Types of Notebooks

<h1>Types of Notebooks</h1>Author: <a title="mike pyne" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/mike-pyne/47416.htm">mike pyne</a> There are different types of Notebooks. Each has its own pros and cons. It depends on you which one is best suited for you. Some of the types of notebook are given below Ultraportable: Ultraportables systems are so light and small that you'll hardly know they're in your laptop bag. The smallest ultraportable is sometimes referred to as sub-notebooks having 10-inch displays and confined keyboards. <ul> <li>2kg or less</li> <li>Less than 20mm thick</li> <li>Little displays (12 inches or smaller)</li> <li>Slower mobile processors, less memory, and smaller hard drives</li> <li>No internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives</li> <li>Ports are very less</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional</li> </ul> Thin-and-light: A thin-and-light offers the best balance between portability, performance, and features, particularly for business travelers. <ul> <li>1.8 to 3kg</li> <li>Less than 40mm thick</li> <li>Medium sized displays (12 to 14 inches)</li> <li>Powerful mobile processors, lots of memory, spacious hard drives</li> <li>One exchangeable internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive</li> <li>All standard ports</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional</li> </ul> Mainstream or value notebooks: This notebooks bring the performance and features that most users need without all the stuff they don't. Though these devices are a bit lighter and smaller than desktop replacements, mainstream notebooks still aren't suitable for business travelers. <ul> <li>2.5 to 4kg</li> <li>Approximately 40mm thick</li> <li>14-inch display or larger</li> <li>Value mobile processors, base amounts of memory, and small hard drives</li> <li>Two fixed or exchangeable internal drives for floppy, CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives</li> <li>All standard ports</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Home</li> </ul> Desktop replacement: A desktop replacement is prepared for just about anything, but it rarely ever ventures off the compressed path. Because of its big and heavy size they are uncommon to traveler. But these give the best performance and the most features available in a notebook. <ul> <li>3.5kg or more</li> <li>Over 40mm thick</li> <li>15-inch to 17-inch displays</li> <li>Fastest mobile or desktop processors, most memory, and largest hard   drives</li> <li>Two exchangeable internal drives for floppy, CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD recordable</li> <li>All standard ports and multimedia connectors</li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional</li> </ul> Tablet PC: They are available in two basic designs: tablets that look like traditional notebooks, but with displays that turn round and fold flat facing outwards, and slates that have no attached keyboard <ul> <li>Less than 2kg (some slates weigh as little as 1kg)</li> <li>Most of them are compact.</li> <li>12-inch digitized displays</li> <li>Same mobile processors, memory, and hard drives found in ultraportables</li> <li>No internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives</li> <li>Fewer ports, </li> <li>Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition</li> </ul>About the Author: Rentfusion a nationwide computer rental company offering computers, laptops, audio visual equipments with technical support and services. For more click <a href="http://www.rentfusion.com/Macbook-Rentals/macbook-rentals.asp"> Notebook rental</a> and <a href="http://www.rentfusion.com/Laptop-Rentals/laptop-rentals.asp"> Laptop PC Rentals</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/laptops-articles/types-of-notebooks-951380.html" title="Types of Notebooks">Types of Notebooks</a>

There are different types of Notebooks. Each has its own pros and cons. It depends on you which one is best suited for you. Some of the types of notebook are given below

Ultraportable:

Ultraportables systems are so light and small that you'll hardly know they're in your laptop bag. The smallest ultraportable is sometimes referred to as sub-notebooks having 10-inch displays and confined keyboards.

2kg or less
Less than 20mm thick
Little displays (12 inches or smaller)
Slower mobile processors, less memory, and smaller hard drives
No internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives
Ports are very less
Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional

Thin-and-light:

A thin-and-light offers the best balance between portability, performance, and features, particularly for business travelers.

1.8 to 3kg
Less than 40mm thick
Medium sized displays (12 to 14 inches)
Powerful mobile processors, lots of memory, spacious hard drives
One exchangeable internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drive
All standard ports
Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional

Mainstream or value notebooks:

This notebooks bring the performance and features that most users need without all the stuff they don't. Though these devices are a bit lighter and smaller than desktop replacements, mainstream notebooks still aren't suitable for business travelers.

2.5 to 4kg
Approximately 40mm thick
14-inch display or larger
Value mobile processors, base amounts of memory, and small hard drives
Two fixed or exchangeable internal drives for floppy, CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives
All standard ports
Microsoft Windows XP Home

Desktop replacement:

A desktop replacement is prepared for just about anything, but it rarely ever ventures off the compressed path. Because of its big and heavy size they are uncommon to traveler. But these give the best performance and the most features available in a notebook.

3.5kg or more
Over 40mm thick
15-inch to 17-inch displays
Fastest mobile or desktop processors, most memory, and largest hard drives
Two exchangeable internal drives for floppy, CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD recordable
All standard ports and multimedia connectors
Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional

Tablet PC:

They are available in two basic designs: tablets that look like traditional notebooks, but with displays that turn round and fold flat facing outwards, and slates that have no attached keyboard

Less than 2kg (some slates weigh as little as 1kg)
Most of them are compact.
12-inch digitized displays
Same mobile processors, memory, and hard drives found in ultraportables
No internal CD, CD-RW, or DVD drives
Fewer ports,
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

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