saxondale. Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Macbook Pro with 2 gig of ram and Azureus is hidiously slow. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 As an addendum to my previous post...for those that want an advanced torrent app, Azureus is capable. Not ideal but capable. For my needs, Transmission does what I want. Personally I think Azureus is a pos app. What is the main differences between XTorrent and Transmission? The backends are the same, so what options make XTorrent worth the money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted May 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2007 I'd say it's the interface mainly but also the in-built search. Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 What is the main differences between XTorrent and Transmission? The backends are the same, so what options make XTorrent worth the money? Beyond Xtorrent's search feature I don't see what's so amazing about it's interface compared to Transmission. It's layout is different but not necessary that much better. So to be perfectly honest, I don't think it's worth the money at all. But hey, that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slang123 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Whats everyones feelings on bitrocket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 For that much money I would assume that there's more to it. So 20 bucks for searching and a pretty gui, and another 20 for new releases unless you pay the extra 9. All so you save a few seconds at a torrent site. Rip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 For that much money I would assume that there's more to it. So 20 bucks for searching and a pretty gui, and another 20 for new releases unless you pay the extra 9. All so you save a few seconds at a torrent site. Rip off. I think Xtorrent is worth it, so I paid for it. The search feature is great and the app feels elegant. I don't like digging through sites to find a torrent. Its one of the very few applications that I can honestly say I feel like I'm getting my money's worth. $29 for the license + all future upgrades pays for itself rather quickly with just a couple of downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 azureus + iMac 20" here... can't complain, it sure starts slow, but the download speed is really good for me... it dusnt slow down my system too much, still can play very well CoD:2 as if it wasnt running... Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I think Xtorrent is worth it, so I paid for it. The search feature is great and the app feels elegant. I don't like digging through sites to find a torrent. Its one of the very few applications that I can honestly say I feel like I'm getting my money's worth.$29 for the license + all future upgrades pays for itself rather quickly with just a couple of downloads. I agree. It was worth it for me, obviously it won't be for everyone. It's just that I tried Transmission and didn't really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimplySchizo Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Trasmission gets my vote. Awesome speeds, all the options i need and love its simplicit. The best torrent client for os x IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 xTorrent is a nice app, but as stated above its hardly worth paying the price for the search and a nicer GUI. Transmission is all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iverson0881 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 bitrocket seems decent enough, though it could use a lot more features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetman Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 my macbook pro is out for repair but i heard about Tribler, https://www.tribler.org/ , anyone tried it? edit:// os x download - https://www.tribler.org/attachment/wiki/Wik....dmg?format=raw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) my macbook pro is out for repair but i heard about Tribler, https://www.tribler.org/ , anyone tried it?edit:// os x download - https://www.tribler.org/attachment/wiki/Wik....dmg?format=raw Had never heard of it before, downloading now. But Good God! 71.9MB for the DMG file for a torrent app??? edit: even worse, the app itself is 262MB!!! WTF?!?!?! And the app doesn't have a titlebar? I can't figure out how to move it around on the screen, it's stuck at the top left corner. I'll play with it a little more, but I have a feeling this POS is about to get deleted. Edited May 25, 2007 by roadwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple_treefrog Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Had never heard of it before, downloading now. But Good God! 71.9MB for the DMG file for a torrent app??? edit: even worse, the app itself is 262MB!!! WTF?!?!?! And the app doesn't have a titlebar? I can't figure out how to move it around on the screen, it's stuck at the top left corner. I'll play with it a little more, but I have a feeling this POS is about to get deleted. The Windows screenshots and the BETA 1 in big caps was enough to convince me not to download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osirisX Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I'm only a light torrent user so Transmission does me fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dave- Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 try xtorrent :) actually, does any1 know of a client that allows you to modify the tracker URLs, as well as select what files in a torrent to download (ie like utorrent on windows ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple_treefrog Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 try xtorrent :)actually, does any1 know of a client that allows you to modify the tracker URLs, as well as select what files in a torrent to download (ie like utorrent on windows ) I'm quite sure Azureus allows you to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymphaluna Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I use BitRocket. It's simple. I don't need anything mind-blowing because I rarely use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[idkfa] Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 try xtorrent :)actually, does any1 know of a client that allows you to modify the tracker URLs, as well as select what files in a torrent to download (ie like utorrent on windows ) I'm pretty sure I saw an option which allowed you to change the tracker when I used Azureus. I know Azureus supports partial downloading, but I never figured out how to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 i like transmission, that is my main one, i love bit rocket but it has to many bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misecia Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 my macbook pro is out for repair but i heard about Tribler, https://www.tribler.org/ , anyone tried it?edit:// os x download - https://www.tribler.org/attachment/wiki/Wik....dmg?format=raw this looks more like a limewire p2p program than a torrent client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I know Azureus supports partial downloading, but I never figured out how to use it. It's incredibly simple. On the window that pops up when you open a torrent, you simply uncheck any files you don't want to download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnebob Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 At the moment I use Tranmission, but it's noway near as good as uTorrent on the PC. Apparently they are building a version of uTorrent for the mac, I can't wait! At the moment I use Tranmission, but it's noway near as good as uTorrent on the PC. Apparently they are building a version of uTorrent for the mac, I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 At the moment I use Tranmission, but it's noway near as good as uTorrent on the PC. Apparently they are building a version of uTorrent for the mac, I can't wait! Any ETA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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