slipkid Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 I am new to bittorenting and utorrent. I've done tons of research & reading over the past week and have a few questions. I appreciate any helpful advice including RTFM (I have but maybe I missed my answers!)My first question is the most basic - what are the advantages/disadvantages of using version 1.7.7 vs. 1.8build11742 (which I believe is the latest "stable" version). I ask this because some people tell me to use 1.7.7 and others say to use the most recent, yet none of those people can actually give me a reason WHY they are recommending one over the other.P.S. I am running winxp SP3 on a P4 PC with 1gb ram, 1.7gb cpu, using xp firewall, and am behind a router that does NAT. I know about port forwarding and think I have that all sussed out. I also have an old P2 PC with win98SE only 128mb that I might want to try setting up too but I'll leave that till later...THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTHK Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Best arguments I can thing of for 1.8, 1.7.7 has security bugs, 1.8 has a tree-view of folders (when adding), IPv6 and Teredo support, and various improvements and features I'm too lazy to remember or mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipkid Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 THANK you GTHK! Think I will go with 1.8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisb66 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 THANK you GTHK! Think I will go with 1.8!Interested to know how you get on with it Slipkid,personally I'm sticking with v1.7.7 which has given me good service and no problems.Certainly never encounted any security bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 I've never run into security problems with Windows. That must mean Windows has no security holes.[/facetious]Just because you don't see a problem doesn't mean it's not there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 11813 is 1.8 stable. I'd personally use the latest 1.8.1 beta, but if your tracker admins won't allow beta clients the stable will have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipkid Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Thanks for all the feedback. I am brand new at this stuff and appreciate the insights. I know newbies can be a pain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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