Okay, one more naive question - why a notebook over a laptop?
As Stewart says, these are mostly synonymous, sort of. What is considered to be a notebook today is usually a full function general purpose computer with the smallest possible form factor that may also be optimized for weight. This would be a smaller machine than what is considered a mainstream laptop, and usually more expensive. A gaming laptop would be the other extreme, these are usually quite a bit bulkier and heavier than a mainstream laptop, cost significantly more, and because of the graphics hardware and processors used will typically have very short battery only run times (they are probably better termed "transportables", as you don't want to get far from a wall plug with these). So there's a whole lot of tradeoffs going on here (as usual) which generally boil down to selecting your flavor based on your applications and your budget. As Stewart says screen size has been increasing lately, another tradeoff as this basically drives form factor. 13"-14" in a 4x3 aspect ratio is pushing what I consider easily transportable on a bicycle or in a shoulder bag.
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