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From: landers@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu (Chris Landers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: RQOM (Retarded Question Of the Month)
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.235610.25367@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 23:56:10 GMT
References: <15650004@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
Organization: Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
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In article <15650004@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> pgt@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Paul G. Tobin) writes:
>
>	Okay, what's the difference between a notebook and a laptop
>(computer, that is).  Expandability?  Spiral vs. hardbound (he-he)?
>Type of plastic in the case?
>

Size and weight.  No definitive answers, but generally:

	Notebooks about 8 1/2 x 11", < 5#
 	Laptops   about the size of your lap, 6-15 #
	Luggables about the size of John Goodman's lap, more # than you want
		  to carry home every night.  Usually, no battery.

Notebooks are either:  limited functionality  or VERY expensive

Note:  These words were invented by Marketing people!
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