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CNET Editors' review
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.
What's new in this version: Version 1.27 improved text information displayed in VIP acceleration dialog,progress bar of disk space in task properties dialog and new setting in advanced option page to enable/disable auto hash check after downloaded file changed.
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"Selling out... bad Bitcomet"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
Easy to use, nice interface, good community
Cons
adverts, intrusions, bandwidth hogging and stalling.
Summary
I used BitComet for years. Slowly bit by bit the advertising and site referrals became more important than the function of the program itself. Every update seemed to be new marketing functions. I gave in, went to uTorrent. Much more stable, seems faster, but is definately a cleaner client. You messed up BitComet, ruined a great program.
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"A good torrent software"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
It's faster than any other torrent software. It's upload rate is lower than any other.
Cons
But what draws it back is sometimes it keeps downloading (!!!) even after 100%. That is a thing you need to worry about.
Summary
But in the end it is a nice software
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"Best of them all."
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
This torrent is safe and easy to use.
Cons
none to tell.
Summary
Beginners will like this and I do not mind the advertising. Best of all bit comet is safe.
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"Good for me because of preview mode"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
Preview mode makes it lot better than other silent. Can download files in series just like direct download.
Cons
A little resource hug compared to utorrent and bittorrent.
Hangs often when many jobs are runningSummary
Good for regular use because of its some of the best features like snapshots and preview mode.
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"Downloading from MAC"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
using a PC?
Cons
using a MAC?
Summary
I tried to download this from my MAC but I only got an exe. document :s I tried with both bitcomet and utorrent. is there another program that I need to download these? I downloaded firefox and spotify from here, so I don't see what the problem is. or is it that you can't access bitcomet/utorrent with a MAC, only a PC?? please help me :)
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"WARNING!!!!! this version has Malware!"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
good program, but use older version or a different site to download
Cons
this version is tainted with a malware program that will self load and display advertising in the bottom right corner. Use malware bytes to remove
Summary
Avoid this version of the download on this site and choose the old version instead
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"Utorrent is better"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
Was first torrent client I got
Cons
I use peer block and I got a lot more blocks with Bit comet then Utorrent. Utorrent gave me faster download speeds by like 200K, I switched when Comet interfered with my new modem.
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"Me parece magnifico"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
la pongo a descargar en la noche, si se cae se reinicia la descarga. esta totalmente libre de virus
Cons
Creo que es bastante practico para mi
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"i like thi program"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
seems to be easy to use
Cons
none found yet
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"Speeds aren't real"
Version: BitComet 1.27
Pros
Long term seeds
Cons
Cheats !
The speeds aren't real
Fake speeds
Bugs, bugs ,bugs
intrusionsSummary
Bad bitcomet bad
If your going to be real
I'm on your side
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