Ares Galaxy left in the dust?

Perhaps it is time for Ares Galaxy – the old stalwart of Ares P2P filesharing software – to give up its crown. Here we have one of those situations where newer versions of Ares, versions like Ares Ultimate, Ares Ultra and Ares Vista, are all proving to fare better than the original Galaxy in many ways.

Ares Galaxy is living of its name and its reputation somewhat, but this façade of modern competency must surely be about to crumble.

As a result of more years of technological advance and the power of hindsight, the newer versions of Ares noted above are generally just better (allowing for exceptions like Ares Gold and Ares Destiny which, as well as being a step backwards from Ares Galaxy are also packaged with some pretty horrible adware). As well as an improved customer experience (i.e. these versions have some customer support, something never seen in Ares Galaxy) there are also a wealth of advanced features that I’ve never seen on the older Ares Galaxy.

Ares Galaxy was – and still is – a competent version of Ares, and it served to introduce many of us to the world of P2P filesharing. Now, though, old boy, is the time to relinquish this particular throne in favor of a more worthy version.

Posted on 20 June 2008 by mike in News