Laptop or Notebook? Which term do you use?
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Laptop, unless mine is an IBM build.
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A laptop will take up less space, plus you'll be able to carry it to class if allowed, and it will help with note-taking when you're studying at the library. You'll even be able to use it to record lectures.\n\nA desktop, on the other hand, will give you more computing power for the money, is generally easier (and less expensive) to repair or upgrade, and being less portable, it's also harder to steal. Or lose.
789190
Just the name mostly. Though I think it's just Macs that are called notebooks. Laptops are PCs
503997
Starting with your second question, a desktop will last you longer, it can be upgraded more, you can change the motherboard, processor, graphics, sound card, everything.  With a laptop your pretty much stuck with what you get, though you can add memory and upgrade the hard drive but that's about it.\n\nI'd go for the desktop for performance reasons, of course I have three desktops and two laptops.  I go for mainstream laptops and I just build my own desktops for performance.
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Apple, APPle, APPLE!! honest, I was a PC geek for 20 yrs until I bought my first Powerbook 17" last year. It's as if I was reborn. Also, as a company, it prides itself at creating machines with the least service calls and highest user satisfaction.
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iPods: Help, but for some people they may not be able to concontrate and listen to music(lectures) while doing schoolwork.\n\nPDA: I find them useless and I prefer to write things down in an agenda.. but they don't usually have enough features to completly distract you from your schoolwork.\n\nLaptops: I find extremly distracting if they have internet connection. The internet sucks you in with an unendless amout of things to do. But If you can stay away from the internet other then using it for research, laptops are very useful tools.\n\nIt all depends on the person.
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Its a sales Technique . They want to potrait their computer is so small that it can sit on one's lap and hence it is called as laptop. Previously we can see that they called the computers as desktop meaning that they can sit easily on the table unlike the olden days computers which occupied one whole room . Later they came out with note book computer meaning that the computers and as small as the size of a note book. This is all a sales zargon and to a certain extent meaningful and hence we should give credit for their names.
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Depends on your needs...\n\nA PC is more of a family thing, something you cant take with you\n\nA Laptop is more of an "on the move" computer\n\nPC's stay in the house\nPC's may last longer/may be a better purchase over the long haul\n\nLaptops are more expensive\nLaptop batterys need to be charged after you use them
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That's a matter of opinion, like which is better, a Chevy or a Ford? Find the reviews and check out the magazines buy the people who do that for a living.\n\nWhat they won't ask you is if you really need a laptop. Do you really need to be mobile, or is it just an occasional maybe thing? Are you going to try and use a laptop as a primary computer? If so, stop right there and re-evaluate. \n\nLook at all of the people on these forums that run out of hard disk space, run out of memory, and are needing the full flexability of a desktop.\n\nI realize I'm outside your question, but you'd be surprised how many people buy a laptop because they're a cute gadget and make you look cool, then spend time with a cramped keyboard and screen and no mouse and their life is miserable, compared to the real deal.
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Get a laptop and use it instead of writing?
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they both are same  laptop is called notebook because it looks like a notebook
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laptops and notebooks are generally in the same category.  many companies are hesitant to call their computers "laptops" as the heat from modern computers is usually more than you can comfortably set on your lap for hours.  \nthe desktop replacement is usually a huge notebook that is not designed for true mobility, but more for ease of carrying it on business trips and such.  you wouldn't want to try to use one of these in the airplane.  some companies just use this term for powerful notebooks that perform as well as desktops.\n\nthere is no standard or guideline for what term is applied by companies and therefore it gets somewhat confusing.  the best thing to do is just look at the screen size and weight to tell you how big the thing is.
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the notebook. it's great
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depend the laptop is used for what.. if u like watch movie the get a wide screen , if u use the laptop for work then buy the normal one - is small and easy to bring
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Notebooks are nice, but they are much harder to work on and upgrade.  Since you might be doing graphics work, you will need a decent video card.  In a notebook, that usually means an upper end computer, which it doesn't sound like you need.\n\nI would reccommend a cheap computer such as the Acer Power 380, and buy a new video card with at least 128 MB of memory.  That should get you up and running and in pretty good shape.
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I have a dell inspiron and it's awesome. I think HP laptops are more cheaply made, or at least they look that way.
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Notebook is a term used to to describe one company's laptops. It was a term coined by some PC manufacturer, possible HP or Dell, but it was soon adopted by other manufacturers.