Depends what you're looking for. RealPlayer is a cool download and serves its purpose relatively well. AIM is a cool download. Saves phone time, easy messaging. I hear Trillion is better though, it allows you to talk to AIM, Yahoo and Hotmail msging services. I'm not to fond of Winamp. Think it kind of sucks, but that could be me. Other more business downloads that are good to have, though i don't know if they would fall into the 'cool' category would be winzip and an ftp service. I like "smart ftp" but have used "cute ftp" and that's pretty user friendly too. I know a little about this stuff, so if you're looking for something in particular, let me know, I might be able to help out. -Isaiah.

A cool download is when you're downloading : a. something you (really) need or you have been searching for(a program, including here antiviruses, updates etc. or like I said before soemthing you need; photos for something you're working on) b. something that you didn't try before and you would like to or it could be very useful(a game or other things) Now, I usually go on www.download.com(it's good and trustable) and I take a look on what there is. I don't go there decided what I want to download, but I find good programs. I sometimes take a peek on www.microsoft.com and I choose my downloads. It's like going to a supermaket and looking for the ingredients to something you would want to cook. I usually download all sorts of programs:photo editors, video editors, maps and images with stars, lots of them. I download music and videos by searching with altavista. I recommend downloading music, videos, good programs, antiviruses, updates and miscellaneoous programs. I recently received an e-mail about a program called 3D World Map and it's very cool, everyone should try it. I even found my city on the globe, that is Siret, Romania. And my city is very very small, about 10000 inhabitants.It has info about 390000 cities all over the globe. Now, that's a cool download!

Hi, i'm new to OVM and i find this site very useful to give vent your opinions. By the way i'm shreyas from india. You have mentioned about the 3D world map so from where can i get that?Please write me back the website from which you downloaded it or you can just e-mail me the 3D world map if you please.... thank you.

i live and die by my computer - literally as it is my livlihood - but i'm also doing this hesitantly - i am afraid of downloads, i'm afraid of buying stuff online - i'm afraid of identity theft - i'm afraid o f my computer crashing. . .i miss the mail

I've tried virtually every program in this list and can state that: - they work really well - they don't have any spyware or adware - they are free http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_16_free_utilities.htm Kevin Edwards

I am an expert downloader, I have gone to sites where no man in his right mind has gone. I am an expert on getting rid of trojan viruses. Downloading on the internet is a very tricky and risky business for those who don't know the tricks. But there are safe sites and I would suggest that a simple search for downloads on Google should bring the searcher hours of downloading. If however you want some excitement, there are many other sites which with a little bit of care and the right programs loaded on your hard drive, would bring the downloader much entertainment (No Porn) just programs and games. Contact me fonjack@gmail.com

Thanks, I would like to hear more about this. I am looking for 1) good downloads to protect my computer 2) download products for making computer use easier (such as password reminders, to do programs, calendars, etc), I am online 12 hours a day and 3) sites for fun games. I appreciate any help you can provide. How did you come across this site?

Hi there, first of all, I discovered this site by accident whilst downloading music. You are looking for programs to protect your computer, I found the best legal place to download software to be http://www.tucows.com Do a simple search for computer protection and see all the freeware programs that come up. Search and Destroy is great to get rid of spyware. And Spyware Blaster is great to keep it off your computer in the first place. Same with the other programs that you are looking for, you should locate them there. For the other sites namely called hack sites, I would appreciate a person to person email from you in regards to the really excellent programs. Please contact me at kresta_102@hotmail.com