Wow! Lots of questions...I'll try to offer some info to get you started.
> just got a computer and don't know how to download songs - please tell me where i can buy songs
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If the website uses a special player to play music, then you will not find direct link to the audio file. Many players download music to your disk during buffering, so you can search for audio files in the temporary internet folder.
A few choices...
iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/music-rock-classical-pop-jazz/b?ie=UTF8&node=5174
Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/cp/music/4104
> (or is there somewhere i can get them for FREE ligitimately or is there somewhere i can download an unlimited amount for a fixed fee???).
If you want 'legal' downloads...they are pretty much pay-as-you-go...
> what do i do to download them into windows media player?
The site you download from can help with that info.
> and how do i transfer them on to a cd so that i can play them on my portable cd player?
If your CD Player is MP3 compatible...you can create a Data CD that will play.
Windows Vista
Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Media Center
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Center
(Expand and read : To burn music, pictures, and videos to a data CD or DVD)
If your CD Player is not MP3 compatible you'll have to create an Audio
(Music) CD.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Burn-a-CD-or-DVD-in-Windows-Media-Center
(Expand and read : To burn an audio CD to play on your CD player)
> thank you in advance for your help.
In advance?
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> also, how many songs can i put on a cd?
A Data CD is limited by file size...so you can burn lots of MP3s on a Data Disk.
If the MP3s average 5 MBs each...you could burn well over 100 tunes on a CD.
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An Audio (Music) CD is limited by Duration so you have to look at minutes on
the CD. I have one here that says... 80 Minutes - 700 MBs If tunes average
4 minutes...about 20 tunes per CD.