Acquisition is a gnutella client supporting modern gnutella features such as Ultrapeers, swarm (multi-source) downloads, download resumption, and distributed network discovery.

Share files with tens of millions of Mac and Windows users around the planet.

Here are some key features of "Acquisition":

· Millions of users, billions of files.
· iTunes Intimacy.
· Media Preview.
· Preview audio files directly in Acquisition, even before they finish downloading.
· Fall in love with new artists.
· Acquisition provides recommendations of new artists to investigate.
· Browse by Artists/Albums.
· You arrange your CD collection by artist and album, and so does Acquisition. The artist/album browser is a unique innovation exclusive to Acquisition.
· With its seamless iTunes integration, Acquisition is the must-have software accessory for all iPod owners.
· High-speed downloads.
· Acquisition "swarms" files from multiple hosts to maximize your download speeds.
· Aqua-luscious.
· Written in Cocoa, Acquisition is beautiful. It is such a stellar OS X citizen that Apple and countless others have 'borrowed' interface ideas from it.
· Filter the junk.
· Acquisition automatically filters junk from known file spammers. There's also an "adult" content filter to keep things tasteful.
· Control your bandwidth.
· Limit the number of downloads, pause & resume downloads, and cap your upload bandwidth.

Requirements:

· Java 1.4.1 or later.

Limitations:

· Nag Screen and Reminders.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Sparkle auto-update support.
· Design tweaks.
· Connectivity improvements.