I am a current undergrad in a Civil Engineering program, and the most demanding program, (well really the only program) is VMware to run Linux for the g++ compiler that the university wants us to use, but that's just for convenience because I could just dual boot if I had a weak computer. It all...
Firstly, that torrent is likely a fake. There is no compression algorithm that can compress 3.9 GB of unique data down to 9 MB. I really doubt that windows iso you downloaded is legitimate.
Most programs are still 32-bit so they go into the (x86) folder, but it doesn't really matter where they install. It's just easiest to leave the default.
I'm almost certain that the only way to do that is to really cut back on the quality of each movie along with the resolution. Basically, I wouldn't advise looking for that software if you care about quality.
Although, if you don't care you can use a video encoding program such as Handbrake and...
Adobe Flash Player is what Youtube uses, not a media player. Try updating it and it might work better. Also since the new flash can use the graphics card, try updating your graphics card drivers too.
Though both are great, they also have shortcomings.
The iPhone 4 has the much-talked-about antenna issue, but thats mitigated with the bumpers or cases.
The Galaxy S has terrible battery life - from what I've heard, it's less than a day usually.
I'm using Firefox 3.7a3pre at the moment. It's noticeably faster than 3.6, but it's incompatible with so many things that I'm thinking of switching to another browser like Chrome or Opera.