audio galixy sucks *** and pay for share will alwas blow becuase free servers will have more ppl to get what you want form

but it is free...i just paid for it becuz it is so good! LW is terrible for music files!

i'd rather use something free that WORKS than something free that has so many problems that it is a pain to use. limewire has way too many problems right now for anyone to actually get what they want from it. and it doesn't seem as if they are very concerned about these problems, either. they only want to upgrade a perfectly good version six months into it before talking to us---the users. then they think they can get us to pay for it. i'm sorry, but i only pay for what works. so i guess they won't be getting any money from me, or any other smart shopper.

don't waste your money on napster .goto www.winmx.com u'll find every song u'll ever want

I'm not going to involve myself in a fight of wich client is the best .
But the problem is that they all try to show of with their looks .
I have a list of over 25 Gnutella clients .
There basicly all clones of the original Gnutella application itself exept for their GUI .
If you go under the skin of the clients you will see that the only ones actually trying to implement new functions and improve the network are LW and BS .

Now Bearshare can be installed without Spyware and ads if you watch out and don't just click "Next" .
LimeWire has spyware but you can go to Clean LimeWire to get a version without spyware and ads .

So the real war is between BearShare and LimeWire .
And since BearShare is free , they do have a slight advantage in long term .
On the other side you have LimeWire wich keeps popping out new versions with mayor improvements each time .

Up to you to make up your mind .
I'm just telling the facts here ...

I used to have Morpheus and it is a piece of ****. Before that i had iMesh--WOW= some of the best stuff ever. Than i got KaZaa, it great, i still have it even though i got limewire. limewire isn't of such a high quality but the choices are good. My ratings are below:

iMesh - (B+) Pluses-great softwere, easy to use. Minuses-makes weak machines freeze (About 800Mgz and bellow)

Napster-(D-) WEAK, CHEAP, it was the father of all p2ps.

Morpheus-(C) UGLY LIKE MY ***

KaZaa1.5+-(A-)Its good, sometimes can get anoying, good choice.

KaZaa1.5 below-(B+) nice, the patch makes it better

BearShare-(C) Boooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Limewire2.0+-(B) Nice selection of files, Imac looks--FLASHY

Limewire2.0 below-(C+) ehh, what you gonna do?

You should not rate clients by their looks but by their performances .

i'm telling you guys that audiogalaxy beats them all. you will know this soon enough. gnutella does not work right. and it probably never will. i don't understand why you all waste so much time helping these developers who couldn't care less about you or your desires for a p2p program.

You want to know why ?
Because it has no central point .
They can't bring the network down , no matter wich lawsuits they get against them .
Now Napster was easy to shut down .
There was one central server , you just hit the switch and it was over .

Witch Gnutella you can't ; it's not technically possible .
The hostcaches you say , but everyone can start one .
And I admit the Gnutella network has some problems with scaling but there working on that .

Lemme tell you something : the FastTrack network has the same problem as Napster .
If the damn lawyers decide to turn of the switch at the central servers it's over .

You rate the clients by the number of results you get but did you look at the internals and the technical differences of those networks ?

I prefer to go with an network that will still exist tomorow .
Even if it has some more problems then others .

but even if they shut it down, i will be left with an incredible music collection full of everything i ever wanted. you see, i got what i wanted already, so its ok if they shut it down. if i tried to get every song i wanted from limewire, it would literally take a lifetime. vtol, think of a song or a band that you haven't heard in years...maybe you loaned it out and never got it back, maybe you lost the cd at some point. or maybe it is so old, it was before cds were invented. whatever the case, you'll have a hard time finding it, especially if it is rare. but not with audiogalaxy. it will be there for you.they have it all and more. i understand your loyalty to gnutella and the reasons behind it, but aren't you even curious as to what you may find? i only post this because i am a believer in getting what i want, as others are, too. we all want a permanent p2p program safe from sht-down, but we also are doing this for a reason: to acquire mp3s and such. i wouldn't lie when i say you can find it all at audiogalaxy. it is a tiny D/L and will run in the background of just about anything. i will continue to support gnutella because i believe in it. i still use limewire, but not for mp3s. i strongly suggest you try audiogalaxy. you will not be disappointed!