WTF!? How Many Patchs!

O.k i went to the shops to finally buy world of warcraft. it was something i had wanted to do 4 ages so it was good to finally get it. It installed it on my computer (windows vista) no problems. set up my account, easy. All done. Click play. Then........ a patch. i expected a couple but these just took the biscuit. I am now sat with my laptop and they are still bloody downloading. My computers got a Dual core processor + 2 gigabytes of RAM, and my internets pretty good, but still the patchs keep coming at a slow and sluggish rate. i am at the end of my tether. I hope it finishs soon......