10. Answer these questions.

1. What is a laptop?

2. What are the main laptop components?

3. How can a laptop be powered?

4. Can a laptop work 6 hours?

5. What happened from the year of 1983 in the development of laptops?

6. What became common in laptops in the 2000s?

7. There are different classes of small portable computers. Which one is the most convenient? Why?

8. What is better to have a desktop PC or a laptop? Prove your answer.

11. Are the statements true (t) or false (f)? Prove your answer.

1. A laptop is a personal computer only for home use.

2. A laptop battery stores energy to run the laptop for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.

3. The Dynabook was imagined by Alan Kay in 1968.

4. The Epson HX-20 was the first laptop-sized portable computer.

5. There exist a number of classes of small portable computers.

6. A desktop replacement is designed to operate in harsh usage conditions.

7. A laptop can be used in a lot of places.

8. In comparison with desktop personal computers laptops have no advantages.

9. Compared to desktop personal computers laptops have disadvantages in the following fields: portability, connectivity and quiet.

10. Battery life is limited because the capacity drops with time.

12. Complete the table. Use the information about laptops above.

Date	Computer	Extra Information
		a personal, portable information manipulator
		the first commercially available portable computer
		the first laptop-sized portable computer
		the first computer described as a ‘laptop’ by its manufacturer

13. Match the pictures and the names of the laptops.

1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
a) desktop-replacement computer	b) subnotebook	c) netbook	d) tablet PC	e) rugged laptop

14. These are examples of advantages and disadvantages of laptops. Can you separate them into two groups?

1. Most laptops do not have any sort of removable dust collection filter; they start to overheat and run louder as the years pass.

2. Wi-Fi networks and laptop programs are especially widespread at university hostels.

3. Laptops are several times more power-efficient than desktops.

4. One study found that a laptop is three times more likely to break during the first year of use than a desktop PC.

5. The upper limits of performance of laptops remain much lower than the highest-end desktops.

6. A student does his / her homework at the university coffee shop during a break between lectures.

7. Devices such as sound cards, network adapters and others are available, but these upgrades add cables and boxes to the setup and often have to be disconnected and reconnected when the laptop is on the move.

8. The files exist in a single location and are always up-to-date.

9. The battery is often easily replaceable, and one may replace it on purpose with a higher capacity model to achieve better battery life.

10. Usage of separate, external ergonomic keyboards and pointing devices is recommended to prevent injury when working for long periods of time.

11. For desktop PCs this is divided into the desktop, keyboard, mouse display and optional peripherals.

12. A problem or a solution can be presented anytime and anywhere.

13. Some components of a laptop are non-interchangeable. The repair costs of a failed motherboard or LCD panel often exceed the value of a used laptop.

14. People use laptops almost everywhere – at home and at the office, during commuting and flights, in lecture halls and libraries, in coffee shops and at a meeting room.

15. This is beneficial when space is at a premium; for example, in small apartments and student hostels.

16. Physical protection of laptops and the safeguarding of data contained on them are both of great importance.