# Help me find a replacement for my paper notebook that looks like a laptop **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 21, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980 "2007-05-21T21:04:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/1 "2007-05-21T21:04:41Z")
This is what I’m talking about: [Cool Notebook](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/minor7flat5/cool-notebook.jpg) It’s a promotional gift from Dell that somehow got mailed to our secretary. She looked at funny and asked if I needed another notepad, at which point I immediately snapped it up. Everywhere I go, I lay this on the table in meetings and people always do a double take when I start taking notes. The problem is that it will eventually run out of pages and I will need another. I have no idea how one could possibly Google for a notebook that looks like, well, a notebook. I looked at Dell’s website, but had no clue how to find this. Any ideas? Has anyone ever seen such a notebook for sale? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/2 "2007-05-21T21:12:53Z")
No, I’ve never seen one for sale, but I want one! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/3 "2007-05-21T21:13:39Z")
I’d wager that book was never sold, and was instead, a trade show giveaway. You might want to try beating the bushes with your company’s Dell representative, or with whatever sales department best suits your company (small, medium, huge or government) [Dell phone numbers](http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/en/byphone_sales?c=us&l=en&s=gen) ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/4 "2007-05-21T22:29:59Z")
I agree that this particular one (Dell promotional notebook) would probably only come from Dell sources, but I figure that this is too cool an idea for no one to have ever done before – isn’t there some company out there selling generic laptop notepads? The best would be if I could find one that looked like a MacBook Pro 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/5 "2007-05-22T00:47:50Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] No, I’ve never seen one for sale, but I want one! [/QUOTE] I would be willing to bet that a company like my old employer scholastic book fairs would sell a metric shitload of these things if they had them. ---
**Author:** ![drhook1961](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@drhook1961](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drhook1961)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/6 "2010-11-11T19:44:04Z")
I called Dell and they sadi check with you Dell rep. These are going to be a hot item and I would guess they would become available for sale sometime. I will keep up the search. Drhook ---
**Author:** ![camperdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4da419/32.png) [@camperdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camperdad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/7 "2012-01-09T18:30:45Z")
Here you go… [http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme\_regular\_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green](http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme_regular_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green) - CD ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/8 "2012-01-09T18:46:19Z")
> [@camperdad](#): > > Here you go… > > [http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme\_regular\_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green](http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme_regular_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green) > > - CD Wow, what an awesome first post! I had no idea companies made their promo stuff available like that. Lurk here for a while and finally found that great opportunity to post, or somehow just stumble upon a forum in need? Either way, welcome to the Dope! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lingking76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Lingking76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lingking76)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/9 "2019-10-19T12:31:36Z")
I know this is an old thread, but I just found one of these notebooks and was trying to research it. This thread it’s the only thing I can find on Google. Is there still interest here? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/10 "2019-10-19T13:08:14Z")
My wife has a Surface Pro. She takes notes by hand on the screen and the computer can pull them into charts or print them out for her after - now that’s 21st century cool ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/11 "2019-10-19T14:23:01Z")
> [@Lingking76](#): > > I know this is an old thread, but I just found one of these notebooks and was trying to research it. This thread it’s the only thing I can find on Google. Is there still interest here? I’d get one for the sheer novelty factor of it. Where? ---
**Author:** ![Lingking76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Lingking76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lingking76)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/12 "2019-10-19T14:37:53Z")
Im trying to sell the one I found. It’s brand new. I can ship to your pay pal address. This thing appears to be rare. How’s $50 sound? ---
**Author:** ![Lingking76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/278dde/32.png) [@Lingking76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lingking76)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/13 "2019-10-19T14:42:46Z")
It’s 11.5" x 9.5" x 3/4", hard cover. I can send pics to your email address if interested. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/14 "2019-10-19T14:44:06Z")
> [@camperdad](#): > > Here you go… > > [http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme\_regular\_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green](http://www.delleventshop.com/xtreme_regular_products.asp?xtremeid=18324DA9B4F64B8AA6742F669A960C52&Announcement=1&cat=green) > > - CD If you go to [https://www.delleventshop.com](https://www.delleventshop.com) and look for “Dell Custom Journal”, you’ll find something similar currently available. Of course, you need a Dell badge number to set up an account to buy stuff at that website. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/15 "2019-10-19T23:31:32Z")
I had totally forgotten that I posted this…twelve years ago. Photobucket turned evil in the intervening years, so here’s the same photo: [Cool Notebook](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gtDCt6M/0/566dec7d/O/i-gtDCt6M.jpg) In the years that followed, I had a second identical notebook that a friend found and gave to me. I filled them both up and put them on the shelf. The content was work related, so absolutely lost relevance in the past decade. I tossed them out in one of the great paper purges. When I had that notebook, it was sleeker and cooler looking than the typical workplace laptop. These days work laptops are slimmer and nicer, but the real game changer has been the iPad. These days I carry an iPad Pro with the Pencil clinging to its side like a koala bear. I have well over a thousand pages of handwritten notes on my iPad and use it regularly for taking notes in meetings. I also have several hundred pages of sheet music in the forScore app with all of my bass line annotations all over them. The age of the paper notebook is not gone, but has changed dramatically. My wife, on the other hand, loves the feel of pen on paper and will never trade that for electronic notebooks. I did convince her to use an iPad for her piano music however. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980/16 "2019-10-19T23:44:40Z")
Heck, that was a cool notebook. I, like your wife, like paper as well. I use hard back sketch books all the time turned like a lap top. I’m a lefty so I turn spiral bound notebooks and draw and sketch on the reverse of the page.