Notebook computers are those which weigh between four and nine pounds. They may be equipped with colour screens, modems, floppy drives, large hard drives, near full-sized keyboards, and all the other accoutrements of desktop PCs. On the Road. Due to the size constraints, few peripherals common to desktop machines are available. For these reasons, software must be chosen for them with care.
Tablets are portable computers with a pen interface.
Some manufacturers simply repackage a notebook computer with the necessary touch screen and pen as a tablet. Indeed, it is possible to outfit a desktop PC in this same way. Of greater interest are those models which are designed exclusively around this new interface.