Notebooks Guide
Notebooks that are often referred to as so-called notebooks laptops are just a version of the well -known desktop computer. Notebooks have some advantages in the terms of weight and size, as all the components are gathered in a neat mobile notebook that is easily portable. Notebooks usually weigh from 2 to 17 pounds (that is from 1 to 8 kg) that depends on the materials, make and some other facts such as parent company etc.

All notebooks work on one singular battery usually from the external AC/DC adapter. They charge the battery and supply the power to laptop as well. A lot of notebooks have a back-up cell for supplying power during power failure and being in such places there is not steady power supply. Computer notebooks are capable and worthy of doing just the same works as desktop computers do. But notebooks are not as powerful as the desktop counterparts that have the same price. It is due to the point that most parts that are used in a desktop computer are extremely miniaturized for fitting into the small notebooks.

All notebooks always have liquid crystal displays that are reduced to LCD, they use separate memory modules. Notebooks have a touchpad for mouse and a keyboard.

The first laptop that was commercially available was called the Osborne I in 1981. Although it was much heavier it had the greatest effect on the industrial sectors and business. A wonderful idea to take work to home had got a full new meaning. In 1983 appeared the Compaq Portable that was a notebook version of popular IBM Personal Computer. It was a real hit because it was much more IBM-compatible!

Today notebooks are used everywhere. They are produced by the best world companies. So, there are samsung notebooks, toshiba notebooks, asus notebooks and many others.

The notebooks might seem to be a mobile and powerful genius of our age, they have some fallacies as well. They may be listed here.

Weaker and standardizing parts:

The parts of the notebooks are just miniaturized parts of the desktop computers and that is why they are rather weaker in comparison. Also, the notebooks count too much on the steady power supply, besides supposed being mobile. Although, modern technologies have greatly improved this negative factor of the notebooks they are not ideal.

Durability Issues:

The possibility, integrated composite structure, make and design of notebooks can make all of them much more liable to wear, physical damage and shock than the desktop computers. But the worst point is that a motherboard or new LCD screen, if damaged, costs more than notebook itself costs!

Performance Issues:

The desktop computer is in general a high performing machine if compared to the notebook of the same price. It is in spite of being destroyed slowly by improvement of cutting edge technology, it would not be true. As portability and energy are prioritized points for all notebooks than absolute performance.

In any case, notebooks belong to the new generation of today. Slowly but surely, age of the desktop computers is passing by.