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Not perfect , but still better that Limewire
Authored by: Kikaida on Jul 10, '02 02:50:04PM

If you look at the 'history' you'll realize Acquisition is relatively young, its only been out since Janurary. There are some glitches and some limitations, but at this early stage its already kicking the crap out of Limewire. Even with the limitations, the exisiting features are giving me access to more databases, and more varied results.



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Not perfect , but still better that Limewire
Authored by: Zaven on Jul 10, '02 09:24:43PM

I'll have to disagree. The one feature that keeps me using Limewire is the fact that it is able to download from multiple hosts at the same time, if it is an exact duplicate file, therefore increasing the x-fer rate. I don't believe that this is even a documented feature. It is a very noticeable feature in that you could download from 1 host at 20k/sec, or download from 4 hosts, same file, for a total of 100k/sec.

The one thing I will give Acquisition is that the interface is fast and appears to be stable. Limewire takes a terribly long time to acquire a decent amount of hosts.

Bottom line, if you're not using a broadband connection, Acquisition will work fine for you, but otherwise, Limewire certainly takes advantage of the faster connections if you can stand the slow interface.



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