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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: January 13, 2008
- Total Downloads: 172,109,401
- Downloads last week: 596,428
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9807 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client, LimeWire has been one of the highest-profile P2P applications. The 4.0 series further ups the ante with a combination of new features, an updated interface, and better all-around performance.
On the surface, the refined and zippier Java interface houses some snazzy new icons and a few new features, including a connection-quality meter and a button matrix for zeroing in on specific file types. The search interface now sports a progress bar, and file information--such as artist and album--is more clearly displayed. The improved network performance gave us considerably more search results than previous versions and a more reliable downloading experience (for a P2P client, that is). This latest version includes torrent support, and also feels more nimble despite its inherently resource-heavy Java-based foundation. We like the What's New feature, which lists files recently added to the network. The check box to filter out adult content also is a nice touch.
The new features and overall functionality make this by far the most mature version of LimeWire to date. Despite the typical performance flaws found in all file-sharing clients, this latest version continues to offer solid performance and good looks across the board.
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Publisher's description
From LimeWire :LimeWire is the world's fastest P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.
LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes a built-in bittorent support. Version 4.16.1 better control over shared folders and Mojito DHT (Distributed Hash Table) support.
What's new in this version:
Version 4.16.1 better control over shared folders and Mojito DHT (Distributed Hash Table) support.
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User reviews of LimeWire 4.16.1
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9807 votes
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 4.16.1
"TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ITS AMAZING!!!"
Pros: Find and download anything you wish... music, programs, pictures, videos you name it limewires got. it! So, go ahead and download and enjoy...
Cons: Go to YouTube and search for "P2P Computer Security Risk " IF your concerned about computer risk. You will find that limewire is indeed number 1 :)
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Version: LimeWire 4.16.1
"This is basically a Spam Generator"
Pros: little
Cons: You are sure to find many similar products like limewire as it is a popular open source target of spammers.
Bottomline is this...there realy is not much worth one's time on these file-sharing networks anyway so why expose yourself to spam-viruses and hours of wated time waiting for 3kbs downloads?
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Version: LimeWire 4.16.1
Pros: The fact that you can share what's on your puter without moving it to the shared folder of the program. Just decide what you want to share and that's what you share.
Cons: A lot of music and video has protection on it even though it's shared. You can download some and can't play them.
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Version: LimeWire 4.16.1
"4.16.2 is what I have, really cool!"
Pros: I can find the songs I want and plenty of uploads to choose fr0,/
Cons: Once I download ontp my computer, if I want to put my selected songs onto a cd, it won't allow me to do so. If there is a way to do this, I haven't figured it out yet or read how to.
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Version: LimeWire 4.16.1
"I like limewire because it is so fast & has such a large base."
Pros: I LIKE MOST THINGS
Cons: i CAN'T FIND THE WAY TO BURN CDS.
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