downloads for notebooks

If you have a normal OS on the netbook, then why not.

But, before paying for MS Office, you can have a look at OpenOffice.org
It will, basically do the same, but at a much better price.

OpenOffice was recently split into two groups. So in a couple of months, you may want to check what's happening to the fork LibreOffice.

if it doesn't then you can't use MSO-2010

see here for requirements:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-office-2010-system-requirements-HA101810407.aspx

whether or not you can DL is dependent on your ISP and connection

my connection is horrible and can never complete a DL of anything larger than a few MB

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/try/try-office-2010-FX101868838.aspx?WT%2Emc%5Fid=mscom%5Fenus%5Fbnr%5Ftryq2

Though you may have to register to download it.

Col