Azureus (Vuze) vs. uTorrent

Torrents are one of the best ways to download huge files like movies, TV seasons, etc. To download, a BitTorrent client like uTorrent or Azureus (also called Vuze) is needed. uTorrent and Vuze are two freeware BitTorrent clients that really stand out from the crowd. 

Since these are the most popular ones, it's only natural that a lot of people argue about which one is a better torrent downloader: Vuze or uTorrent? Both of them have their pros and cons, some of which are listed below. Both clients, however, are fully capable of creating, downloading and seeding .torrent files, as well as doing a lot of smart and advanced things like automatically downloading from RSS feeds, using multiple trackers, banning specific IP addresses, or setting download priorities for each file inside the torrent separately.

Vuze is a powerful open source BitTorrent client with a huge amount of features and support for  3rd party plugins. Azureus recently evolved into Vuze, a peer-to-peer network of high quality video content. 

Vuze requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run, which is good as it can run on any operating system that supports JRE, and it is bad because Java-based Vuze uses quite a lot of system resources. Many people say that Vuze downloads faster than uTorrent, but tests have been conflicting. Until now, there's still no definite conclusion.

uTorrent is a lightweight and efficient torrent downloader. It is closed source, which Azureus fans are quick to point out as a big flaw. There used to be no plugin support, but in the newest edition of uTorrent, you will find many more features like Virus Guard, Skins, uMap, so on and so forth. 

Unlike Vuze client, uTorrent is not Java-based. This is good as uTorrent does not use much CPU or RAM and is small and fast. The only sad thing about uTorrent is it's compatibility with the other operating systems. Hence, it is unable to run on Mac, Linux and other operating systems. 

There is no doubt that uTorrent is faster than Azureus when it comes to the program itself, but on the other hand, various Azureus and uTorrent speed comparison tests have shown different results, so it's not clear which torrent client can produce higher download speeds.

So which one would you choose? uTorrent or Vuze? Personally, i would choose uTorrent as it is small and fast. With the new version of uTorrent available, including plugins and stuff like that, it's no doubt that i would stick to uTorrent. For users of other operating systems, don't worry... You've still got Vuze! And if your computer is fast, Vuze wouldn't be that taxing to the system. 

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