Sorry to join in the chorus on this but I'm also unable to download this directly from checkpoint, any chance someone can make it available elsewhere?
Many Thanks.
+++ Update +++
Scrub that, using a different connection I have been able to download the vmware image. ~470 Mb. or perhaps they fixed the site???
The url for direct download appaers to be
http://www.opsec.com/forms/vmware_sp_ty.html ...