How to update minecraft if i didn't buy it?

I couldnt buy it because of some credit card problems and i really want to play the newest version. My version ist 1.7.4 and i want 1.7.9

Playing in a minecraft realm without buying the game?

Me and some friends were thinking about buying a realm. However, I'm the only one who has actually purchased the game. If I buy a realm, will they be able to play in it as well?

Speed or control razer mouse mat?

I play a lot of minecraft

I like to have control but I don't want my hand to stick to the surface

Where I can get information about advance minecraft game game?

Where I can get information about advance minecraft game game?

Is herobrine in minecraft real or is just a story?

Is herobrine in minecraft real or is just a story?

A game where I can ruin someone's day?

I'm looking for one of those games where I can absolutely ruin someone's fun to the point where they are screaming at me. Just by dropping by and leaving satisfied by another person's misery.

Something like lighting a person's house on fire in Minecraft or killing someone in Haven and Hearth.

Oh and it has to be free to play.

In minecraft can another player expand a map that you made?

I'm playing on a PVP word in minecraft with friends. One of them found my base and captured my map. It was only in stage 2. Can he make the map bigger and track where i'm?

How to back up my minecraft maps?

Its just incase something bad happens

Added (1). i have a macbook how do i do it on that

What is the best gaming laptop?

So I'm thinking of buying a decent gaming laptop(that can at least run Minecraft, GTA IV, Saints Row 3 etc. Smoothly)
Price range is $500-$800

I found thses two links but can't decide.
Please look at these two links and tell me if which do you think is better for the price. And if you know of a better laptop please tell me.

Links(please look at them before answering)

https://www.laptopninja.org/finding-the-best-gaming-laptops-under-500-dollars/

And

https://www.laptopninja.org/finding-the-best-gaming-laptops-under-1000-dollars/

How to light a portal FROM the Nether?

Today, in Minecraft, I pulled a really stupid move. I needed to move my portal, because it spawned in the air. I climbed up to it, and went to my house to get my ONLY DIAMOND PICKAXE. I went back to that cavernous hell that I'm now trapped in, because upon destroying my portal, I realized that I forgot to bring my flint and steel. I'm now stuck unless someone can tell me how to light it again.