Oh you mean it TAPERS toward the front?
Ah, the tapered design. It's totally new, never done befo... WHAAAAAAAA?!?!?
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[Merged] Dell Adamo - 4lb, $2k Macbook Air Competitor
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Ah, the tapered design. It's totally new, never done befo... WHAAAAAAAA?!?!?
No one has mentioned the hypocrisy of the PC world yet?
Alright, you know how people seem to think that Macs are all for flash and design?
Well take a look at the intro video on Dell's site, its literally marketing this thing 100% as a fashion accessory for women. Everything about it screams handbag down to the (ugly) etched design on the lid as well as all of underneath.
Edit: To the above, who claimed tapering was something new? Almost every laptop maker uses it to some degree...
Alright, you know how people seem to think that Macs are all for flash and design?
Well take a look at the intro video on Dell's site, its literally marketing this thing 100% as a fashion accessory for women. Everything about it screams handbag down to the (ugly) etched design on the lid as well as all of underneath.
Edit: To the above, who claimed tapering was something new? Almost every laptop maker uses it to some degree...
I didn't say it hadn't. The previous poster said that the laptop was tapered AND got thinner toward the front. Getting thinner toward the front IS tapering.
way to read
the only thing I like about the Adamo is that it has more usb ports. Other than that, MBA still rules in the style and usability department
I use my MBP one day per month to run Windows for a client App. I actually am thinking about buying a new Adamo once Windows 7 comes out. I will keep and love my MBA, but for the occasion when I need Windows, it will be nice to have such a cool looking PC and the same concept I have with my MBA.
So, I look forward to the Adamo, but that doesn't mean I am abandoning my MBA. In fact, I refuse to WASTE any of my valuable MBA's 128 GB SSD space. The space is far too coveted to run VISTA on it.
That is whole reason I use the MBP, WINDOWS. Once I upgrade to the Adamo, I will not have to worry about the possibility that my kids will destroy my only Windows capable machine while they are playing games and watching videos on it.
I just hope it doesn't cost more than $2k for the Adamo, that would suck if the price gets to be like $3k as some are talking. No matter how you look at it, the MBA is a better OVERALL computer. But to run Windows, I will prefer an Adamo... and keep my MBA free from Windows.
Engadget: "1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U9300 with integrated Intel X4500 graphics, 2GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD, and it all weighs four pounds -- a pound more than the MacBook Air. Not exactly a barnstormer, especially for $1,999"
Wow. Looks like the MBA is actually a much better deal. Didn't see that coming, honestly. Sure, the standard SSD is nice. But, I'd much rather save the pound, and have a faster CPU and a better GPU.
Wonder if it will get all the price bashing / spec hawking that the Mac does?
Woof, Woof - Dawg
Ugly battery? Is that what it has come down to?
But yeah, the processor is a bit disappointing. It's also supposed to be heavier than the MBA....it's around 4 lbs. I guess even the MB is light enough, but if I'm going to buy a laptop that's 4 lbs, it may as well have a disk drive.
So basically, this is an MBA except:
1. Adamo is around 1 lb heavier.
2. Adamo has more ports. (2 x USB, 1 USB/eSATA combo port, DisplayPort, and an ethernet (RJ-45) port.
3. IMO, Adamo is far nicer.
But yeah, the processor is a bit disappointing. It's also supposed to be heavier than the MBA....it's around 4 lbs. I guess even the MB is light enough, but if I'm going to buy a laptop that's 4 lbs, it may as well have a disk drive.
So basically, this is an MBA except:
1. Adamo is around 1 lb heavier.
2. Adamo has more ports. (2 x USB, 1 USB/eSATA combo port, DisplayPort, and an ethernet (RJ-45) port.
3. IMO, Adamo is far nicer.
I figured Dell would use the same SL9400 CPUs the MBAs use. Sorta disappointing, but I will still buy one. Will run a minimal version of Windows 7 well and I am sure at deep discounts by the time Windows 7 is released. I am definitely going to wait... for Windows 7. With all of the hype, on how it is going to perform much better and be smaller like SL, I have to wait instead of buying it with Vista Home Premium on it. What a way to ruin its introduction... I guess I am proving I am still an Apple fanboy even though I want an Adamo.
Cannot wait to read more about it tomorrow. Oh wait, I will be reading all about the iPhone 3.0 tomorrow... looks like Dell is going to lose some press tomorrow, big time. Why would they release the same day as iPhone 3.0???
I am not completley sure of the specs that have been flying around so far. Until Dell releases official specifications I don't know if I am going to believe the weight.
Although it doesn't really matter since I still probably won't be buying one, I am just not the target customer for a MBA/ Adamo style laptop.
It is a nice design however, and it only goes to demonstrate that Apple is not the only computer company capable of cranking out really nice looking computers.
Edit: I don't believe that the battery is in the rear of the laptop, I believe that the system board, fansink and I/O lives in the back of the laptop, and the battery lives somewhere beneath the keyboard. So it's not a "ugly battery", it's just a way of making the overall profile of the laptop thin, while still allowing it to have fullsize ports instead of retarded dongles to carry around.
Edit: Just read the C-Net hands on, sounds like it comes in at just under 4lbs which seems like a lot, but is only .64" thick.
Odd that it is actually smaller than the Air, yet weighs more.
Here is the video on YouTube from Dell extolling the virtues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=QUJqWc6seYk
Erm, really? It's like an Onion parody of an Apple video. Right down to the "designer" talking about the process against a white background.
"People will stare. And that's ok"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=QUJqWc6seYk
Erm, really? It's like an Onion parody of an Apple video. Right down to the "designer" talking about the process against a white background.
"People will stare. And that's ok"
Here is the video on YouTube from Dell extolling the virtues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=QUJqWc6seYk
Erm, really? It's like an Onion parody of an Apple video. Right down to the "designer" talking about the process against a white background.
"People will stare. And that's ok"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=QUJqWc6seYk
Erm, really? It's like an Onion parody of an Apple video. Right down to the "designer" talking about the process against a white background.
"People will stare. And that's ok"
It looks like a really poor rip off of the MBP. Seems a shame because Dell have done quite well with the Studio line and the Mini 9, 10, 12 Netbooks.
hahahahahahaha, i thought i read mbp not air, but still this is hilarious, is this real? ahahahahahahaha
I literally cringed when I watched that video. It was like you said, an onion parody, except without any of the humor and with music that sounded like it was ripped straight from a porno video.
Dell ruined this just like I knew they would. At 4 pounds this thing can't even compete with my Macbook let alone the rev B Macbook Air.
My MB with the 128 gig SSD upgrade I did to it is about 4 pounds too, looks infinitely better than the Adamo, smashes it to pieces in terms of specs, has better battery life, and costs less.
The rev B Air just completely destroys the Adamo in everything except for the 4 gigs of memory option on the Adamo. But with that dinky 1.2 ghz CPU, even if you got the 4 gigs of memory it would be useless because it would run slow as a slug anyway.
I really want the competition to be better. Good competition forces everybody to make better products. But this? This is a bloody joke. Over two years after the Air was released and this is the best Dell could do? What a let down.
Dell's Adamo: $1999, 4lbs, 1.2GHz
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Vista on 2GB of RAM and 1.2GHz?
Any one else feeling a lot better about their MBA purchase?
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Vista on 2GB of RAM and 1.2GHz?
Any one else feeling a lot better about their MBA purchase?