Real Help needed for new Mac and News Group user

Hello, Please help me I feel useless.

I recently won 2 MAC Mini at work, if anyone is interested they are the DTS - 1 x Core 2 Duo 2 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HDD 1 x 120 GB - DVD±RW (±R DL) and I only need one.

I use to use a bit torrent download engine on my windows laptop before it died of a servere virus infection. Someone mentioned I should use Newsgroups and my MAC, especially as I now have a 20mb broadband connection,as I will get a much better service and no viruses. I have looked into it and the more I read the more confused I really get from what I understand I need some type of outlook express equivalent, two types of software to browse news groups and sign up to a newsgroup.

Could someone direct me to a guide for dimwits on everything I need to do and download and set up and search for copyright free content/videos. I will not use this for any illegal activites so I do not think I am breaking any rules asking for this information.

So to recap

[*]The mac is out of the box new

[*]What software do I need to download and how does it tie in with the other software also is there a cost associated with the software (no need to say how much but so I know if its a free software or whether I need to pay for it)

[*]How can I view the video content (copyright free), do I need to import it into different software?

[*]And if I wanted to make a DVD out of the video content (copyright free) to play on a DVD player do I need a MAC equivilant to the windows Nero?

I am sorry if I seem really dumb to some people, if you are kind enough to reply to me could you also treat me like a simple school child with the way you explain things please.

I thank you so much in advance for anyones help. I am from London in the UK if that helps with anything you need to know

graeme27 said:

Could someone direct me to a guide for dimwits on everything I need to do and download and set up and search for copyright free content/videos?

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That's simple enough.

For copyright-free movies, just visit:

PublicDomainFlicks.com - Free Public Domain Movie Downloads

You can either stream then in your browser or download them in various formats to view offline later.

thank you but i really wanted to use the newsgroup to do this, any other help from anyone?

[*]How can I view the video content (copyright free), do I need to import it into different software?

Once you've downloaded the video, just click on it and it will open in Quicktime. If you have a problem playing it in Quicktime, download perian. It will allow quicktime to play just about anything.


[*]And if I wanted to make a DVD out of the video content (copyright free) to play on a DVD player do I need a MAC equivilant to the windows Nero?

The Mac version of Nero will be Toast. Its a very nice burn software for pretty much anything you will need to burn. Its made by Roxio. It does cost money.