What is the difference between laptop and notebook?
Laptop computers are somewhat larger than notebooks and will accommodate a built-in disk drive unit and; optionally, a floppy drive unit. That is, a CD ROM drive is either built into the unit or the unit has a built-in bay that will accommodate a removable CD ROM drive. Notebook computers will allow you to attach, via cable, a CD ROM drive. Since the drive is not built into the unit, notebooks are smaller and lighter than laptops. Hence, a notebook is an ultra small laptop. Another way to look at it is a notebook is about the size (or a little larger than) of a real [binder] notebook. byderule: I am using the definition that was given when they originally distinguished between notebooks and laptops. They have their own origin. We didnt start calling laptops, notebooks, just to be cute. Originally laptops were introduced as notebooks when the smaller version of laptops came out. Because of competition, notebooks have more features in them, but its origin was defined above. Just like the
