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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: March 08, 2009
- Total Downloads: 72,108,787
- Downloads last week: 112,807
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2704 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on December 04, 2008
Taking a slightly different approach to solving the multimedia lover's dilemma of how best to download torrents is BitComet, which uses an interface heavily cribbed from Windows Explorer--with a dose or two from the basic BitTorrent template--to create something instantly recognizable to the user.
There's a familiar tree of features on the left, including links to torrent-aggregating Web sites and several promotional offers. The top of the app has big buttons with familiar icons, the center window shows the files being downloaded, and the bottom pane has tracker and peer info. The pane on the right rounds out the layout, with a torrent search feature and advertising. Among the usual features, BitComet offers chat capabilities, the ability to bookmark your favorite sites, a toolbar for Internet Explorer 7, and a context menu for Firefox 2.
While the app held its own against better-known competitors in terms of speed and handling multiple torrents, we found the ubiquitous advertisements to be annoying compared to the competition's ad-free environs. Overall, we think BitComet is worth trying and could become a major torrent app in the future.
Publisher's description
From BitComet :BitComet is a fast and easy-to-use BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering.
Version 1.10 includes GUI Improved: add task search box in toolbar which can be enable from View menu,GUI Bugfix: download several torrents from torrent collection list and display their task properties dialog at the same time may cause program no response.
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Version 1.10 includes GUI Improved: add task search box in toolbar which can be enable from View menu,GUI Bugfix: download several torrents from torrent collection list and display their task properties dialog at the same time may cause program no response.
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User reviews of BitComet 1.10
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 2704 votes
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Version: BitComet 1.10
Pros: It might have been a little slow getting off the ground, but Bit Comet is now, by far the best bit torrent client there is. It takes care of everything for you and is very easy to set up and use.
Cons: If your computer is fast enough to run it well, there are no cons at all. The encryption may very well max out a slow machine at higher transfer rates.
Summary: Just a very well written program. The defaults are set up about as well as they can be and there isn't a feature I can think of that it doesn't have.
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Version: BitComet 1.10
"Easy to configure and use,nice options."
Pros: Nice options menu and I like the Internet explore and firefox integration.
Cons: Don't like the popular program updates and the reminder screens (pop ups)but they can be turned off,they are on by default.
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Version: BitComet 1.10
"can be very helpful when I need it the most."
Pros: that it shows the progress of each download giving a sense of security that I am in control.
Cons: Doesn't always explain what I need to do when an out of the ordinary situation comes up.
Summary: I DO like this product and at times will find myself taking it's characteristics-for-granted. It is a program that has enthused me over and over again as I learn more about it and all that it is capable of doing. I am still learning...
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Version: BitComet 1.10
Pros: They purchased BitComet and co opted the best it had to offer.
Cons: Pointless download.I can`t understand why they even offer BitComet at this point.
Summary: Use Bit Torrent
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Version: BitComet 1.10
Pros: Great user interface
Cons: Possible spyware
Summary: After updating to 1.10 upon restart of my computer a screen popped up on my bottom right which scanned my computer and told me to go to apphit.com for software updates. Bitcomet states that this isn't spyware but whenever something scans your compu... read more >>
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