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CNET Editors' review
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.
What's new in this version: Version 7.2 features support for uTP, an updated BitTorrent protocol that makes efficient use of bandwidth while reducing network problems, is a critical component in continuing to drive that legacy forward.
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"So good for any computers"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
User friendly and great for beginners
Cons
Just do not get sucked in by paid software people emailing or telling you to give up your free software because it has trojans or spywares etc!!!
Summary
Work fast on my computers.
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"fantastic cant do without it"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
easy to use easy to understand
Cons
quick and fast what more do you want ?
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"Always find what I want..."
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
Every download work great.
Cons
Too many leches and not enough seeders.
Summary
Over all a good place to get movies fast.
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"Okay, with some flaws"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
Very fast at down loading and able top down load who albums
Cons
The search engine sux's I seed my downloads with Frost-wire then download using Bit Torrent, Frost-wire has better search engine but Bit Torrent downloads better.
Summary
The search engine sux's I seed my downloads with Frost-wire then download using Bit Torrent, Frost-wire has better search engine but Bit Torrent downloads better.
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"So far, very easy to use"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
Quite simple to understand
Cons
haven't found any yet
Summary
Overall, seems to get job done efficiently and without too much
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"Does the downloading very well"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
easy to use and setup
Cons
none that I can think of
Summary
excellent product and easy to use
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"Bit Torrent 7.2 will not download"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
Bit Torrent 7.2 is great
Cons
Bit Torrent 7.2 is not what you get, instead you get Bit Torrent 7.5; which sucks big time
Summary
The third party site CNET sends you to will not allow you to download Bit Torrent 7.2
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"Great app. Hassel free."
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
Easy to use and has the world you can download from teh Net.
Cons
Should allow more customisation.
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"It works just fine."
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
It has a nice user interface. The controls are intuitive and the program is easy to understand. It integrates well with the Windows operating system and SeaMonkey (a Gecko base browser suite by the Mozilla project). I see know limitations or issues. IT'S FREE!
Cons
I have not seen and cons so far.
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"easy to work with, simple to download and install"
Version: BitTorrent 7.2
Pros
user friendly, easy to follow window of operation
Cons
upgrades not very well explained
Summary
Great product. so I have to think a little to learn how to use it. Too bad for me.
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