downloading from!
Cons
It is a resource hog, which is probably expected since it uses Java. The program itself takes up 38,352 KB of memory just to run! The program's help website is also not very useful.
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"Program is awesome - I recommend it."
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
It is very easy to use, and gives full control over downloads. Also, the program is not very large.
Cons
It would be a lot better with a search engine, and the speed could definitely be faster.
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"best BitTorrent client out"
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
This program is quite easy to use but contains a number of useful features (including, I must admit, the ability to set your upload speed limit to 1 KB/sec). You can connect to BitTorrent, along with two other networks that can greatly increase your download speed. Of course, all of the other expected features are included (multiple torrent manager, limit of simultaneous uploads, etc.). It's open source, too.
Cons
Java hogs memory (consistently above 40-50 MB, in my experience). There is not, as far as I've seen, an option to "close Azureus when all downloads finish", which would be useful.
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"Full featured but a small learning curve"
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
Great GUI oozing with a rich set of options, statistics, and status displays. For example, I have discovered techniques to allow me to boost download speed considerably above the rest of a swarm's average. Free so the price is right though there are some gentle nag screens - easily turned off for good - to beg for a contribution. Spyware free install.
Cons
Resource piggy. It eats up 90+% of the 384 megs RAM (according to Norton tools) on my old Windows98 box. Worse, often I have to reboot when I'm done using it because it doesn't always gracefully release memory once closed. Out of the box it works fine but to for best results you'll need to tweak it - a bit of a learning curve. For example, if you don't tweak it by default it'll eat up all of your d/l bandwidth preventing other web surfing. Plus, there's the standard caveats of using BitTorrent. Most stuff on BitTorrent sites is copyrighted. BitTorrent exposes your IP address so anyone interested knows what you're up to! Azuerus even has a window that will display all the IP addresses in a swarm. Also, I read BitTorrent files are either the #1 or #2 spreader of spyware on the internet right now so be careful what files you grab!
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"Greatest P2P Program Ever"
Version: Azureus BitTorrent Client 2.3.0.4
Pros
Very easy to use and very fast download speed
Cons
no cons
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