Windows only 
uTorrent is definitely one of my favorite BitTorrent clients on Windows, and after 9-months of development version 1.8 has finally been released. This new release includes full Vista support (including the Windows Firewall), Teredo/IPv6, and numerous other enhancements.
Back in December 2006 you may recall our concern as to where uTorrent was going to head since it had been acquired by BitTorrent. A lot of dedicated followers said that they would be switching clients, but here we are a few versions later and overall it still feels like the uTorrent we know and love. The new version uses just 9MB of memory when downloading a torrent on my machine which is even lighter than the previous version, and the interface is still easy to understand. What about you? After a year and a half are you still using uTorrent, or have you switched to something else because of the acquisition?
What does the future hold for uTorrent? The developers aren’t quite ready to move on to the next release of uTorrent as they will be focusing on a Mac version of the client. The first public Alpha release of uTorrent for the Mac is expected to be released in the coming weeks, and we’ll be sure to let you know once that becomes available.
it’s not like McAfee or some other big time nobody bought it…
I’m still using it.
Transmission is still the go to bit torrent app on the Mac I don’t think uTorrent can top it.
Windows only is a bit of a misnomer as utorrent runs preety smoothly under wine in linux.
It is still my fav torrent app in windows despite the acquisistion.
At the time it was treated almost like that was the case. The BitTorrent is often seen as a bloated application, and there has been some accusations that they partner with the RIAA and other legal authorities to offer their legal content.
It will be tough to top, but uTorrent does have a lot more features and configurability.
True, but I just go off of what the developer’s site says. That way I don’t have people coming back to me wondering where the Linux version is.
I love it. It’s light weight, full featured!
I’m staying with v1.6. Would I trust it now it’s owned by BitTorrent? Not unless someone de-constructed the code and checked it out to be clean. Who knows what’s in there.
“This new release includes full Vista support (including the Windows Firewall, Teredo/IPv6, and numerous other enhancements.”
You forgot to close the bracket:
“This new release includes full Vista support (including the Windows Firewall), Teredo/IPv6, and numerous other enhancements.”
Nope, I didn’t forget. It was one of the cool new invisible brackets that only show up for cool people.
I already have utorrent 1.7.7 Do I have to uninstall it to download the new version? Also will any torrents I’m currently downloading be cancelled?
Well sorry, I was just trying to help.
I’ll forgive you just this once.
Funny that. I’m running 1.8 now, and it’s the only release that’s ever given me problems. Sometimes it just hari kiris on the symtray. Not sure how to get around the problem, other than to go back to 1.7.
Anyone else spot the significance of the new square icon?
I miss the round icon…
Me too Pieter. Me too.
If you want to change the skin, use [utorrent.com]
The guide to skinning is @ [utorrent.com]
The “official” icon that you asked about is likely #79 from Dekaritae which is near the bottom of the “program icons” section.