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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 07, 2006
- Total Downloads: 14,890,601
- Downloads last week: 33,109
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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: CNET Staff
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 is a peer-to-peer (P2P) client designed to efficiently manage the downloading of large, high-quality, digital files such as video, music, and games. The client is used to search the Internet for legal torrent files, which can then be quickly downloaded to a user's machine. As files become more popular, the speed in which they can be downloaded increases through the use of a central tracker and peers. This technology saves time over traditional methods, while maintaining the integrity of the file.
Version 4.20.7 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of BitTorrent 4.20.7
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 564 votes
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Version: BitTorrent 4.20.7
Pros: It's free.
Cons: It didn't return enough results within the program.
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6 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: BitTorrent 4.20.7
Pros: Its the official client...it works. Totally FOC.
Cons: Newer programs are better, faster and have more features.
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Version: BitTorrent 4.20.7
Pros: nothing
Cons: when i downloaded it my anti spyware program contained it cause it had a virus in it......
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BitTorrent 4.20.7
Pros: We all know and love bittorrent. It is a great idea, makes sense and enlivens all our lives not to mention our fellows when sharing our favourite content. I am surprised nobody came up with an idea like this earlier, or if they did, did not implement it as elegantly as we all now can experience.
Cons: As I have used a great many of the previous versions, deem of my surprise when I found that the client touted as the best one on the original site were no more than a proof of concept. How did this happen? Not having the possibility of regulating network usage? How could this have been forgotten? Until this MAJOR BUG has been fixed, keep away if you share your network with others or you'll be hogging all the traffic by yourself.
So, DO NOT download this version. Wait until they have fixed this simple functionality and we will all be much happier again. Right now I am forced to use ABC or uTorrent instead as Azureus has the same issues, but that is another review.
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