Dell Adamo Officially a Huge Disappointment

Posted by Jesper Berg in Dell Laptops

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The much hyped thin-and-light 13.4 inch Adamo laptop is now available for preorder from Dell, and it's officially a lot less exciting than we'd hoped for.

The starting price for the Adamo is $1,999 and for that you get an Intel Core 2 Duo ULV at 1.2GHz, 2GB of 800MHz DDR3 memory, a 128GB solid state drive, and a genuine copy of Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Oh joy. And graphics are delivered by the mediocre Intel GM45 chip.

Sure, this is a luxury laptop and it’s arguably good looking, but put it next to its rival – the MacBook Air, also a luxury model – and it immediately pales in comparison. It also weighs 4 pounds, a pound more than the Air, which is a lot when comparing ultraportables.

Even in the best of economic climates it would be hard to sell this laptop, but right now it should prove damn near impossible. To continue the MBA comparison, the Apple ultraportable is also available with an SSD and uses more powerful 1.6GHz and 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo’s from Intel, and also has the much more capable Nvidia chipset.

And to finally seal the deal, the MacBook Air does not come with a copy of Vista Home Premium (genuine).

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  • By: udtekbattery.wordpress.com Jan 20, 2010 2:38 AM

    good laptops .how about a good laptop battery&adapter shop. http://www.udtek.com

  • By: Eric Apr 21, 2009 1:57 AM

    So thin & so tiny

  • By: jackjames Apr 13, 2009 9:48 AM

    Hi all... I am new to baynet too.Of course, I quit reading and posting on the some blogs & forums. I won't go into details becuase I am sure most of you know why... it will take a little time to get use to this interface, but I think I can manage.. Laptop Fanatic

  • By: Joseph Mar 30, 2009 9:17 AM

    No, neither does mine. What a boring piece of junk.

  • By: Laptop Bags Mar 24, 2009 5:06 AM

    Wow, that is some kind of expensive and the weight of it--I've already got a laptop that weighs about that much and it sure doesn't cost 2000 bucks!

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