They don&#39;t.  That&#39;s why she would have to have an external one.  They can be handy for using CD/DVDs but you don&#39;t have to carry them around.  And since she probably does not have one of those, a bootable Flash Drive is probably more convenient.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Robert Holtzman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:holtzm@cox.net">holtzm@cox.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:43:15PM +0000, <a href="mailto:mark@phillipsmarketing.biz">mark@phillipsmarketing.biz</a> wrote:<br>
&gt; Why not send her a UNR live CD to try it out? She could try other live cds as well until the next install fest to find just what she wants.<br>
<br>
</div>I didn&#39;t think netbooks had optical drives. My step daughter has an HP<br>
mini and it doesn&#39;t.<br>
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