message to Jannus and anybody else reading this thread:

I checked Acquisition and my initial feedback is that on my combination of hardware and operating system it downloads at least 10 times faster than Limewire and in some cases more than 15 times with no noticeable reduction on my Mac's performance, i.e. i can run it in the background.

all this without having to fart around with all the geek settings that Limewire provides. (sorry guys!)

On this basis I would certainly recommend it to anyone having problems with Limewire on Mac OS X

Thanks for the tip!