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Entered CNET Catalog: 11/12/2005
SKU: CNETLIMEWIRE4.9
Manufacturer: Lime Wire LLC
Manufacturer description
PRODUCT FEATURES: Ease of use - just install, run, and search; Ability to search by artist, title, genre, or other metainformation; Elegant multiple search tabbed interface; "Swarm" downloads from multiple hosts help you get files faster; iTunes integration for Mac and Windows users; Unique "ultrapeer" technology reduces bandwidth requirements for most users; Integrated chat; Directly connect to a computer; Browse host feature - even works through firewalls; Added Bitzi metadata lookup; International versions: Now available in many new languages; Connects to the network using GWebCache, a distributed connection system; Automatic local network searches for lightning-fast downloads.User opinions
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User Rating: 
6/10
Not a bad share program for songs and movies
Pros: Easy to understand interface. Lots of things to choose from.
Cons: Sometime it seems to run awfully slow and I can't find a reason for it.
User Rating: 6/10
User interface is alright, but not impressive
Pros: Great for music files, download times usually pretty quick.
Cons: Don't bother looking for programs or video files. They all are crap with unwanted attachements or missrepresented content. Just gotta blame the jerks on that one though.
User Rating: 
1/10
limewire 5 has some serious bugs
Pros: did not find any
Cons: this version keeps crashing every 5 minutes
User Rating: 
8/10
Very good Software
Pros: very fast, clean interface
Cons: didn't find any yet
User Rating: 6/10
NO Spyware? Not so fast.
Pros: Great Tool!
Cons: Uninvited Party Crashers
User Rating: 1/10
Rubbish mixed with dirt! Use Ares instead.
Pros: you can dl stuff.
Cons: low variety, shows junk during search, difficult to find specific files
User Rating: 
3/10
***FREE VIRUSES***
Pros: You can download files.
Cons: Viruses, viruses, viruses, viruses... what more can I say?
User Rating: 1/10
TROJAN HORSES, do not load.
Pros: Lots of stuff
Cons: TROJAN HORSES, had to reformat computer, .
User Rating: 
2/10
VERY poor.
Pros: Instals quickly, easy to use.
Cons: Poor search facility
User Rating: 1/10
Absolute Rubbish / Corrupts other software applications
Pros: None - Nothing worth mentioning
Cons: Software Corruption
User Rating: 8/10
download tons of music and videos
Pros: easy to use, fast and spyware free
Cons: it's a resource consumer for sure!
It's quite simple and newer versions also show the firewall options. I liked it!
User Rating: 8/10
Good for music
Pros: Probably the easiest and fastest in downloading single popular music track
Cons: doesn't excel much in any other areas
User Rating: 
10/10
The best p2p app since the beginning
Pros: fast searches, relevant searches, extremely fast downloads, excellent interface, NO SPYWARE ADWARE TROJANS etc., responsive, fun to use, aggregated results & advanced search by any type of media
Cons: bittorrent is better for huge files (and always will be the best)
about 2 years later, consumers began realizing how terrible kazaa really was and that there were much better options out there. limewire is now nearly as popular as kazaa, (or more popular depending who you ask).
i began using limewire about 6 years ago as it was the only application being made for the apple mac computers at the time. i continued using it (while recommending it to the less fortunate kazaa users) as it continued to improve with each new version (and all the versions in between)
by far, it is the best app out there for general p2p usage. though the bittorrent network will always be my favorite - and its client Azureus will always remain the best for that network.
but for general file sharing, limewire is where its at.
User Rating: 
9/10
great P2P software
Pros: easy to use, ad-ware/spy-ware/virus free, no pop-ups, fast
Cons: lags computer a bit if a few apps are open
User Rating: 9/10
THE BEST P2P OUT THERE
Pros: GREAT QUALITY FILES, FAST DOWNLOADS, NO SPYWARE
Cons: JAVA APPLICATION KIND OF SLOW
User Rating: 9/10
luv it, but there is spyware!(sort of)
Pros: awesome program, finds everything I want
Cons: there is spyware...kind of
User Rating: 9/10
I have version 4.9?!?
Pros: Use this for years with no issues.
Cons: Tries to automatically start on boot up and log in, but easily disabled.
User Rating: 9/10
great download program with NO adware or popups
Pros: works great, large network with plenty of users; no popups or adware
Cons: ads saved as shared files can be downloaded but are easy to spot
where you can get tripped up on some ads is if someone has as ad file saved as a shared file (music or picture) in their shared folders. but these are super easy to spot a mile away.
2 thumbs UP!!!
User Rating: 8/10
Good free P2P software, just be careful
Pros: free version has no added "bonuses", easy to use
Cons: Getting exactly what you're looking for is luck based, will pester you to upgrade to Pro, has illegal uses
User Rating: 9/10
Free music online with NO POPUPS
Pros: HUGE collection, no adware/popups, FREE!
Cons: V. 4.10 isn't as stable as it's predecessor
I'm currently using Limewire 4.10 for Mac. I've been using LW for about 5 months, first the previous version. The one issue I have with v. 4.10 is somewhat frequent "Limewire has unexpectedly quit" episodes. However, it does retain any interrupted downloads, so they can be continued. It's tiresome and more than a little annoying, but with that one exception, Limewire is excellent. I've been able to find a huge number of songs I could not find ANYWHERE else - iTunes, Yahoo, you name it.
When you set up the software, it asks you where you want the files downloaded, and it works seamlessly with iTunes, which sees the new files as though they were downloaded from my own disks. Different types of files (video, etc.) can be handled differently - placed in different folders, for instance.
The preview feature works perfectly, both for audio and video files.
User Rating: 1/10
boooooooo pop ups
Pros: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its not as bad as kazaa
Cons: from A to Z!!!
