Where to get "stuff"
 

are there any sites similar to limewire or the pirate bay that wont kill my computer. Now that I know my blazing fast download sspeed I'm itching to download crap.........

There is no such thing as a safe place like that. Whatever you download, always scan for viruses (don't forget to keep up to date on the virus definitions!). What are you looking for? Music? Videos? Programs?

Ummm... videos............ahem.......

I might actually turn on my firewall if I used any of those programs... I use www.mp3search.ru if I only want one song. But it's like $1 for an album since it's already in mp3 format.

Probably not legal, but I use legalsounds.com for music (ironic isn't it?). Songs are $0.09 each, and they usually have higher quality mp3s (320). Sometimes, I'll go to esnips.com, listen to the song I want, and simply get it out of my browser cache. Probably a bit much for a non computer guy though.

For videos, I found that it wasn't worth the time. Bootlegs are low quality and half the time the movie you think you downloaded is actually a different movie renamed. I'm not even gonna suggest anything for the "other" type of videos you'd want to d/l, but there ARE places where they are free.

BTW, I renamed the thread so it looks a little better. :wink:

Hahaa now it sounds like we're asking for dealer referrals.

The Pirate bay and other torrent sites.

PM'd .. ya :]

I thought Lincpimp had all the stuff....:neutral:

torrents are DEFINITELY the way to go! i mean.... so i've heard. um... yeah. heh.

for movies, check out ipodtvnova (dot) com. you can watch them from your computer - doesn't necessarily need to be loaded to your ipod. but the crap is filtered out immediately - i've never (ahem - i mean, my FRIEND has never) downloaded anything that doesn't work. pretty low file sizes, too. and... i watched a working copy of x-men origins: wolverine 2 weeks ago!

I don't see whats wrong with thepiratebay... As was said Torrents are the ONLY way to go :)

You might want to try mininova.org for more regular stuff like tv shows and movies. Software and more piracy stuff go to piratebay.

Can't go wrong with files that have a lot of seeds and good comments, always read the comments before downloading a file. This will save you a LOT of time and viruses :)

assume any time you go to a site where its a shared download setup you there will be virus's and spayware along with what you want

a perk of using a mac. no viruses, no spyware. :na:

There are still people with hammers. :rofl: