Is there any difference between Laptop Notepad and Thinkpad?

Answer 1

"Notebooks and laptops are not the same thing and this

is a perfect illustration of the distinction.

A laptop is a computer you put on your lap.

A notebook is a computer with a screen that folds down

over the keyboard (with a form factor like a paper

notebook, hence the name).

A laptop may or may not have a folding screen (the

earliest models didn't). A notebook may or may not be

"lappable" - i.e. it may or may not be small enough,

cool enough or light enough to hold on your lap.

A 19" notebook is a portable PC, but I wouldn't call

it a laptop. There's nothing wrong with this category

of machine, IMO - I personally keep my notebook on my

coffee table 99% of the time, and only carry it with

me to a place (in other words, I don't have a need to

bust it out in-transit on a train or a bus, I take it

out on a corresponding desk or table somewhere else).

Laptops are perfectly fine if you want a real

go-anywhere computer. But this is not a laptop, and

not everybody needs that amount of portability. Some

people just need a machine to act as a desktop most of

the time, but that still doesn't take up a lot of

space and can be moved around easily when needed."

moreover to confuse us all there are the tablet pcs

which might or might not have a keyboard.. and now

laptops are becoming so small, they will soon start

blurring the lines between PDA's and laptops

Hope this helps :)