uTorrent - what is the popularity of the torrent program?
At the moment, uTorrent remains one of the most popular and downloadable programs in the world. In this article, let’s examine what its popularity is, its pros and cons.
The main reason for the popularity of the program, of course, is the ability to download anything at high speed. And we are not just talking about some pirated content, but this also applies to free content. For example, if downloading a freeware program from a file exchange takes considerable time, downloading via torrent client will take considerably less time.
uTorrent will not affect your computer performance and will not burden your system resources, either CPU or memory. uTorrent itself takes up no more than 5 MB of your computer’s disk space, which is very small compared to some other downloaders. In a word, the torrent client is focused on maximum performance.
As for the interface, it is minimalistic and straightforward. uTorrent has a thoughtful and easy-to-use interface. There is a menu bar at the top and quick access settings on the left. The central panel displays a list of all your downloads.
Even a housewife can cope with the program, as they say, and will be able to do the downloading without any help. Torrent Client is available for Windows and can also be used on Mac OS X. There is a Russian version of the torrent client and the program can be customized for a bunch of other languages.
The basic version of uTorrent is completely free. It is used by almost everyone who downloads movies, music, software and other things. The basic version has all the basic functions you need. The only disadvantage is the ads in the program interface. But without this, you know, the program would not be free. The more so that the ads are not too many and are inserted unobtrusively into the upper block of the program. The PRO versions of uTorrent offer ad-free, higher download speeds and premium support.
In addition, you can use uTorrent as an app and download files directly to your cell phone or tablet. For the more advanced, the torrent client can be used on Linux, Ubuntu, Debian.
uTorrent allows you to schedule speed limits for different times of day. For example, you can provide maximum download speed only at night time.
Or, for example, you can also limit the maximum bandwidth for downloading files. In other words, other more important downloads won’t take up all the speed.
Despite its excellent functionality, uTorrent does not support third-party plugins, unlike some other clients.
uTorrent allows you to manage your downloads even remotely. This is done through an app on your phone or tablet. Therefore, you can easily start downloading your desired files on your home computer while you are away.
Another useful feature is that uTorrent allows you to shut down, restart or put your computer in hibernation mode after all downloads have successfully completed.
Conclusion
uTorrent is one of the popular torrent clients because of its impressively simple interface. You won’t even need to read the instructions on uTorrent to use it. It also contains features focused on usability.
While it is possible to download your favorite content with a torrent client and make it easy to do so, you must remember that there are copyrighted materials and it is illegal to download them.
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