i’m just curious..what’s the different between laptop and notebook.
is it like american and british kinda thing?
or something do to with old term and mordern term.
:?

I’ve heard them being used interchangable in the US for years. I think laptop is the older term but I could be mistaken.

Erik

I think it’s more along the line that notebook is the official name while laptop is the common name. People put laptop on their laps now, but it is not a feat easily achieved when the notebook/laptop first came out. 8)

Sometimes it pays to be over 40…  :D :D :D

The first suitcase-sized PCs were called “portables”.  They had CRTs (about 9”) and require to be plugged it.  More than portables, they were luggables.

Next generation were the first PCs with LCD screens, the first models still not running on batteries, but small and “light” enough that you could operate in your lap.  That’s were the term “lap-top computer” comes from.

When portables became smaller, some manufacturers used the slogan “small as a notebook, it will fit in your briefcase”.  Standard industry size for “notebook-sized” computers became the proverbial 8.5"x 11”, so you could still carry them in your briefcase.  Samsonite loved the idea!!! 

So, that’s the story as I remember it.  Today, notebook, laptop, portable, etc it all refers to computers you can carry with you.

Best,
Marcelo