Hi Johnream,

I am using 286 with a lot more success then I had with 285. The ultrapeer issue is fixed and the connections are much more stable. Searches return a respectable number of hits and downloads complete at a reasonable rate. There are still, however, a lot of minor bugs and really no major new features.

To do it all over I would absolutely skip 285 because it was a real bad release. From my experience so far with 286, it won't cause you serious problems - but - I am one person and one operating system etc.

All that said, I would give it a try. You can always roll back.

Good Luck,

Norm