I still use Kazaa.....i get anything up to 20 tracks a night and I'm running at 30 odd gig music and a lot more in films now.
Whatever you do though, don't get the normal Kazaa..it's full of spyware and crap.....get Kazaa Lite, then before you use it get Diet Kazaa.......Launch Kazaa Lite by opening Diet kazaa.
As always, with any of the programmes suggested, make sure you have a virus checker running all the time, make sure its updated regularly (every two days at least or leave the autoupdate on so it gets all new patches as soon as they are release) and get a firewall........Zonealarm is very good and its free.
Another tip.....I cut all the stuff out of what is called my 'Shared folder' every morning, and paste it into my music or film directories........some of the big companies are after the home user and they have launched prosecutions against a few individuals with large collections (when you use Kazaa you can browse other peoples shared folders if you like their taste and d/load all the stuff they hav, but it also means you can find out how much they have)
When downloading, only go for stuff that's listed as being recorded (ripped) at at least 128 kps.......anything less will sound crap if you have decent speakers...and with the average pc coming with pukka 5.1 eax sound these days, that's nearly everyone.
If you're going to d/load films, you'll need a few codecs to play some of them, and again, only go for the decent quality ones or you'll be very disapointed......if you need any more help on this bit let me know here or feel free to PM me....
HTH....enjoy!!!
Oh, last point while i think of it..........don't let the kids near kazaa or most of the equivalents.........even a simple and innocent search for something will come up with so much porn you won't be able to wave your stick at it..........Searching under the Music only tab is ok usually, but if (like my two ) the kids like music vids, searching for 'aguilera' under the open or video tabs will find more 30 yr old -dressed-to-look-18 mucky films claiming to be Ms Christine shagging a large black man than you'd believe....and i'm sure that , like me, you'd never ever want to see anything rude!!!
