Anybody else having this problem?

Get a computer that isn't total crap?

Half a day for a 800 something mb file?

What does his computer have to do with how long it takes to download the game client? ;x It's all about the speed of the internet connection.
And it's not 800MB, it's already around 1,1GB now as far as I know. Takes a long while if you don't have a fast connection.

Anyway, to original poster, glad you got it to work with manual patch. :p



Edit: I type too slow.