Could someone tell me what the difference is between a laptop and a Chromebook?
Thank you!
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SomeMichGuy · M
One name makes sense, the other does not.
A "laptop" is short for a "laptop computer", a computer in a package designed to be more portable than a "desktop computer", a computer which can literally sit on your lap.
A "Chromebook" is a typical ploy out of marketing/advertising, a name designed byban idiot unfamiliar either with "chrome"--a finish which used to be used on automotive bumpers, for instance--or "books", as this is neither.
(Yes, it is based upon a product which itself is software, and thus is incapable of being chrome-plated. So I suppose one could either say that the namers of the *software* product are foolish, or that the namers of the "Chromebook" compounded the idiocy by saying, "What the hell, why not call it a book, too, since we're already stuck with the 'chrome' bit...?")
Perhaps I am not so far off, if one considers the fine reply from several others, because if you shelled out a bunch of money, wouldn't you feel MUCH better having spent it for a "Chromebook" rather than for "an overpriced tablet which is trying to convince you it is a full-fledged laptop, when it's really just a very expensive browser"? Wouldn't you feel a LOT less stupid for buying the former rather than the latter? 😉
A "laptop" is short for a "laptop computer", a computer in a package designed to be more portable than a "desktop computer", a computer which can literally sit on your lap.
A "Chromebook" is a typical ploy out of marketing/advertising, a name designed byban idiot unfamiliar either with "chrome"--a finish which used to be used on automotive bumpers, for instance--or "books", as this is neither.
(Yes, it is based upon a product which itself is software, and thus is incapable of being chrome-plated. So I suppose one could either say that the namers of the *software* product are foolish, or that the namers of the "Chromebook" compounded the idiocy by saying, "What the hell, why not call it a book, too, since we're already stuck with the 'chrome' bit...?")
Perhaps I am not so far off, if one considers the fine reply from several others, because if you shelled out a bunch of money, wouldn't you feel MUCH better having spent it for a "Chromebook" rather than for "an overpriced tablet which is trying to convince you it is a full-fledged laptop, when it's really just a very expensive browser"? Wouldn't you feel a LOT less stupid for buying the former rather than the latter? 😉