LimeWire has given me some fairly decent performance for a while now and I appreciate those who have developed it.

Nonetheless, I now fully believe that each version of LimeWire has become slower and more buggy than the last when running on the various versions of OS X I've been using, now 10.2.3. I've got a cable connection and a G4 500mhz with 512 mb ram.

The latest version slows my entire system to a crawl and then freezes completely. I can't even force quit or switch to another app.

I've started using Acquisition and it already runs significantly faster and with less difficulty at version .72 than any version of LimeWire has. The interface is also a familiar match with Apple's latest apps.

So for those looking for an alternative Gnutella client: http://www.acquisitionx.com/