Novice question about Internet Downloading.

Valid question, Vandermeulen. I am a novice of Computers, and I am just an Audio geek. I am Military Retired, and currently using a CyberCafe Computer on Base for free. I don't own my own Computer. I have been surfing the Internet for some time.
My purchase of a PC will depend on that Units ability to Download 24/96 and 24/196 High Resolution Recordings, and transfer to Music Server Storage. It seems that USB will not allow this with High Resolution Digital, or am I wrong. It would seem that this traps High Resolution Digital Recordings within the PC framework, forcing one to use the PC's D/A Converter Soundcard and Analog Output Stage to an existing Stereo System. Can you give me an alternative for recovering High Resolution Digital Recordings off of the Internet and store them on a Music Server of my choice? Is there an alternative then, to use these High Resolution Digital Recordings off of this Music Server with the 24/96-24/196 DAC of my choice via XLR Digital? What combination of PC/Music Server or any other device can provide for this?
Thanks-Swampwalker! I will check them out. I think that there are some Music Servers that are providing the Hardware for Internet access to High Resolution Digital Recordings bypassing the need for a PC. The problem is just trying to find out exactly what features all of these Music Servers, Transporters, and the like provide. They all have different features, some with their own built in DAC's (I need external DAC), some not requiring a PC. It seems like a maze with no real concensus of which combination will provide the best High Fidelity. MAC or PC, Music Server utilizing PC/MAC/I-POD or its own built in Internet Access Hardware, Music Server with built in DAC or XLR Digital Output to an external DAC? How is all of this confusion supposed to be more convenient?

USB can carry 24/96-24/196 High Resolution Digital? What happens when these High Resolution Digital Files are compressed? Any Music Servers that provide their own Hardware for Downloading High Resolution Digital Files off of the Internet, bypassing the need for a PC? Can the same Music Server rip copies of High Res. Disks as well as CD?
Can this same Music Server provide XLR Digital Output to an external DAC via 16/44.1,24-96, and 24/196? Sorry, but I have to ask this: what exactly is the difference between a Music Server, Transporter, and a PC? So many overlapping functions-so much confusion!

Thanks Swampwalker, will check it out. Yeah, I might be in the wrong Forum-sorry about that, Vandermeulen! I am just a plain Audiophile who is a little worried about the down sloping demise of CD, SACD, and DVD-Audio! Just what exactly is going to be left to listen to? I don't like being forced into Downloading, but what is going to be left?

Yeah.....like I was supposed to embrace the future of SACD, and DVD-Audio! Twice burned, three times shy! So why should I trust the next Con, Swindle, and Rip-off of the next Format! I have a loooong memory- all five minutes of it! You are going to have to really earn my trust on the next so-called technological advance! Untill I have a guarantee that Downloading isn't already outmoded, your not getting a penny of my money. I just can't burn money through five Formats as they evaporate from underneath me! I demand the same guarantee of long term viability, that I used to get with Records, Cassettes, 8-track,and CD. No more trick Formats, first you see it, Now you don't! Same with the Money, first you see it, now you don't!