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Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll

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In article <slrno1tlke.qs6.howard@foxtrot.local>, Howard S Shubs
<howard@shubs.net> wrote:
> On 2016-10-29, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Other "MacBooks" were dropped and only recently brought back. The
> > exception being the slightly-less-recent "MacBook Air" which is an
> > underpowered notebook, not a laptop.
> 
> How are you defining the difference between a notebook and a laptop?  In
> my world, those terms are interchangeable.

The "notebook" is (or at least was) as sub-category of "laptop". The
original point of the "notebook" was that it was a smaller, lighter,
cheaper, less powerful laptop, but that division has become a blurred.


    Notebook computer: A portable computer smaller than a 
    laptop model, ...
<http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/notebook-computer>
and <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/notebook+computer>


    Options that once defined the difference between a 
    laptop and notebook computer are separated by a small, 
    almost invisible fine line today.
<http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/laptop_notebook.a
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Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 10:10 +1300
  Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <zerbatory@gmail.com> - 2016-10-28 15:21 -0700
    Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-28 16:06 -0700
      Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-29 10:05 -0400
    Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 06:44 +0000
      Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-11-06 08:11 -0500
      Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-07 08:57 +1300
  Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-28 20:37 -0400
    Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-29 14:23 +1300
      Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 07:06 +0000
        Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-11-07 09:04 +1300
    Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-29 04:39 +0000
      Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll YK <xxxxx@dialme.com> - 2016-10-30 14:01 -0400
        Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-10-31 09:28 +1300
        Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-30 17:25 -0400
    Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-28 22:42 -0700
  Re: I'd Like to See a MacBook Pro Poll Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-11-06 06:43 +0000

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