Four years ago, high-speed Internet was the sole prerogative of residents of large cities, while on the periphery there was often not even a poor ADSL. Today the situation is changing, but not at such a fast pace as we would like. And because the good old download manager is still one of the most necessary programs on the computer of any user.
The only problem is that over the past years the number of such applications has increased many times, so choosing among them the best option can be very, very difficult. How to be? This article is devoted to this problem.
Let's start with the universally recognized (according to Runet) application. It is called Download Master. This download manager appeared a long time ago, and from the first days it conquered users with its functionality and excellent speed when downloading files. It features a small installation package, full Russification and a convenient “floating window”, which displays the download speed in a graph. Everything seems to be fine, but ...
But the problem is that with each new version in the application there are more and more advertising services that do not improve the functionality in any way, but they consume traffic well, annoy the user and often disturb anti-virus programs. That is why some users choose the Orbit Downloader download manager. It is completely free, in terms of advertising, it practically does not load the user, limited to small text notes, it has a good download speed.
But even in this honey there was a fair amount of tar. To begin with, the last update of the program was in May of this year, while its competitor described above has new versions almost every week. In addition, there is evidence that this part-time download manager is moonlighting as a DDoS attack wizard, and therefore, many antiviruses have not been very positive about him lately.
How to be in such a delicate situation? There is a solution! It is called Internet Download Manager, which today is rapidly gaining a huge army of loyal fans. This happened because it offers excellent download speed, can “catch” video from online movie theaters, and allows you to view some categories of files before the download process is completed. In addition, this download manager (Windows 7 supports it very well) does not include a single ad unit.
But this application has its drawbacks. We are talking about its payment, and at a cost of almost 1400 p. far from all domestic users who are traditionally accustomed to free software will agree to such a purchase.
So, what to say in conclusion? Which of the above download managers to choose? It should be noted that here a lot depends solely on your taste and attitude to the advertising included in many free products. If you do not want to pay and are quite capable of reconciling with the status of adware, then Download Master is an excellent manager for downloading (operating systems of the Windows family).