Obtaining / downloading latest release of freeBSD

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Hi,

I am a bit slow when it comes to downloads, and I have been consumed by this slowness in trying to download/obtain your latest release of FreeBSD (8.0, I think). I visited your "get FreeBSD page and clicked on your "amd64 distribution" link, and couldn't figure out what or how to download and install your latest distribution from the resulting page.
Can someone please guide a lame-brain like me to this task, please? Or point me in the right direction as to where I can obtain help for this in plain, lamens terms?

Thank you!