Are newer versions of UTorrent slower?

Looking at those complaints,
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=89780
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=91348
I noticed I was having the same Hard-Drive overload problem. I have a Q9450, 2 GB/RAM, Windows 7 here. Then I uninstalled UTorrent (and removed all settings saved). Installed 2.0.4 from here:
http://www.oldapps.com/utorrent.php?old_utorrent=35
And bingo! No more problems, and one torrent is being downloaded with twice the old speeds! It’s amazing the difference. What the hell they have done to all newer versions?
The same can be said about Firefox, I had to switch to Chrome because Firefox (and Flash) were always consuming too much RAM from my system, specially when I used MakeMKV/WinRAR, FF crashes or hang/freeze.
Are these people making the softwares worse on purpose?
Answer #1
i installed the new utorrent and downloaded just fine, didn’t notice any problems
THOUGH ur right, they f*ked up firefox, i cant even open 2 tabs anymore its killing me though i have 3GB RAM
i switched to IE9 (hated it before) now i love it haha
Answer #2
uTorrent version 3.1.2 build 26753 works just fine for me
Answer #3
Never faced low speed depending on the version.
FF is crap(memory hog). Chrome is awesome.