Bubble Jet and BJ are trademarks owned by Canon,[11] which have been used by IBM for their printer-laptops.

The BJ stands for Bubble Jet which is Canon's printer technology.

In contrast to the earlier model, this machine included a TrackPoint II.

They noted the slowness of the scanning feature while appreciating the quality documentation from Canon.

They concluded that the PC performance was average, but noted the high amount of extra peripherals available.

[14] According to The Wall Street Journal, users have complained that the NoteJet series was too heavy and expensive.

[21] PCMag listed it in a 2015 article as one of the 7 "Bizarre FrankenPCs That Are Better Off Dead".

[2] TechRadar listed it in a 2016 article as one of the 12 "ground-breaking laptops that dared to be different", and argued that was sad that the NoteJet was a one-of-a-kind.

[3] PC World listed the Canon NoteJet 486 in a 2006 as one of the greatest PCs of all time.

Canon left the U.S. PC market in January 1997 due to low sales.