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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. By using software that was built by the same team that invented BitTorrent, you are guaranteed access to the latest, most efficient methods of getting digital content to your desktop.
Version 6.0 includes a new lightweight client based on uTorrent, local peer discover, a configurable bandwidth schedule, an RSS downloader, and other new features.
What's new in this version: Version 6.0 includes a new lightweight client based on uTorrent, local peer discover, a configurable bandwidth schedule, an RSS downloader, and other new features.
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Current version:
4.0 starsout of 41 votes
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"my sons say this 1's the best from what I see it's true"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
fast and easy-going
Cons
they say it imbeds?
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"The best."
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
Small, easy to use, all the features you need in a BT client, no ads, it has NO trojans/viruses/malware of any kind! I don't know what some of these other reviewers are talking about hijack attempts and trojans.
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"Simple and Clean"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
The GUI is simple and clean. Downloads stuff fast
Cons
None found
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"5"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
4
Cons
3
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"Trojan adware(s) portal to buy anti adware fix it software"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Cons
infects computer with adware(s) that cannot be removed by present anti virus software
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"very Good"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
everything
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"Fast and doesn't need too much memory usage"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
It's faster than most other torrent clients that I have used... and it doesn't use too much CPU usage... at least not like BitComet or LameWire that uses too much memory and my PC slows down a lot....
So, if u are looking for something good and not so fansy this is ur choice
Cons
haven't found any yet, cause I just installed it... but I'll let u know if I found any...
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"On of the best BitTorrent client for Windows!"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
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Cons
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"The best i've ever used even better now i've updated it"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
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"On of the best BitTorrent client for Windows!"
Version: BitTorrent 6.0
Pros
There are a lot of bittorrent clients outhere...
You may chose BitTorrent because:
- it's fast
- it's stable (i used this client for 2 years and I never noticed a crash)
- it's compatible (probably all trakers support BitTorrent)
- it's addware free (despite some comments I see over here this one is virus and addware free ... I tested this product with last version of: Avast, AVG, BitDefender, Avira and NOD32).
Now some words about editor review regarding DNA (I am always asking myself how it's posible to work for such a big website and write reviews when you obviously know nothing about network and computers):
BitTorrent DNA is a peer-accelerated content delivery SERVICE that enables faster and more reliable downloads from websites, providing users access to richer and higher quality content, and ensuring a superior user experience for streaming video and many other applications. This means it's a service based on a peer-to-peer network that brings to content publishers the posibility to distribute content faster, easier ands cheaper than using http or ftp servers for download like this website does... :)
Cons
You may also want to try the following bittorrent clients:
- uTorrent
- Azureus
- Bitcomet
Maybe they are better maybe not. At the end it's a matter of taste if you chose BitTorrent, uTorrent, Azureus or other application...
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