There shouldn't be any pop-ups at all.
I think there is ad-ware on your computer. I suggest you do a scan with http://www.lavasoft.com/ .
or something similar.
$1000-$3000 isn't alot of money in the big picture.
It really depepnds on whether you want to do your degree at UOW. Engineering in general at UOW isn't so bad. Although I can't comment on a direct comparison between UOW and UNSW.
lol Minjie Zhang is cool.
They are changing 204 for next year so I can't really comment on it.
When I did it, it was hard only 2 HD. I can tell you that.