What's the Difference Between a Laptop and a Notebook?
06 November 2008
If you search Google to try and find out the difference between a Laptop and a Notebook, you will get a few pages telling you funny things like "Size", "Weight", "Battery Life".
Thankfully this is all a load of nonsense. You will be happy to learn that there is NO difference between a laptop and a notebook. Some manufacturers began referring to Laptops as "Notebooks" for 2 reasons
Reason 1: When businesses started moving from Desktop PCs to laptops, manufacturers thought "laptop" sounded too much like a consumer product. The 'desktop' already existed, so they couldn't call it that. Instead they came up with 'notebook'.
Reason 2: There were a few early court cases from people claiming they had suffered damage from using Laptops on their laps (older laptops became very hot). Some companies switched to 'Notebook' to avoid the suggestion that they were telling customers to use them on their laps.
That's it! So don't worry and don't be tricked by a sales person who tells you otherwise.
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