I’ve often found the terminology used to describe portable computers as quite funny – laptops are more often used on desks (but the name ‘desktop’ has already been taken by hulking great devices that frequently sit underneath desks – go figure), notebooks don’t resemble ‘notes’ or ‘books’ at all, and netbooks similarly lack any ‘bookish’ quality. For many people, the greatest hurdle to get over when using technology is that it just isn’t intuitive – turn on any device and many absolute beginners still don’t know where to start – no doubt why Microsoft in 1995 chose to label a button ’start’ to give people an idea of what to do next.