# Laptop Computers - Please help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-computers-please-help/212155>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-computers-please-help/212155 "2003-11-09T01:47:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-computers-please-help/212155/21 "2003-11-10T16:22:08Z")

</div>

“wants a light laptop”

Maybe you’d prefer a 'notebook?" That Ispirion I mentioned is a notebook (small) not a laptop (big). Of course, these days that line between a notebook & a laptop of indeed pretty thin.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-computers-please-help/212155/22 "2003-11-10T19:14:42Z")

</div>

Handy, the line’s been fading because computer makers seem to have started phasing out the term “laptop” for liability reasons. (I believe it was two years ago, somebody left his “laptop” on his lap too long, and suffered horrible burns on his genitals as a result.)

-lv

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-computers-please-help/212155.md?page=1)