The Battle of Download Engines.
Ever since my unregistered Limewire (according to international treaties, mine is illegal. My heartfelt thanks to democracy in the Philippines, I am not yet jailed) was installed in our computer, I stare at the progress bar for hours – waiting with patience to finish an MP3 download. Combined with the rate of my Internet Connection (Smart Wi-Fi), downloading is much worse.
The fact that Limewire is a virus-prone program (fortunately, I haven’t bumped any of those viruses) and its built-in search engine designed for Video, Audio, Programs, and the like – would be displaying more irrelevant or unknown files; there is no doubt about its inconveniency (though my Limewire is free and illegal). Whenever I am disconnected from the Internet server or the router, the download will stop and there goes the catastrophe of downloading it once again and so on.
Limewire is not just about downloading. It’s about being pestered.
On the burial of my uncle last July, my cousin (I could estimate that his age is 26 or something) and I conversed about Internet stuff and gadgets until he referred Torrent as a download engine. He was using it to download videos, and music albums. Back then, I’m still using our family-oriented computer so I don’t have the full privilege and authority to download or install games in that computer. As my brother-in-law says it: refrain from downloading any software since viruses might be there.
I then informed my brother-in-law to download the Torrent thing. As always, he would do things that would oppose my
wishes and told me that it could be a nest for worms, Trojan horses, and even mice. There goes his alibis.
It was about three in the morning when I woke up and had my Limewire session. An early morning download, as always, is blazing fast (or as Limewire says it, turbo-charged). I decided (with Benj’s friendly advice) not to subsist with Limewire and instead, download Torrent. Anyway, I have my personal laptop.
Torrent, in my personal opinion, is way better than Limewire. Downloading is more of a wholesale than retail. No disconnection, faster than Limewire and it can manage huge downloads (may it be MB or GB). Only that the software lacks design, but the substance is there.
Currently addicted to Saosin’s Finding Home, and Tool’s Lateralus.
wahaha..tama ka…dang bagal talaga ng limewire ko eh! tapos, na-virus pa ako kasi dahil sa mga unsignificant files na nadownload ko…T_T
one week nalang, magbabalik na ako.
abangan nyo ha!
I hate Limewire. Really. Even if it’s the program I use for downloading audio files. It really slows down my PC. Argh. And sometimes, even though there are lots of results for my searches, I;d wait for seconds or even minutes before it downloads and then ‘waiting on busy hosts’ will just appear. Haha
I am using limewire too..pero ala pa nmang virus na nka pasok..maybe..hehe.
Principessa Sita, we’re the same in terms of experience. Ganyan din ang nararanasan ko. Puro waiting on busy hosts!!! Grr.
I AM USING LIMEWARE PRO 4.12. Bwahahaahaha. Poor you.
Sue me if you want to. Kidding.
Both programs utilize peer-to-peer sharing. As long as someone is online, you can have your Ugly Betty episode downnload in no time. That is if there are people who’ll allow uploading.
SO far, I am not pestered with worms, malware, trojans, viruses using my electromagnifyingly amazing LIMEWIRE PRO 4.12 and Azureus. I have downloaded almost all my multi-gig softwares using both… a rather form of protest against Bill Gates monopolizing the software market and bombarding PC users with his self-mutating viruses in collaboration with Norton et al.
Oh, what the hell happened?
Same here. I’m not yet pestered by viruses though continuously boggled with crap mp3s whenever I search something.
:d
And I use McAfee. Ha-ha! Poor you!
nung nagdownload ako ng limewire dati, nagkaron ng trojan virus yung pc namin. tsk tsk. kaya natrauma na ko sa limewrire eh. haha.
bearshare yung gamit ko ngayon! haha. ankyot nun.
oh, NSTP is national service trainign program. isang subject sa college. basta. maeencounter mo rin yun pag college ka na. haha.
wah.. in love din ako kay saosin.. hahhaa..
ang galing nia eh.. anyhoo, limewire pro ka ba?? kaya ba ito illegal?? hahahha. may torrent din kmi kaya lang kahit mabgal ang limewire, ms snay ako dito, hnd p ako nakakapag explore ng mabuti sa torrent
ayus naman para sakin ang limewire…. nasubukan ko na ang bittorent na yan… azureus ata yun o ewan nakalimutan ko na… pero for large files lang talaga yang bittorent eh… wala masyado kanta jan
back in the philippines, i used limewire .. A LOT as in uber. hahaha. maswerte diyan, hindi dilikadong gumamit. dito dilikado. nakakapanginis nga eh T_T ang torrent talaga maayos.. haha yan ang gamit ko sa pag dL ng animes at kung ano ano dati. unfortunately, isa sa mga ayaw ko dito sa amerika eh pag gumamit ka niyan, dilikado ka at pwde kang makulong. salamat sa you tube, direct download sites at sa mga kaibigang patuloy nagsesend sa akin ng opm mp3s, lalo na si karla nyahaha!
torrent madalas videos.. lalo na pag series.. wahah…
ayos, oo walang virus, ayan ang maganda. naalala ko dati ung KAZAA pa.. ang cheap hahaha!:P
dumaan lang ako ah.
happy sunday!
take care
(haha ang bait ko rin no? XD) pero take care nga. haha. =)
P2P clients are eeevil. Go to Katz or any related, non-P2P, file sharing sites instead.
torrent. it’s my first time to hear *hmm, more of read.* about it. it’s better than limewire? that’s rad.
you should listen to the pink spiders. their songs are all hot.
torrent is better than limewire huh? i guess i gotta reserach on that thingy.
im likewise using limewire eversince i hated KAZAA. lol. im quite enjoying it. I just hate it when need more sources appears.
ay sus..naiintindihan kita.hehehe….:) nakakainis talaga yun
apir, alyanna. ayokong-ayoko na makakakita ng NEED MORE SOURCES sa limewire. kaasar eh!!!!
tala, i don’t trust file-sharing sites or non-p2p sites.
hehe. i’d go for torrent sa ngayon.
ano yung KAZAAAA?
sa akin, mas mabuti na ang limewire kaysa dun sa imesh and kazaa, dami kasing bundled software sa imesh and kazaa. di ko pa natry ang torrent, pero yun ang gamit ng friend ko to download comics.
sana nga may p2p software na nagda-download ng food!
wow. honestly, i love my “illegal” limewire. so far i haven’t encountered any virus yet. hahaha! Whats that torrent? i’ll try downloading it. hahaha
oh, and they’re uber right. kazaa sucks.
shally, trust me, torrent is great when it comes to mass-tort litigation. uhh, i mean, mass-downloading.
magdodownload ng food? billy? ayos ka laaaaang?
I haven’t tried torent yet.. imesh and limewire palang… i’d better stick to limewire since i am not allowed to download any programs.
i’ll be waiting for your comeback, glenda.
ano yung imesh -> eiss?
I used to have the pro. But I accidentally deleted it. One of my classmates knows how to make your unregistered limewire into a pro. ahihi.
Anyway, yes you are right. Torrent downloading is way better. Although I am still careful about where I get the source. I usually download movies/videos using torrent, and audio for limewire.
Take Care
naku. matry nga iyong torrent. sana nga mas mabilis kesa sa limewire. minimum na kasi ang isang oras bawat kanta sa limewire ko. matry nga. hehe.
parang limewire din…
mabagal nga lang, no, scratch that, mababang version lang pala meron ako dati kaya mabagal…
eiss, may ym ka ba or what?
chat tau. hehe.
yup, YM meron… eiss_kad29
ayan, very good eiss!
boy bawang, oo. maganda ang torrent sa mass-downloading. pero kung di mo trip mag-download ng albums, mag-limewire ka na lang.
Torrrrrrent clients are only better in downloading large sized files. Limewire PRO (take note: PRO) is better in multimedia files.
Otherwise, use Google or Rapidshare.
Oh I forgot: I use Virus Chaser. And I’m pretty sure I am the only one who uses it. Haha. Poor you. ^_^
Rar, Neil!
Limewire Pro din ang gamit ko, take note. PRO!! Hehe, and I am contented with my torrent.
ITS F**KIN LIMEWIRE ITS CR*P use a better program!!
Dudes n dudettes…use DC++ …it rocks….