2006-11-06 00:34:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Hi,
Notebooks and Laptops are portable computers but there is a minor difference between them.
Laptop: A portable computer small enough to use on one's lap.
Notebook: A light, portable computer that is generally thinner than a laptop.
Generally what this means is that things like CD/DVD drives would be external on a Notebook, e.g. connected via USB as opposed to being integrated.
HTH
2006-11-06 00:45:02 · answer #1 · answered by Conspiracy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a laptop is designed to contain alot more information than a notebook. Fair enough there are so many model and makes out there now, that you should not be asking for a "laptop or a notebook" but look at the specification of machines you are planning to get. i.e software, graphics, size of screen CPU, Psu speeds, hard drive space then which you are more comfortable with.
The name and size are usually the only thing different now adays.
2006-11-06 02:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by Hazman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well its a Notebook and the Pro's call it Notebook,but i think the Hippy's started calling it a Laptop since it can also be used on ur Lap.Peace...
2006-11-06 00:43:44 · answer #3 · answered by Drift King 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are one and the same. When I worked at Dixons one Christmas we were told to stop calling them laptops and that from then on they would be notebooks. The reason for this? Well a bloke was using it on his lap and fell asleep one day, the result was that the heat from the offending laptop (as it had been sold to him) burnt him. This guy then sued the company involved as it implied that it could be used on your lap.
2006-11-06 00:49:51 · answer #4 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notebooks do not have many of the same things you can do with a laptop. They are... junk in my opinion.
2016-05-22 03:32:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, laptop is a generic name, whereas notebook is a trademark name (just like vacum cleaner is a generic name while hoover is a brand name).
Hope this helps.
2006-11-06 00:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by shotokan1978 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard they stopped calling them a laptop because people were setting them on their laps, and in some cases, men had a significantly decreased sperm count due to the battery. So they had to change the name. I don't know if it is true or not; just what I heard.
2006-11-06 00:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by chevgirl101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
notebook is just a new posh name , for a laptop
2006-11-06 05:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by annewithafan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none same thing just some call it laptop others say notebook
2006-11-06 00:36:31 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just 2 different names, that's all.
2006-11-06 00:36:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋