Im going to download Debian and there are like 7 cds. How many do I need for the necassary files of an average user (I don't need server software or anything else like that and I already know what development tools I am going to use so I don't care if its on the CD or not) ?

I just downloaded the netinstaller (about 30 megs) and put it on a CD-RW. Then I downloaded everything from the net. But if you don't want to download anything then one (or two) CDs will be fine.

-tentoid (too lazy to login)

You just need the net install. The other CDs just come with basic packages and stuff, which you can download (and will need to download, unless you want woefully old packages).

Thanks.