Help me start minecraft

[knight steel]

Hello fellow escapist how are you. Of late i have been hearing about this game called minecraft and because i have nothing to do today i thought i might try it but before i do i need to know somethings so please share with me any info you might have but most important of all is:

1. Does it cost anything.
2. Do i need a good computer.
3.do i need to download it.
4.were can i get.

Thanks again for your Help ^_^.

 

[Mcface]

1. like 16 bucks
2. no
3. yes

 

[Bassman_2]

1. It does cost something
2. You do
3. You don't
4. On the website

 

[F1ak3r]

1. Around 15 Euros.
2. I don't know, probably not a beastly thing. I have a mid-range PC and the game works fine.
3. You can play it in your browser or download an EXE, your choice.
4. http://www.minecraft.net/

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

1. Yes
2. A medium grade computer will run it fine.
3. You can, but you don't have to.
4. www.minecraft.net

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

The answers to 1,3 and 4 are pretty straightforward.

2 can be a bit tricky however, because Minecraft tends to use a lot of memory and sometimes cpu too