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Article #8716Re: RQOM (Retarded Question Of the Month)
From: Chris Landers
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 23:56
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1991 23:56
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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! -- <================================><===============================> || Christopher Landers || PURDUE UNIVERSITY - KRAN 708 || || Krannert Computing Center || West Lafayette, IN 47907 || <=================== landers@zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu ================>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!zeus.mgmt.purdue.edu!landers 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 Lines: 22