What is the difference between a netbook and a laptop?
I just want to know.
I just want to know.
Justme1971
Favorite Answer
A laptop was built to be a portable replacement for the desktop computer. Having slightly less powerful hardware than a desktop computer, but capable of performing every need from business, email, websurfing, watching movies, and even gaming.
The netbook was designed for pure portability to answer the growing need of peoples internet activities such as facebook, myspace, youtube, and the like. Being much smaller and less powerful, they do not come with a cd or dvd drive, and are not capable of playing games like a desktop or laptop computer (graphic intensive 3D games). They can play java and flash based games and some non graphic intensive games, but gaming was not the purpose of their design.
Deaf Mute
Netbooks as Intel defines them have a screen smaller than 12-inches, they usually run Intel Atom processors, and can only have up to 2gb of ram. Netbooks are only those small laptops. They are designed to really only be good for surfing the web, checking email, etc.
Anonymous
Well technically a netbook is a laptop, and should instead be compared to a notebook.
Netbooks are by far less powerful, often have a single core processor, under 2gb ram, and are very small. Notebooks are far more powerful.
Tony
a netbook has a small screen small keyboard ,not for gaming and no dvd drive
a laptop/notebook you can get different sizes and better specs to play games and they have dvd drives
Cami Serra
a netbook is smaller in size and in memory. also, a netbook has less battery duration, but it is MUCH cheaper. a laptop is bigger, has more memory and more battery, eventhough it is more expensive.