http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/in about the same size :P]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
There are plenty of problems with the Macbook Air but the missing optical drive isn't one of them.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/O.o
i think this mofo can see the future
just to far ahead
i still find
dvd's quite useful for certain tasks
so they are completely done....yet....:)

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Booting from an external HD has nothing to do with the hardware. The only limitation is Windows if you choose to use it since its currently the only OS on the market which can only boot from internal HDs (and eSATA, but thats basically just regular SATA). Every single other OS out there, every single distro of Linux and OS X can, and could boot from external disks, be they USB or Firewire, for years and years now.

So to answer your question/statement, as long as you're not using Windows, yes you can boot from an external HD.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/

Seriously, had Apple not been stingy with the external drive on the Air, they'd have made many more people reconsider a small external drive in their bag for a "that much smaller" notebook. I have an Aspire One and have only missed a DVD once.. and I was able to copy the files to a 4GB flash drive or 8GB SD card... I'd say there's momentary inconvenience but like I said, if Apple had loosened up that drive for the Air, everybody would have one!!! ]]>Dec 23rd 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
I'm not sure why ethana2 is being low ranked either because this is quite important on a laptop with no optical drive.]]>Dec 24th 2008 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 24th 2008 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 24th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 24th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
I would not need or want to be able to run OSX on this laptop.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
System76 > Ubuntu Dell, but also more expensive.. and it seems system76 machines are slightly physically uglier than Dells, but I've never actually seen one close up so I can't say definitively.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/True, it usually goes that way, since there are more Windows-only apps. However, this is a function of Windows marketshare, nothing inherent about the OS itself.

Personally, I have no need for Windows apps for personal use or for work, so I don't use it in a dual-boot setup, virtualized, anywhere.

However, when I'm stuck using a Windows system I sure do wish there was an effective way to work with Unix systems. The available tools for Windows are utterly pathetic.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/How about that time that they actually made a mid end configurable gaming tower. Oh and i would like to see you find a mac that is as fast at anything as the new dell core i7 offerings.

Pwned. ]]>Dec 24th 2008 2:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 24th 2008 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
Second, in case you hadn't noticed, there are people in the world who don't need a super-powerful gaming rig, but DO need an OS that won't crap out on them when they're trying to get some work done, and hardware that doesn't look like a child's toy. If you consider gaming the primary selling point of a computer, then you're not in the market for a computer-- You're in the market for user-configurable gaming console.

Finally, just because I can't slap the newest video card in my MacBook doesn't mean that I can't play some games. I'm running Oblivion with Open Cities on Medium-High settings just fine. I run City of Heroes in OS X without a hitch. The 9400M in the MacBook does a pretty good job of handling games, and the only bottleneck in my MacBook is that Windows XP is too stupid to recognize my full 4GB of RAM (32-bit OS, and it's still better than MS's 64-bit Vista). City of Heroes actually runs better in OS X, due to the full use of my system's memory, than it does in Windows XP.

BTW, I also have a game console, which plays more hardcore stuff without needing drivers updated every week. I'd suggest you invest in one instead of spending thousands on a PC and subsequent video card upgrades. I used to do that myself, and do you know what it gets you? A lot of old video cards and lost hours in upgrading. ]]>Dec 24th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
> If you consider gaming the primary selling point of a computer, then you're not in the market for a computer-- You're in the market for > user-configurable gaming console.

Which are called computers, or Windows PCs, if you will.

> I'm running Oblivion with Open Cities on Medium-High settings just fine.

Wait. You're running a nearly three year old game on Medium-High? How much are MacBook Pro's again?

> I run City of Heroes in OS X without a hitch.

Wait. OS X can handle a four year old game, "without a hitch"? Might not look like a toy, but sure sounds like it.

> and the only bottleneck in my MacBook is that Windows XP is too stupid to recognize my full 4GB of RAM

Any 32-bit operatingsystem is "too stupid" to recognize a full 4GB of RAM. Since 32-bits can't be used to address any more memory than 4GB, your RAM can't be fully utilized because it needs to reserve addresses for your powerful graphics card, etc. So I guess OS X is 64-bit then, because if it isn't, your 32-bit operatingsystem is even more stupid, and it's lying to you.

> City of Heroes actually runs better in OS X, due to the full use of my system's memory, than it does in Windows XP.

...]]>Dec 26th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
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If I understand correctly, Dell created an ad which talks about rumours, and UptownLife posted it as a blog post by mistake. If so, what has happened to Dell that they have to advertise rumours about their products?


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And we've already heard that the Adamo could be as much as $400 less than the Air.

"Thinner than Air." That sounds pretty cool.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
I chuckle every time I hear an iBoi tout the fact that they can run Windows on a mac and not vice versa. That and them unknowing admitting their precious Novelty OSX isn't Nirvana. ]]>Dec 23rd 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
Given that they've had a year on Apple, let's hope that Dell can make some kit. I use OS X, but love to see the tech when it's cool. Personally, I'll never buy a Dell again, but YMMV. Ship them the hard drive! Ha. I just bought $4000 laptop and you want me to ship you your dead drive before I get one! Nice.

Now a nice thin tablet! That I'd like to see. But people don't seem to be into the tablets any longer...]]>Dec 23rd 2008 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
I personally don't want to pay those sort of prices just to get something very, very thin - I'm typing this on my MacBook, which is plenty portable for me (and quite a bit more powerful than most of these ultra-portables, the MacBook Air included). My brother has the Air, and he seems to love it, but so long as you pay a premium just to get something thinner, I'm not that interested.

Still, I am very interested to see what this will look like, and the specs it will have. More competition is always great in the technology market, especially for the consumer. But if this has the specs of a netbook for the cost of a high-end laptop, I think I'll pass.]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
I almost shipped my Macbook Air to Abu Dhabi in its manila envelope casing!]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/Dec 23rd 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/This is my anti-rick!]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPOWcdKHs-M
epic hyperlink fail :(]]>Dec 23rd 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/23/dell-confirms-shocking-truth-adamo-to-rival-macbook-air/
Is it where google isn't evil, apple lives up to its marketing hype, microsoft launches on time, comment systems are upgraded, facebook is actually more than a glorified address book ?
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Is it one where there is no first comment?

Is it one where Engadget writes less about Apple than TUAW?]]>Dec 24th 2008 1:15AM