Netbook I think — though I like the damm small coumpter too

Chippy get netbookportal.com.

- NetBook: 10″ or less, $500 or less
- Ultra-portable, ultra-light, ultra-thin: 13.3″ or less, 3,5 lbs or less, 1″ or less, regardless of cost
- Notebook/laptop: the rest

Desktop, laptop, small PC,
these are the words that work for me.

Here’s how I usually break down the different terms:

UMPC: 4-7″ screen, generally touchscreen slate or convertible form factor, and usually attempting to squeeze a decent amount of computing power into that size (ex. Core Solo processor), thus usually making them fairly expensive (usually upwards of $1300). Examples: Samsung Q1 and Q1U series, OQO, HTC Shift, Fujitsu U810

Netbook: 7-10″ screen, mostly traditional clamshell designs (with a few “netvertibles,” with hopefully more to come in the future), the defining characteristic is an emphasis on cheaper, lower power-draw components (specifically, Intel Atom or Via Nano type processors) to fulfill the role of a “companion computer” (as opposed to someone’s main computer, which has more horsepower), thus keeping the cost relatively inexpensive (roughly $300-$600). Examples: Asus Eee PC’s, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind.

Notebook: full size, traditional laptops and tablets, mostly in the 12-17″ screen range, and featuring sufficient horsepower to be someone’s primary computer. “Notebooks” have several subcategories, such as:

-Ultra-Portables: the simplest way to describe these is as “full power notebooks in netbook frames.” Essentially, they try to take the higher-end components needed to be one’s primary computer and squeeze them into smaller frames. Thus they typically have 7-10″ screens, Intel Core Solo or Core 2 Duo processors, and are typically fairly expensive ($1500+), so you pay a premium to get all that power in such a small package. Examples: Sony Vaio TX and TZ series, Fujitsu P1600 series.

-”Thin and Light”: As their name implies, these are essentially “normal” notebooks designed in such a way as to be thinner and/or lighter than the “average” notebook thickness/weight. Typically they have 12-14″ screens, are less than 5 pounds (“average” notebooks are 5-7 lb), are less than 1.5″ thick (with some examples being ultra-thin, like the Macbook Air or VooDoo Envy), and cost slightly more than “average” sized notebooks of similar power and screen size. Examples: Apple Macbooks, numerous business notebooks from HP, Dell, etc.

-Desktop Replacements: As their name implies, these notebooks are larger and more powerful than most notebooks, but aren’t intended for mobility. Typically they have 17″+ screens, weight ranging from 7-10 lb, and desktop-level components (desktop processors, high-end discreet GPUs (sometimes even SLI or Crossfire multi-GPU systems), and excessive amounts of hard drive and RAM). Typically fairly expensive due to their high-end components ($1700-3500+). Examples: HDX Dragon, most Alienware notebooks.

If you have to know te origin of the erm to decide wheter or not you’re going to use it, youre more biased than the people you’re complaingin about. I agree that ultra mobile, or rather UMPC, is for 5″ish devices that coost a lot of money. Netbook should go up to 10″, notebook anything above.

“Netbooks” are Intel’s marketing term. They even bought the term “netbook”. Go to netbook.com and you hit an Intel page. If you are truly un-biased you won’t use Intels marketing term. Gartner and IDC use “mini-notebook” not netbook, because they arent biased.

Size requirements of a netbook*

To me, ultra-portable seems to describe a computer that fits the size requirements (or close to them), but doesn’t match the low cost characteristic. Notebooks like the VAIO TX and TZ come to mind immediately.

I’m favouring, Damn small computer!

The classification of devices is becoming ridiculous, and is it so we know how to write about them in a uniform fashion?
Shouldn’t all computers “just get along”?