From laptop to notebook
Posted by nb-admin on Apr 21st, 2008
2008
Apr 21
The UltraLite marked the line between what was then called a laptop to what is today called a notebook. While manufacturers had perverted the term laptop to include heavy, bulky portables that were anything but lap-friendly (such as the bowling ball-heavy Compaq III), the UltraLite raised the bar and created the notebook category.
Any laptop that weighs under 6 pounds and is less than an inch thick is technically a notebook. Some even lighter units earned the moniker sub-notebook.
But keep in mind that all these terms are for marketing purposes; today, all of these computers, regardless of weight, size, or what the brochure says, are called laptops.