µTorrent is a great torrent application with all the traits of great software - easy to use, small & efficient with lots of features! As far as being easy goes, it doesn’t get any easier than µTorrent, you just download the program and double-click. No installs, no setup - you just start adding torrents and downloading. The program itself isn’t even 1MB in size, in fact it’s current version (1.7.7) is only 214kB, so it’s a really tiny download too. µTorrent is also very stable, which is good for a torrent program that gets left running for big downloads. You don’t have to worry about memory leaks or other issues if you leave µTorrent running overnight, every night.
As for features, apart from the standard features you’d expect for downloading torrents like multiple simultaneous downloads, resumed downloads, skinning support, selecting individual files from torrents and bandwidth control, µTorrent also offer
- Scheduler so you can leave µTorrent running but it will only download at certain times (even at specific speeds if you want). This is great for getting the most out of your off-peak downloads.
- RSS Downloader which lets you pick up a feed from a tracker (torrent website) which will pick up all the latest downloads on offer for you to choose from or download automatically (great for keeping up to date with a series of shows you like).
- Web UI is a new feature to µTorrent and while it is still in beta it is available to use right now. This lets you control you µTorrent downloads on your computer from any other computer in the world via your web browser, so you never have to miss a download again.
Tip: On the μTorrent information screen (Help > About μTorrent…) try hitting the T key for a bonus.
31 Mar 08
6:42 pm
i recently migrated from azureus to utorrent and i have to say this is a step-up from memory-guzzling azureus.