Mine is a little older but does run by direct link via usb. I can either save to memory or save to the PCMCIA card. Does she like her netbook because I was thinking that it would be nice to have one of those because of the XP and if I drop it it is only a $400 loss and not thousands!
But, I also mentioned that she could watch the previous night's NCIS episode online by going to the CBS website. After dinner, she sat down in her chair, booted up CBS, and spent an enjoyable hour watching the show. She then checked her email and remarked "Hey, this is fun".
I bought it because she's moved to a much larger store which she manages (a craft/fabric chain...), and thought she'd need the help of her own PC. I installed OpenOffice, and the conduits to an old Palm Tungsten E2 I gave her for her schedules and such. Now, she's getting into 'computing'.
Forget the $400 price tag. This is a Dell Mini Notebook and sells for $299. I bought it without any add-ons at all. It doesn't have a CD/DVD drive but that's nothing she needs. I have a USB backup drive so all the original CD software can be stored there. I make backups to a USB flash drive.