Thread: Is the laptop and personal freedom dead?
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Old 02-02-2011, 04:57 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
No, it is about the size-- the first "portable" computers were the size of suitcases with tiny CRT screens in them. Then came portable computers with LCD panels that were a mere 10 pounds or less and were small enough to hold on your lap. Then, some time in the early 1990s, manufacturers started producing portable computers that were around the size of a notebook-- and the term that stuck was notebook computer. If a portable computer has dimensions of around 8.5x11 inches or smaller, it is a notebook, not a laptop.
A laptop to me is a device that runs an operating system (Microsoft 7). I can control what programs (from a large variety of sources) are loaded and run on it. I can also choose to remove stuff I don't want.

In the ipad I do not have this choice. I can select apps (all provided by Apple) as long as I pay for them and run them by Apple's rules. I choose not.
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