Laptop - Notebook - Laptop
Oct 17, 2015 15:27:04 #
Those of you old enough to remember will recall that computers used to be large enough that people did not carry them around. In 1983, Compaq introduced the portable computer, quite a revolution. The user would lug it around in a large case.
Eventually, computers got small enough to be called "laptops." A generation later, laptops shrank to the size of notebooks, so they were called "notebook computers" or simply "notebooks."
For some reason, that name never took, and we still call them laptops. Magazines and the computer industry tried to refer to them as notebooks, but "laptop" was the term the public liked.
Eventually, computers got small enough to be called "laptops." A generation later, laptops shrank to the size of notebooks, so they were called "notebook computers" or simply "notebooks."
For some reason, that name never took, and we still call them laptops. Magazines and the computer industry tried to refer to them as notebooks, but "laptop" was the term the public liked.
Oct 17, 2015 15:56:07 #
The modern term for the very small computer is tablets.
jerryc41 wrote:
Those of you old enough to remember will recall th... (show quote)
Oct 17, 2015 16:11:35 #
SpaceCowboy369 wrote:
The modern term for the very small computer is tablets.
And, of course, there's always a "device." :D
Oct 18, 2015 05:34:11 #
desktop, laptop,notebook,tablet, I remember when a computer took up a room bigger than my house and had less computing power than my adding machine
Oct 18, 2015 06:22:40 #
CEJ wrote:
desktop, laptop,notebook,tablet, I remember when a computer took up a room bigger than my house and had less computing power than my adding machine
It's like science fiction becoming reality all over again. I remember an episode of Science Fiction Theater that featured a remote control car -a full size car. That was the basis for that episode.
Oct 18, 2015 09:26:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Those of you old enough to remember will recall th... (show quote)
When I started building computers in the late 80's we were on the verge of the category proliferation. When the Compaq you mention came out, it was preceded by a similar machine, the KayPro, which also was about the same size and the keyboard dropped down to reveal a tiny monochrome monitor.
We called those particular computers and other "wannabe's" by the name "Luggables".
That name did not fly in common circles, and I had a problem with it, because I considered desktops to also be "Luggable" if you took two trips to the car.
"Luggable"... just name for a computer that you could carry with a handle... but not a popular name. I have installed handles on the top of early desktop computer towers just to make them a bit more "Luggable". Drawer pulls and screen door handles from Ace Hardware worked just fine.
I just put a handle on the top of my Dell Optiplex to assist in getting it to my classrooms to hook to the overhead projections screens.
Why don't I use a laptop-notebook-????
I need the exercise. Tablets???? bunch of sissies!
A real man uses a "Luggable". :thumbup:
Oct 18, 2015 09:29:11 #
Oct 18, 2015 09:30:49 #
Kuzano wrote:
"Luggable"... just name for a computer that you could carry with a handle... but not a popular name. I have installed handles on the top of early desktop computer towers just to make them a bit more "Luggable". Drawer pulls and screen door handles from Ace Hardware worked just fine.
When I had an Apple lle, there was a local club that met once a month at a public building. Most of us had a large case that would hold the computer, monitor and disk drives, and we would "lug" that to each meeting. How times have changed!
Oct 18, 2015 09:37:16 #
ysam45 wrote:
You must search the world over to find stupid shit to put on here so many times per day!
Yes, I do, and it's a lot of work! :D
Oct 18, 2015 10:10:24 #
ysam45 wrote:
You must search the world over to find stupid shit to put on here so many times per day!
Moi?
Oct 18, 2015 11:50:56 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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Not attempting to change the subject mater here but this did remind me of our first portable phone with a huge battery and a box/bag for the hand held corded style phone with a 2foot antenna.
Oct 18, 2015 22:33:19 #
Kuzano wrote:
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I remember the KayPro. I worked in a factory in Fla in those days and a new VP/Supervisor came in. He had two of them. Quite unique.
Oct 20, 2015 16:35:10 #
i had two of those kay pros,,, and old neighbor gave them tome.
Kuzano wrote:
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Oct 20, 2015 19:06:42 #
I appreciate the time and effort you put into what you do on here and may you long carry on. Thanks.
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, I do, and it's a lot of work! :D
Oct 22, 2015 08:47:47 #
They were talking on the radio the other day, about what one would be worth, if they had purchased an equal amount of Apple stock, instead of the first MacBook? A LOT!
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