Actually laptop and notebook are the same thing. There is no difference between them. For example, the name of Apple's laptop is MacBook , BenQ calls their manufactured laptop JoyBook. This does not mean that MacBook or JoyBook is a new type of mobile computer. In fact, mobile computers are being used as notebooks not only in the developed world but also in our country . Today we can do almost all kinds of reading work on laptop computer , which is an alternative to the previous notebook pen. So in many cases laptops are referred to as notebooks. However, laptops are much more capable and powerful than notebooks. But notebooks can be used longer without batteries than laptops. Some special notebooks work better than laptops.