>From my brief reading up on the internet and talking to 2 friends, I thought some differences are: 1) you can hand write on a notebook and 2) notebooks don't usually have internal drives. Is that not the case? I'll have to read up on netbook as well.
Randall On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > "Laptop" and "notebook" mean the same thing today. This is important, > because there's now a class of personal computer called a "netbook". > > I wouldn't use any of them to "keep organized". I'd use a pencil (with > an eraser!) and pad of paper. > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Ranbo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an opportunity to get either a laptop or notebook for free (up to > > some dollar amount) through a program. It probably has to be a PC. So > > wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the pros and cons of laptops vs. > > notebooks, especially anyone who has used both. > > > > To now throw in one more variable, if the main or ostensible purpose of > the > > notebook or laptop is to help one be organized in order to work, and if > it > > would be possible to get a PDA (or maybe a smart phone), which, if any, > of > > these devices (laptop, notebook, PDA or maybe smartphone) would be best > for > > helping one get and stay organized, both at home, at work and in other > > situations, like running errands? That is, I might have the option of > > getting a PDA or maybe smartphone instead of laptop or notebook, but only > > ONE of these. I'm also thinking that if I can get one of these paid for, > > maybe best move is to get the most expensive, e.g. perhaps a laptop, and > buy > > the other, e.g. PDA, myself. I can't afford to buy both or even, really, > a > > laptop. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
