Your Questions About Movie Download Sites For Mac

Command & Conquer Gold on DOS?

So I have a Mac, and I have DOSBox installed to run some older games. I downloaded EA’s freeware release of Command & Conquer Gold, which apparently is not compatible with DOS like Red Alert is. I managed to download the DOS version from and abandonware site (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/378/Command+%2526+Conquer.html), which doesn’t have any music or movies.

I copied the MOVIES.MIX file from the C&C Gold folder into the DOS version’s folder, and that seems to work just fine. When it comes to the SCORES.MIX file, however (assuming that that’s the file that contains all the music), DOSBox is unable to load it. (The DOS version contained a smaller scores.mix file that I replaced with the Gold version).

So my question(s) is this:

Am I looking for the music in the wrong file? If so, how do I import the music files from C&C Gold to C&C DOS? Or is there in fact any way to run C&C Gold on DOS after all? If not, then is there another site where I can download C&C DOS, complete with music and (preferably) movies?

And no, I’m not going to buy an XP/Vista Installation disc and Boot Camp it just to play one game.

Is it my internet or my computer?

So at my house we have Time Warner Cable, and while i was on vacation my mom added paid Time Warner Cable for a new cable box so we could get more than just the basic cable channels on one of our TVs. Before i had left on my trip i could easily stream the internet, watch videos, and play online games without any trouble on my computer. As soon as i got back home I would try to watch videos and buffering would be a problem, i would lose connection in the games on my computer and it takes longer for sites to load.

I doubt its my computer because i have a New Mac Book Pro and i don’t download anything on it or do anything to harm it. Also when i play online games my FPS is still perfect, the only problem is that i keep lagging out (losing connection).

When my mom called Time Warner Cable and asked, “Could it be that we need another Wireless Router?”, they said ” No, that shouldn’t be a problem”. So I don’t understand how now i can’t play any games without lagging out or load pages as fast as before, and watch movies without buffering.

Please help! I need to know what is wrong so i can go back to the way things were before on my brand new mac book pro.
My computer is a new Mac Book Pro, which had been problem free before we got the new cable box on one of our TVs.

Future-Proof Desktop PC Hardware: Suggested Specifications for a Post-Graduate University Thesis?

First, I will list what I know about the functionality I’ll need from my computer, because that has a big bearing on the answer you will post.
I know I want a desktop, not a laptop.
I know I want a PC not a MAC.
I know I want to use it for:
•Running Microsoft Word (specifically writing a post-graduate University Thesis), PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook;
•Running data analysis software, like NVivo, and reference software, like EndNoteX;
•Backing-up my thesis work (Microsoft Word, NVivo and Excel) multiple times a day;
•Accessing social networking sites and web-based e-mail (including uploading images, Microsoft documents and .pdf files);
•Downloading .pfd and text file journal articles from internet databases and music/pod-casts files;
•Streaming television shows, movie trailers and 30 second television and radio commercials;
•Adobe Photoshop and acrobat reader;
•Printer, scanner and digital camera software; and
•To store documents associated with all the above applications.
My parents are paying and I know I will not be in a position to replace the computer for many years, so I really want to blow-the-bank and get a machine that will be future-proof.
I know that the computer will never need to be suitable for gaming applications; I’ve never played a computer game in my life.

That’s what I know already; now for what I’d like to be told about:
I was hoping you could recommend the sorts of specifications I should be looking at getting in order to meet the needs I have listed above.
If possible, could you provide recommendations for the following?
•Processor;
RAM;
•HDD;
•DVD or Blu-Ray burner; and
•Should the components be housed in a horizontal or vertical (tower) case?
Are there other features that I’ve neglected to list?

Thanks

Has anyone had trouble with their macs?

I plan on buying a Mac book this summer and I was just wondering, has anyone had any problems with their macs that I should know about before purchasing one? I won’t be playing any games or downloading, but I am a highschool student and I may need it for film/movie making/art classes. (special effect stuff), and I’ll want iTunes, i will be on YouTube frequently because I’m a musician, I’ll want to put my pictures on the computer, but other than that, just basic Internet sites. Thanks 🙂

5avscan virus scam? Know anything about it?

So I google well budgeted movies and come across a site (C4tqasac.is-the-boss.com) and I click on it and then it transfers me to some server (looking like my own) that says virus scan blah blah blah, I have 37 trojans here, 52 trojans there (in drives not even in existance on my computer) and says that I need to download the whole anti-virus thingy to purge my computer. Then a little box pops up telling me to download it and I can’t cancel out of it though it gives me a button. Eventually I force quite my computer because nothing else works and I refuse to click Okay. This was second time getting this, clicking on the same website (I wanted to make sure it was the site and not my computer) the first time I did click okay. How bad do you think this is for my computer? I deleted all my downloads and then emptyed my trash. I have a macbook but don’t know anything about spyware, malware. Does leopard mac have it’s own anti-virus scan?