Might want to look at Linux Mint...which is built on top of Ubuntu....has a lot of the work already done,...for Youtube viewing,...etc.
Interesting. Not up her alley, though.
It's too bad more people don't realize how easy it would be to ditch MS Windows.
I have Win 7 on a new desktop and it seems pretty stable. I went from XP so I only have other's comments as to how it compares with Vista. But it is very snappy, at least with the hardware I have.