| Notebooks, netbooks, laptops, computers...these are | | | | Netbooks are the latest in the series that provide |
| all very familiar names. Aren't they? But sometimes | | | | extreme portability at amazingly low prices. They are |
| we wonder what exactly a notebook computer is or | | | | also the lowest denominator when processing power |
| what is the difference between a laptop and a | | | | and storage space are considered. Netbooks are |
| notebook? | | | | specifically designed for office use and surfing the |
| Well where netbooks were born only a few years | | | | Net. This difference in features and size has created |
| ago, notebooks and laptops have been around for | | | | a slight segmentation of the consumer market for |
| decades. The term notebook was coined around | | | | notebooks, laptops and netbooks. |
| year 1989 that describes emerging lines of smaller | | | | Laptops have flooded the IT market by combining |
| laptops and was about the size of a A4 paper | | | | the versatility of portability with powerful |
| notebook. Laptops on the other hand were usually | | | | functionalities and specifications. Today they have |
| wider, taller and thicker. | | | | become number one resource for mobile computing. |
| The first two to fit the original label were the NEC | | | | Now a days, laptops are also equipped with wireless |
| UltraLite notebooks and the Compaq LTE line of | | | | internet cards that provides the convenience and |
| systems, with the IBM ThinkPad arriving a couple of | | | | facility of connecting to the big world of Internet |
| years later to really popularize the form factor. | | | | anywhere and anytime. Today, laptop users can |
| Notebooks in the initial years became very popular | | | | connect and communicate with anyone in the world |
| among businessmen and students due to their light | | | | from anywhere. |
| weight and reduced size. But all these facilities came | | | | So, laptops, notebooks or netbooks - the features |
| with a price that is weaker processing and computing | | | | may differ but one thing that is sure to be offered |
| power. Laptops were more powerful and made a | | | | with these gadgets is convenience and mobile |
| better replacement of desktop computers. | | | | computing. |