Laptop? or Notebook?

Undertoad · 10-02-2007, 12:57 PM

Which term do you use? Please vote on the above poll thank you.

HungLikeJesus · 10-02-2007, 01:03 PM

I think of a notebook as being smaller than a laptop. So far, 100% of the people agree with me.

Stormieweather · 10-02-2007, 01:07 PM

lumberjim · 10-02-2007, 01:09 PM

i think a notebook is made out of paper.......and some wire curly and carboard....

Rexmons · 10-02-2007, 01:09 PM

they mean the same thing but i say laptop because it can only mean one thing.

Clodfobble · 10-02-2007, 01:22 PM

Plus, my laptop always sits on my actual lap, so it is more accurate.

LabRat · 10-02-2007, 01:30 PM

Notebooks are for pens, laptops are for p0r... The Cellar.

theotherguy · 10-02-2007, 01:48 PM

laptop is the old term. most manufacturers are moving to notebook. part of it is to get away from liability from burned laps from heated laptops. i have hopped on the bandwagon.

wolf · 10-02-2007, 02:11 PM

It's a laptop. It's much bigger than a notebook.

DucksNuts · 10-02-2007, 08:41 PM

I still say laptop, but now that I own a *notebook*, I am trying to learn to call it that.

orthodoc · 10-02-2007, 08:44 PM

I use 'laptop' for Windows machines and 'notebook' for Macs (all portable of course).

wolfd · 10-07-2007, 02:11 PM

I call my mac laptop a Macbook.

freshnesschronic · 10-08-2007, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Plus, my laptop always sits on my actual lap, so it is more accurate.

Only in tragic, dire situations I hope. I hate utilizing the "lap" part.

Mockingbird · 10-08-2007, 01:37 AM

I read that the radiation and heat can do vile things to sperm count. They should call it a kneetop.

ZenGum · 10-08-2007, 03:36 AM

As well as the burnt lap and toasted sperm issues, typing on the machine on your lap is bad for your wrists.
Which is why, as TheOtherGuy notes, liability-shy manufacturers are calling them notebooks.
However, "laptop" contrasts so neatly with "desktop". And its catchier.
Also, using the machine on your lap, when you're looking at porn, can make the situation rather unstable...

PS "Laptop? Thats a funny name for it. I'd call that a Chuzzwuzzah."

View Poll Results: Which word do you use to describe a thin, portable computer?
"laptop"	21	55.26%
"notebook"	3	7.89%
both terms, at different times	7	18.42%
a different term	1	2.63%
I believe that "laptop" and "notebook" describe different things	6	15.79%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

10-02-2007, 12:57 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Laptop? or Notebook? Which term do you use? Please vote on the above poll thank you.

10-02-2007, 01:03 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I think of a notebook as being smaller than a laptop. So far, 100% of the people agree with me. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-02-2007, 01:07 PM	#3
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	__________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

10-02-2007, 01:09 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i think a notebook is made out of paper.......and some wire curly and carboard.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2007, 01:09 PM	#5
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	they mean the same thing but i say laptop because it can only mean one thing. __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

10-02-2007, 01:22 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Plus, my laptop always sits on my actual lap, so it is more accurate.

10-02-2007, 01:30 PM	#7
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Notebooks are for pens, laptops are for p0r... The Cellar. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-02-2007, 01:48 PM	#8
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	laptop is the old term. most manufacturers are moving to notebook. part of it is to get away from liability from burned laps from heated laptops. i have hopped on the bandwagon.

10-02-2007, 02:11 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's a laptop. It's much bigger than a notebook. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-02-2007, 08:41 PM	#10
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I still say laptop, but now that I own a notebook, I am trying to learn to call it that.

10-02-2007, 08:44 PM	#11
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I use 'laptop' for Windows machines and 'notebook' for Macs (all portable of course). __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

10-07-2007, 02:11 PM	#12
wolfd Disorderly Disciplinarian Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 21	I call my mac laptop a Macbook.

10-08-2007, 01:37 AM	#14
Mockingbird Master of hand to mouth living Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tulsa, Okla Posts: 189	I read that the radiation and heat can do vile things to sperm count. They should call it a kneetop. __________________ When you're low it's either wave that flag or stand there empty-handed. -- Achewood

10-08-2007, 03:36 AM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	As well as the burnt lap and toasted sperm issues, typing on the machine on your lap is bad for your wrists. Which is why, as TheOtherGuy notes, liability-shy manufacturers are calling them notebooks. However, "laptop" contrasts so neatly with "desktop". And its catchier. Also, using the machine on your lap, when you're looking at porn, can make the situation rather unstable... PS "Laptop? Thats a funny name for it. I'd call that a Chuzzwuzzah." Last edited by ZenGum; 10-08-2007 at 03:37 AM. Reason: Alien brain implant controlling my actions

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