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March 13, 2007

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Tomato Torrent isn’t dead

Posted Mar. 13, ’07, 6:01 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software

Tomato Torrent BitTorrent is something I need to use from time to time for popular content. However, no matter how much I do, I always feel like I’m using the wrong client. The problem is that it’s really hard to tell which one is “best”. Some have better interfaces than others. Some definitely perform better, but it’s hardly a deterministic task that lends itself to comparing clients. Changing network conditions force you to make an educated guess.

One client that captured me as a user for a while was Tomato Torrent. The last update was at the end of 2005, so I’d mostly forgotten about it. As I recall, it had decent performance, but lacked Intel nativity and put every torrent in its own window (no good when you’re downloading a lot of torrented media). While the latter hasn’t changed, the former has with the newly released version 1.5. That’s good news for fans of the client that have since moved on to shiny Intels.

I’m stuck in a quagmire of poor Internet connectivity, so I leave it to you, the blog reading elite, to test this client out and render a verdict.


1 Comments

Chris Erb said:

I find Transmission to be my favored torrent downloading software. Loved the 3D view used in Bits on Wheels, but i found it to be a little too memory intensive. I have downloaded every torrent software available (that I could find), and I always return to Transmission. Just my thoughts, and recommendation.

March 13, 2007 12:07 PM

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