I do understand the dif between bits and bytes, but aren't both my speedtest and the download both listed in kiloBYTES? Was one of them in bits, or did I just use the wrong abbreviation?
As far as the downloads themselves, when I started the xcode download, the expected download time was 7-8 hours. I didn't stay up with it all night, so I have no idea how long it took. I waited for it for several minutes, maybe 15, maybe closer to an hour. I was soo exhausted I really don't remember. When I went to bed, pretty sure it said it had at least 3 hours left.
As far as my understanding of bits, bytes, and other stuff, I am aware of the difference, and I am fairly proficient with a computer, but I am very much a beginning programmer and a noob on mac.
Also, if it makes any difference to the discussion, I have not yet updated to Lion. I just updated to 10.6.8 yesterday because I got my wife's hand me down and she hadn't done it yet.