Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Lightweight Computers, You've just got to love them

By Nathan Jamieson

Lightweight computers will come in two categories, laptops and notebooks .Lightweight computers are a small personal computer which are best for personal use which consist of a display, a keyboard and a pointing device which is also known as a touchpad.

The usual size of a lightweight computer is roughly the same size of a large notebook with display screens varying between 13 inches and 17 inches or even bigger but the newest lightweight computers have screens as small as 7 inches.Most of these kind of computer were made so when the computer is shut it protects the screen and the keyboard.

These computers are now extremely popular from having a market share of less than 2% in 1986 of the computer market to an amazing forecast for 2009 that there will be more laptops than desltops PC'c

Laptops used to fall into two different types.The first type were desktop replacements which were as a rule powerful enough to replace a normal PC but they were usually big with an extremely limited battery life.This type of laptop were the mainstay of business users who were able to to do most of their work at a desk and were able to carry their computer from office to office.

The second type was alot smaller but the quality was very poor.

Todays lightweight computer users find themselves in a great situation. There has been a trend towards more efficient designs such as Intels Core and Core 2 ranges, these computers will run very efficiently.

Here we are today with a generation of lightweight computers that perform well and have an excellent battery life. - 16747

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