Features
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Popularity:
#1 in File Sharing (out of 124 products)
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
64,779,324
- Requirements:
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
June 03, 2008
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of BitComet 1.02
From BitComet:BitComet is a fast and easy-to-use BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client. It is P2P file-sharing freeware and one of the most popular P2P protocols designed for high-speed distribution. BitComet supports simultaneous downloads, DHT networks (trackerless), a download queue, selected downloads in the Torrent package, fast-resume, disk caching, speed limits, auto port mapping, proxies, and IP filtering. Version 1.02 is a bug fixing release.
Note:This software comes with Google toolbar, that can be installed or uninstalled at the user's choice.
Editor's review of BitComet 1.02
3.0 stars
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Taking a slightly different approach to solving the multimedia lover's dilemma of how best to download torrents is BitComet, which uses an interface heavily cribbed from Windows Explorer--with a dose or two from the basic BitTorrent template--to create something instantly recognizable to the user.
There's a familiar tree of features on the left, including links to torrent-aggregating Web sites and several promotional offers. The top of the app has big buttons with familiar icons, the center window shows the files being downloaded, and the bottom pane has tracker and peer info. The pane on the right rounds out the layout, with a torrent search feature and advertising. Among the usual features, BitComet offers chat capabilities, the ability to bookmark your favorite sites, a toolbar for Internet Explorer 7, and a context menu for Firefox 2.
While the app held its own against better-known competitors in terms of speed and handling multiple torrents, we found the ubiquitous advertisements to be annoying compared to the competition's ad-free environs. Overall, we think BitComet is worth trying and could become a major torrent app in the future.
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User reviews of BitComet 1.02
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 2575 votes
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: BitComet 1.02
"P2P + download manager = it is indispensable"
Pros: It downloads everything from the Web: it supports HTTP, FTP and Bittorrent downloads. It is like to have "OrbitDownloader + uTorrent" in a single application! There is an optional add-on to connect to the "EDonkey net" even. It auto-resumes interrupted downloads (when there is a black-out or when the telephone line breaks off). It integrates very well into Internet Explorer and Firefox (without using "Flashgot" extension). You can download from the Web
Flash videos also.
Features summary: DHT; NAT/Firewall configuration; UPnP port mapping; protection against ARP cheating attacks from LAN; NAT Trasversal via UDP; protocol encryption; hard disk protection via automatic disk cache.
Memory consumption: it requires max 32 MB when it downloads 2 torrents.
Cons: There is a bit of advertisement. But it is not annoying.
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2 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: BitComet 1.02
Pros: don't **** my pc
Cons: gotta got a search tool! to not use any browser!
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: BitComet 1.02
Pros: reliable,safe,fairly fast,user friendly.
Cons: too many ads.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: BitComet 1.02
Pros: none
Cons: worst bittorrent client ever.EXTREMLY slow and it seems like my antivirus doesn't like it.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: BitComet 1.02
"it works well for what I use it for"
Pros: it is easy to use and to configure - quite a bit easier than a lot of other torrent downloaders
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