P2P Software Review: IMesh, Ares and Limewire
iMesh
iMesh has been my P2P software of choice for several years now, since shortly after the untimely death of Napster. Unlike Napster it had the capability to search for video, software, documents, etc.; not just audio. In the beginning it was a fairly popular system and had impressive databases to search from.
The major fault of iMesh as it developed over the years was its strong use of Adware. It eventually got to the point where it was severely damaging my internet use, and I got rid of the whole thing and for a while didn’t use any P2P software whatsoever.
Last year, however, iMesh came out with its 5.0 which removed all of the Adware. I downloaded it and low and behold they were correct: no Adware (unlike some other P2P software programs that made similar promises but did not follow through). This is not to say they don’t have ads, but at least there is no Adware on the system which is good thing.
That said, it is much harder to find anything of interest on iMesh these days, especially with the debut of version 6.0. They are more heavily pumping their paid services, and in my opinion this has severely damaged the primary client.
The new interface of 6.0 is far less inviting than in the past, and it seems that with the new software you continuously get less and less results for any search. If you do find what you’re looking for, most likely your download will be queued until kingdom come if not longer. When something does begin to download it is generally at a reasonable rate, the problem is finding what you want to download.
Ares
Ares is a little bit newer P2P than iMesh. When making a search, results are a little bit more reliable than iMesh’s, but not significantly. Actually being able to download what you find, however, is much more likely, making this a big improvement over iMesh.
Ares’s interface is cleaner than iMesh’s. Less jarring to the eye, although not exactly nice to look at. It is a simple white, clean and pure. Also, unlike iMesh Ares does not have any ads at all, a definite bonus.
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