EcoTalk

I loved Ares. So did many other people. Looking back it was easy to see why the little filesharing application was so popular. Now, in the age of ever more powerful computers, faster processors and more voluminous hard disks it is starting to loose favor. I feel a little sad about this as it is a personal favorite, but I’m realistic and I will always move with progress.

Ares Lite was designed in 2002 for those of us with computers lacking clout to run a full-featured version of the P2P filesharing software.

A strange misconception quickly moved through the community: Ares Lite was the only filesharing application that wasn’t being packaged with unwanted adware. Of course looking at the impressive line up of really good versions now (names like Ares Vista, Ares Ultra, Ares Galaxy and Ares Ultimate spring to mind) and then it is easy to see that this was simply not true. Unfortunately there were still packages that did include spyware (Ares Destiny is the contemporary equivalent) and these left something of a sour taste in people’s mouths.

Ares Lite’s smaller footprint makes a negligible difference on my computer today and it seems a shame to be loosing out on the functionality of the new leaders for the sake of nostalgia. So long, old friend!

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