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but that takes ages to get on my computer.
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if that is your problem you can use lightweight wallets, like multibit or electrum. or online wallets.
here is alternative client sections
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=37.0i myself am using blockchain.info and Electrum
OP doesn't need to download blockchain as it does not download the whole full blockchain. It uses SPV technology which requires only the header to be downloaded, it just needs to have a node IP specified to connect to and download the headers. Slightly inconvenient, but you can specify the node you trust instead of letting it connecting to a random untrusted node.