The new Dell Adamo is a beautiful peace of hardware, almost as nice as the Apple MacBook. So far I only see a 13.4” version - nothing bigger to match the MacBook Pro, though the Dell XPS M is a nice competitor. It looks like the Adamo has the same outrageous price as the MacBook – possibly due to the 128GB solid state drive. But hey, plenty of people have paid the Apple premium just to have a slim, pretty, peace of art to work with on a daily basis. I’m sure Dell will sell a lot of these Adamos – especially since it come with 64bit Vista so it’s compatible with all your company’s software.
One thing I hate about the MacBooks that my colleagues have is the requirement for a display adapter. HDMI should be small enough to put on a laptop, but Apple has a proprietary SafeMag plug with various adapters that you have to carry around to use an external monitor or projector. This Dell includes a new standard DisplayPort with similar adapters to connect to older standards. Perhaps new displays will come with DisplayPort cables so you don’t need to carry an adapter. As for Dell, I wish they would show the serious side of the Adamo case (on the right) so we could see the sound ports, 2x Blu-Ray DVD bay, and whatever else is over there.
I’m still very happy with my Inspiron 1720 (x64 dual core, 4GB, recently upgraded 300GB 7000 RPM HD) running Windows 7, but I look forward to seeing the Adamo in the hands of a long-haired Asian chick in an evening dress.
Yes, the Adamos are looking pretty cool. I'm waiting to see what the 15" version looks like. The E6500 is a great machine, so the Adamo equivalent will probably put the Macbook Pro to shame. Hopefully they'll offer custom builds. Ditching the SSD and Blueray would make this much more affordable. And boosting RAM.
-Tim
Posted by: Tim | March 22, 2009 at 10:51 AM