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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 15,759,530
- Downloads last week: 27,283
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 564 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008
BitTorrent hadn't seen a major update in about two years, but that was before it bought out uTorrent. Now, adopting its new sibling's interface has completely reinvigorated the original BitTorrent client.
Previously, BT had lacked features that other torrent innovators had spent time testing and investing in. Now, in one fell swoop, BT has access to everything it lacked. You can pick which files in a torrent you want to download, throttle your Internet connection to suit your whims, muck about with the Web UI and, basically, do everything that uTorrent can do.
There's an RSS tracker and search bar, just like in uTorrent, but there's where we encounter one key difference. Where uTorrent's search takes you to the MiniNova torrent site, BitTorrent's goes to BitTorrent.com, a pay-for-most-content site. There's also a menu bar item in the BitTorrent client called Get Stuff, with links to Movies, TV, Music, and Games at the BitTorrent content site.
Without a doubt, BitTorrent has taken drastic steps to reverse course and unsink its sinking ship. Although BT still eats more memory than its new sibling, it's hogging significantly less than before. The install file reflects the new code, shrinking from nearly 6MB for version 5 to less than 1MB for version 6.
BT also comes with a small piece of software called DNA. The BT site calls it protocol for "Delivery Network Acceleration," but beyond a nebulous description, it's hard to tell what exactly it does.
Publisher's description
From BitTorrent :BitTorrent's software client allows you to quickly download high-quality digital content such as video, music, and games. Available in over 20 languages, it leverages our community of over 70 million users to securely deliver files to your PC faster than anything else out there.
Features include detailed graphs and stats on the health of digital media files provide you a safer, more controlled downloading experience, local peer discovery and automatic port mapping increase file transfer speed without the need to reconfigure routers or other hardware, and dynamic bandwidth management allows you to download content without disrupting Web browsing, e-mail, or other applications.
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- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 564 votes
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Version: BitTorrent 6.3
"Its very good program, easy and simple tu use."
Pros: Simplicity of usage.
Cons: I like everything, but graphic solution of the program should be better.
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Version: BitTorrent 6.3
Pros: very good software
Cons: very good software
Summary: very good software
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Version: BitTorrent 6.3
Pros: More features
Cons: None at this time
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Version: BitTorrent 6.3
Pros: Easy to use, fast setup and downloading, and is very user friendly.
Cons: Can't think of anything.
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Version: BitTorrent 6.3
"much more dependable than earlier versions"
Pros: It is not all about money
Cons: As an artist, it may engender a reduction in your profits.
Summary: I love this product because it can get your works into the mainstream awareness fast. I also think that advertisers would appreciate this function and be happy to take advantage of the popular uploaded file pages.... Sharing is a good thing.
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