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Obsolete term for smaller laptops
Subnotebook, also called ultraportable, superportable, handtop, mini notebook or mini laptop, is a type of laptop computer that is smaller and lighter than a typical notebook-sized laptop. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SubnotebookA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Ascentia 500sThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: An ergonomic evaluation comparing desktop, notebook, and subnotebook computersCited 69 times
- Go sideways: History of laptopsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Ultra-mobile PCA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A small, lightweight laptop computer, smaller than a notebook computer.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Ascentia 500s · 1994
- 📕The global market for rugged mobile computersTim Shea · 2003
- 📕The global markets for rugged mobile computersTim Shea · 2001
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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