On Tue, 11 Sep 2012, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I believe that Manny Fernandez referred to the Gavilan
as a "laptop"
computer. That would be, what?, around 1983. Up until then, the
term was "notebook" computer.
I never heard the term "notebook" until much later, and then it was used
to refer to smaller than usual laptops. We played around at Comdex with,
"what is the dividing line between 'laptop' and 'notebook'?"
and then much MUCH later, "netbook"
"What is the dividing line between 'notebook' and 'netbook'?"