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Utorrent 1.7 released

forum.utorrent.com — The biggest changes were full Vista support and the removal of the 65,536 piece limit for torrents. Also added was support for finding local peers (peers on the same LAN) and optionally not having any upload restrictions for them. It is also possible to turn on automatic updating for betas now, found in the "Other" section of the preferences.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 13, 2007

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  • Vigilo, on 10/11/2007, -21/+88My god get a life.
  • brasso, on 10/11/2007, -2/+69Yeah, that or uTorrent. But it doesn’t really matter; everyone will understand it anyway.
  • FeartheKnighted, on 10/11/2007, -40/+96its right there...with all your OSX games...you know, next to your 2 button mouse
  • Anand999, on 10/11/2007, -3/+52It depends on what you're looking for really. Azureus has more features, especially when you consider that you can add plugins to it. uTorrent, on the other hand, is relatively stripped down in comparison but as a result it loads much quicker and uses less memory (of course not being a Java app helps too...).

    Given that most people will probably never use many of the capabilities of Azureus, I think uTorrent is in general a better choice for most.
  • DarkCanuck12, on 10/11/2007, -0/+43Yes, been using for a couple years over Azeurus
  • JDPoetJD, on 10/11/2007, -3/+42Is this considered one of the best torrent clients out there?
  • cyberdork, on 10/11/2007, -13/+52Where is the OSX beta version?
  • StepJoe, on 10/11/2007, -4/+42XXX Me &Your Mom XXX 56 gigs
  • Shando, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31A lot of private trackers have banned 1.7, apparently it repeatedly sent strange information to the trackers, screwing with their statistics. And I've been using 1.6.1 on Vista for over 3 months, with absolutely no problems whatsoever
  • ripper365, on 10/11/2007, -13/+41The last version of uTorrent before being bought out by BitTorrent was 1.6.1. BitTorrent is in cahoots with the MPAA... I wonder what other "features" they've added. I'll stick w/ 1.6.1, thanks.
  • yingjai, on 10/11/2007, -8/+30Can't believe you took the time to open up Character Map to find Mu. If you're gonna say you typed it on the numpad, then that's even worse.
  • darkfate, on 10/11/2007, -3/+23What torrent would have 65,536 pieces?
  • Samji, on 10/11/2007, -4/+22How the hell is this a Microsoft story?
  • houndeyex, on 10/11/2007, -13/+31Owned.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+22I still use 1.6. I don't trust the later versions. Since BitTorrent, Inc bought it.
  • h4rdcor3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15proof?
  • zumpiez, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14I switched to TinfoilTorrent.
  • scabbers, on 10/11/2007, -6/+19Still using 1.6 and waiting for a decent open source alternative....
  • barnzy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14"- Change: "When µTorrent has reached the seeding goal" -> "When µTorrent Reaches Seeding Goal" in Queue preferences to make capitalization consistant"
    I don't know about you, but I call this huge.
  • celkin, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16iPwned
  • Noctem, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Are you kidding? There's a massive changelog.

    http://download.utorrent.com/1.7/utorrent-1.7.txt
  • SeaBass22, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12BitComet limits your upload speeds so that you DL more than you UL. It's considered a DL hog and many seeders block it because it makes it slower for everyone else.
  • houndeyex, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Uh, I call *****.
  • zmjone2992, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13that was bit torrent chief. utorrent is still developed seperately
  • baldr, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12nope
  • duccodude, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14Just to be clear, 1.6.1 came out before the bittorrent sell out right?
  • xerox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12what about the linux version?!
  • jgc7, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12is it pronounced "micro torrent" or "you torrent" or "mu torrent"?
  • Elbart, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10There have been plenty of public betas released.
  • Sk8SkaNJ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Been working for me.
  • zadatak, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Yeah, no .exe file has ever done any harm...
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+14Because we all know what happened the last time someone called μTorrent, uTorrent. That's right, September 11.
  • jchrome, on 10/11/2007, -5/+13Cool, so then its μTorrent.com too then right? Don't be a whiny bitch.
  • DuraznosTJ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8This was in 1.6 as well
  • Coded1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8micro, due to its very small size
  • bigrodey77, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I wouldn't use anything past 1.6. I first started using 1.6 and then upgraded to 1.6.1 as so far, the only difference I noticed was that my speeds DECREASED. I doubt I'll use 1.7 and I've tried to downgrade to 1.6, however I have yet to be able to do that. Stick with 1.6 if you want a fantastic client.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8That's been proven to have been a big fat lie. Welcome to 2005.
  • danwallace, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11He probably just clicked the link and copy/pasted it from the top of the page. Seems to me that would be the smart thing to do. µµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµµ.
  • Nitelite, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9For those asking questions about torrent clients. Please start at
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients
    and then continue.

    Also Peerguardian2 is highly recommended to use in conjunction with torrenting. Your mileage may vary.
  • r0ck3tm4nn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8It's a closed beta, I believe. For now anyway.
  • herdie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8"Is there a Linux or Mac version?
    The OSX port is in progress. A Linux port is currently not planned for the future.
    However, it is possible to run µTorrent under Wine and Cedega."
  • alwaysnomadic, on 11/18/2008, -1/+8Past releases: http://oldapps.com/download_old_version_utorrent.php
  • baldr, on 10/11/2007, -2/+91.7 was released last night, who has banned it already?
  • Darth_tater, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7well, in America they shouldn't, but it seems most ISP's will be happy to give out your information
  • DarkShroud, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Meanwhile the RIAA/MPAA use modded versions of Azureus to poison swarms.

    And you're not going to honestly tell me Azureus hasn't sold out with their 3.xx versions are you?
  • brasso, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Why are your comment on my screen? Everyone reading this obviously cares.
  • DarkShroud, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6To date nothing has been round in µTorrent or the Mainline client. But don't let open source fans (most of which can't read code) hear this.
  • aadnk, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Yet you haven't even tried 1.7? Give it a try before you make judgments.
  • Snorglorf, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Thanks, don't feel like showing it where 250+ torrents are hiding to re-seed them.


    Need my OiNK ratio.
  • vbsurfer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6have you tried transmission?
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