Talk:Laptop

Picture

With reference to the heat issues discussed below, I suggest to remove or alter some of the pictures in this article. On the picture of the "Dell XPS M140 Laptop", for example, the laptop rests on a carpet -- something which can be extremely damaging to the laptop's ventilation system (similar to when you're using the laptop on a pillow or something). Although the pictures are usually small, I would welcome it if somebody with editor priviledges could at least remove the carpet using an image editor -- the carpet looks questionable on some of the pictures anyway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.20.240.17 (talk) 20:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Expansion needed

There is almost nothing about laptops in the 1990's and 2000's. This article should be closer to the How Stuff Works article. (http://www.howstuffworks.com/laptop.htm) - User:Hyad -->

History of laptops

Dates? Timeline? John Sinclair (talk) 19:13, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

how did the laptop come about? who made the first laptop?

That's a good question. Also i wonder why when you push a laptop screen with your finger it gets all liquidy looking. Teentitans!

That would be because it's a flat-screen LCD. Same thing happens with LCD monitors. Wanka 20:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

The LCD screen is a technological point, not an historic one.

The article says the Gavilan was the first computer to be marketed as a laptop, implying that the word was coined by them in 1983. Is there any evidence for this? I haven't found any records of "laptop" before 1984, and none from Gavilan (similar terms used by them and others were "lap models" etc). Hexmaster (talk) 17:21, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Misspellings?

Ebay is hardly a source for common misspellings. frequently, power sellers will misspell the word to attract buyers. Sometimes they add other key words into items (using the word "Like" commonly) to attract more people to look at their auction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.130.215.112 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Where laptops came from

The first laptop that came about was by Compaq. It was called the Compaq Portable, "Compatabilty and Quality". I believe there's an entry on here for one that goes into more detail on what it was about. Compaq moved into desktop computers later on, but, Compaq was formed because they were making portable computers.

- Mike. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Izcool (talk • contribs) 03:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Heat Issues

This section on heat issues needs to be cleaned up... If everyone agrees that is...

My IBM T42/p 1.8gHz Dothan Core Centrino is just fine on my lap... Even running a game at ~90%+ CPU and full screen graphics.

Dells on the other hand... Woah! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Moogle10000 (talk • contribs) 07:52, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Noise Issues

Some of the newer laptops (and desktop computers) create so much noise that they can scarcely be used in polite company (nor is one eager to use them anywhere else...). There is a huge amount of anecdotal discussion regarding this point on discussion boards around the Net, but getting solid facts and figures is not so easy. Some expert discussion of this topic, especially naming manufacturers of systems who guarantee especially low noise levels, would be priceless. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mike Serfas (talk • contribs) 00:45, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

history of laptops

Would this be an appropriate reference for the "history" section? "The 10 Most Important Laptops of All Time" by Carla Thornton http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=5004769 http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132605/article.html

External video card

External video cards should be mentioned. They allow a lower-cost laptop pc (with sufficiently fast CPU) to run high-end games even without a full high-end graphics card. Also the Template:Comparison of laptops should have seperate category showing low-cost laptops with a fast cpu (eg dual or quad core 2.5ghz x2 (64bit) yet without good graphics card.

See http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/577/1015577/asus-shows-the-future-of-graphics and http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/28/ati-to-release-power-hungry-external-video-card Walaale waxaa Rabo Laptopka Eng Jamac Xuseen Guure marka waan kaa rabtaa in aan noo soo gud biso Qiimaha la siin kar sxb by Somalia boby Galkacyo-Puntland-0025290-758499 marka walaale waan kaa war sugaynaa waxii jawaab ah wabilaahi towfiiq —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.201.206.82 (talk) 08:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Laptops/Netbooks.

Which actually came first, is there any evidence of it?

Cite reference 8, actually disproves the point it intends to prove, and makes no mention of the term Notebook.

The Gavilan SC, released in 1983, was the first notebook marketed using the term "laptop".[8]

Any proof which came first, notebook or laptop? The History of Laptops uses the Term NoteTakers, never Notebook also. What should be said in this, I personally don't know, but keen editors could possibly do research into it? Benmfowler (talk) 23:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

DEC used to manufacture what this page laughingly refers to as "rugged laptops" or whatever as Laptops. Back when they wre all first being manufacturered, a "Laptop" was the bricky-like thing that you see now as a rugged pc and Compaq first coined the phrase "notebook" for the small laptops that this page called "subnotebooks".

Seriously tho, where the hell did you people get all these stupid terms for Laptops/notebooks from? International manfacturing standards refer to laptops as any "desktop replacement computer" (Ridiculous name), notebooks are subnotebooks, netbooks is a marketing term for laptops with minimal capabilties beyond web browsing and emails and a "rugged laptop" is just brand name based items. I thought wikipedia was better then this. - 121.216.198.177 (talk) 05:11, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Remove advertisement link

Someone should remove the link at the very bottom of the page just above the list of categories. In my opinion, it is a self-advertisement. I can't remove it because the page is protected.

Peace6 (talk) 14:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)