Laptop and Netbook are pretty much interchangeable. They are a more normal PC as such. Laptops and Netbooks nowadays have pretty much have the same capability as a regular PC, with similar processors, similar capacities of memory and disk space and integrated optical drive.
Earlier Netbooks was not enabled with CD/DVD drives, but now some of the Netbooks are embedded with the same.
The nature of my job involves lots of travelling, therefore I am using Intel atom based processors Netbook and it is a great little piece of technology, lightweight and easy to take anywhere, and is much lesser price as compare with Laptop and with a great battery life.
A netbook is a small laptop that's more portable but slower, a notebook is usually the same as a laptop but used to mean a smaller unit. Laptops are usually the largest of the three classes.
A netbook is basically a tablet PC with a keyboard. Most netbooks have a 10" display, no CD or DVD drive, a low-end single core CPU, 1 Gb of RAM, and a fairly small hard drive by today's standards. Modern laptops or notebooks basically have the same components and abilities as a desktop PC While a netbook does have alot of the same capabilities as a regular laptop, they are usually alot slower. Netbooks are normally used for accessing the internet (hence the name) and word processing. Where as the right laptop can do virtually anything the user requires.
The greatest difference is that a netbook or tablet are made for internet use only. The laptop notebook will also be able to have Office or other useful software as well as a hard drive for storage.
On a netbook, you cannot play videos on YouTube; on an iPod Touch you can. You cannot play games on a netbook.
A netbook is a very small mobile computer that has alot less power then a notebook or a laptop. Its size is usually around 7" - 10". A notebook is the biggest of the three of these and has the most power of them all. A notebook usually is about 15.4" - 19". A laptop is the most comfortable to carry around with you and "sit" on your lap. The average size of a laptop is around 13" - 17".
A laptop is a personal computer that has a full-sized keyboard, a monitor that opens up and built in storage drives. Similar to a laptop, a notebook is a personal computer with a full-sized keyboard and monitor that opens up, but unlike a laptop, it does not have built in storage, rather it has ports that allow external drives to be connected. A netbook is essentially a smaller sized notebook.
Windows XP shouldn't have any problem on both a laptop or netbook.
They are both good. It will depend on your personal need whether you want a laptop or smaller netbook. A netbook will not have a DVD drive and will have less memory storage than a laptop but is more portable.
The netbook and laptop cases vary in size because a netbook is significantly smaller than a laptop. You should definitely check which one your friend has to ensure you get one that is going to fit the size of their computer.
Satellite Laptop is nothing but a brand name for a particular range of Toshiba laptops. So there is no difference between a laptop and a satellite laptop.
A netbook is a version of a laptop computer. It is smaller than a notebook, sometimes called a regular laptop and is generally less powerful and less expensive.
Besides the size, a laptop notebook computer has more functions and capacity than a netbook. You can read more at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19680_102-0.html?threadID=313546