http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/ Engadget Comments for Dell Adamo announced: 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo, $1,999 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/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Ew.]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
This one can be upgradeable to 4gb though]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Could that possibly be a wronger statement?]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Yes, he could have written "Wait a year or two and you'll see this in the 500's."]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
ew!

I'm actually buying a Dell 13 XPS studio with sli. Not as pretty as Adano, but pretty enough..way better deal!

]]>Mar 17th 2009 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
It's so stupid, it makes me want to scream. All that engineering, all that hype and Dell can't get the most basic things right. It needs more ram, STAT. It needs a more powerful CPU, STAT. And it needs to have the balls to announce exactly what kind of screen it's offering and it better damn well be a good one. Hint: It won't be, cuz they would have mentioned it. And it needs to have battery technology/management that delivers an amount of time that doesn't already have "quotation marks" around it.

You want part of this market Dell? Then MAKE a product that MAKES us want to go out and buy it. Or just STFU. All that hype. For a limp bizkit.

//end rant]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
From the obvious French accent on the designer, to the pause before the "league of it's own" catch-phrase, to the black and white pictures of models holding it behind them. They're trying to be Paris-chic, and it's not working.

These guys are suits. They don't do casual. Dell are just so corporate, you can imagine this being planned out in a boardroom, with phrases like "customer experience" and "inspired design" being touted around every couple of minutes.]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
And this looks much more beautiful than the MBA. ]]>Mar 17th 2009 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/I totally agree, though I get the feeling you are subtly suggesting that some other computer companies don't work that way. Sadly, They are all the same, the only difference is that some have hidden their corporate stuffiness better and for a longer period of time.
Still, Dell has been rather transparent in this case.]]>Mar 17th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
It sure is thin though. ]]>Mar 17th 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Also, after seeing the specs for size and weight, even the Alu Macbook can compete with the Adamo.]]>Mar 17th 2009 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
WOW.

Even the Viao-P has a 1.6ghz.

WHAT A RIP OFF!]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Get outta the ether people. This machine is grossly overpriced. REMEMBER, THE PRICE STARTS AT $2,000! When Dell is done with you, you could pay 50-100% more for your coveted Adamo. Not in this economy as Dell will most definitely discover.

]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
The Intel C2D is a supremely better CPU. It also costs double the price. It's designed [the CPU] to use extremely little power while still having significantly better performance than the Intel Atom.

I can't believe half of Engadget posters haven't realised this. And people are bitching about 2GB RAM, hey - you can double it to 4GB or order it and do it yourself. Wow.

The Macbook Air has a slightly faster CPU and that's it's only advantage. The Dell Adamo has a 128GB SSD which is $500 option from Apple. You get 3 USB ports and an RJ-45 jack on the Dell Adamo. To me, it even looks better. But enough with the comparisons, they are two different machines altogether..]]>Mar 17th 2009 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/SU9300 kicks 1.86 atoms for exemple..
It probably kicks a P4 3GHZ too in some applications.]]>Mar 17th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
A C2D at 1.6GHz should be about 2x as fast as the 1.2GHz ULV in the Adamo. In addition, the integrated NVidia graphics in the MBA are about 2x as fast as the Adamo's X4500. So it's way more powerful. I am guessing the Adamo has a much longer battery life - it better, considering that it makes pretty significant performance sacrifices.

Design aside, all these companies are just cooking with water, or, in this case, with the available CPUs, chipsets, and batteries. None of the components are exclusive to any one manufacturer. They just make different tradeoffs of speed vs battery life vs heat generation.]]>Mar 17th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Though maybe a 1.2ghz c2d beats a 1.6ghz Atom?]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/How is this relevant to this topic at all? This isn't competing with the netbooks and the Air also uses C2D.]]>Mar 17th 2009 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Also, I see the Adamo has an SSD standard so I revoke about 20% of my scorn. Still seems pricey.]]>Mar 17th 2009 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/ $2,000 and just that? What did Dell become...Apple?

They're trying, but not yet. The MacBook Air is still cheaper and lighter and better looking and was released years ago. But here comes Dell, bringing up the rear...]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
Yeah, that's too much for too little. The SSD is the single premium internal component, but my guess is that Dell is getting them at a good price and using them as a point of distinction to try and take the edge off the sticker shock. I have no love of Apple, but I'd probably buy a 13" Macbook and a copy of Windows before I bought this at the introductory price.

But, what differentiates Dell from Apple is that the price will eventually go down as revisions are made.]]>Mar 17th 2009 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
"Wow, fail, I didn't notice that the Macbook Air was upgraded to C2D."

Fail indeed...

Especially since the AIR had a CD2 since day one.It NEVER has an atom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air]]>Mar 17th 2009 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
(I just wanted to try out that age old, pointless and irrelevant comment.)]]>Mar 17th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
I don't think Dell made the right choice by launching with SSD only, even if it's the future and should be pushed more in general.

They should have launched with a regular HDD at $1,499 and at $1,799 with the 128G SSD instead.]]>Mar 19th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
I would rather spend $2,499 on the 1.83GHz, 128GB SSD Macbook Air....]]>Mar 19th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/there's a fine line between ridiculously expensive and ridiculously overpriced.
this laptop crosses that line.]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
That being said, this looks like a decent X301 competitor. ]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
People do pay for small size and weight. That said, this thing is four pounds. If someone wanted small and light, they could go cheaper and significantly smaller/lighter with the Air, Vaio P, or even a netbook.]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
i thought it was rather the contrary ;p
if you know what i mean]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/
This could have been good competition for the MacBook Air and Voodoo 133 (the X301 as well, but its not as sexy as the other two), except then Dell made it a pound too heavy and more underpowered than it could have been. The X301 is much more functional as well, with its integrated DVD drive and WXGA+ res screen. ]]>Mar 17th 2009 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/Mar 17th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/dell-adamo-announced-1-2ghz-core-2-duo-1-999/looks like the toshiba r600 and lenovo x series are still the kings of lightweight and powerful.]]>Mar 17th 2009 10:15AM