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Both models of the Adamo have been on the dell website for 2 days, for sale. They said yesterday that there was also a 2nd version, as if it was some kind of secret.

Do they do any research what so ever? Effort please.]]>Mar 19th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
the last adjective i would ever use to describe a MacBook Air would be "expansive", considering it has only one USB port and absolutely no card slots or ability to upgrade the memory.

aside from picking on the engrish, i must say the $700 exchange for 200MHz, 2GB of memory, and a SIM slot completely puts Apple's high priced upgrade options to shame. then again, all of Dell's factory options are up there with Apple's pricing in all of their product categories.

but the difference is that Macs tend to be a computer people *want* while Dells have always been a computer that people can simply *afford*, making this Adamo garbage laughable at best, shareholder genocide at worst. seems like michael dell is about to find out the hard way that you cant turn a chevrolet into a bmw... you cant shake a bad rep.]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
On a more serious note, it's unclear to me whether by putting apple's prices "to shame" he meant dell charged even more, or he thought was charging less, than apple does/would. So now someone can take a shot at me for what _I_ didn't "get".

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In a shootout between the Air, Envy, and Adamo, the Air comes off as down-right affordable, and the best overall features/price/tradeoffs. In a product category where every offering is pretty much deserving of derision, I think Apple at least manages to make the 'least terrible' offering, not that I have any interest in any of these products.]]>Mar 19th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/

The 1st gen version really was a turd, though.]]>Mar 20th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Fortunately you can always "downgrade" to the Studio XPS which compete better with their fruit equivalents]]>Mar 19th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
- Michael
http://offbeatmichael.com]]>Mar 19th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/


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Does this thing even output 1080p video satisfactorily? :-\]]>Mar 19th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
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But yeah, it's really, really, pretty!]]>Mar 19th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
Decisions, decisions!]]>Mar 19th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 20th 2009 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
Your being sarcastic right? Dell takes no pride in their craftsmanship anymore. My boss bought a $1700 latitude e4300 and the damn border around the screen wasnt even seated correctly. For $1700 that simply is not acceptable.]]>Mar 20th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Dell just wants to go with the current trend of no thinking = no economy]]>Mar 19th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/But releasing a product that is not as portable as a MBA and not as feature-rich as a MB ( DVD-Drive etc.) at such a high price is just stupid. Typical situation of "stuck in the middle"

So Dell can hope that Paris Hilton picks one up, but I doubt that she wants to be seen with a DELL...]]>Mar 19th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
Core 2 Duo = actual processor. To be exact, the one in the Adamo is from the SU series which are ultra-low voltage processors that give off less heat with the tradeoff of lower performance.
Centrino = A branded package. Laptops which qualify for the Centrino brand have a Core 2 processor, an Intel chipset (latest ones being PM45 and GM45), and an Intel WiFi card (Intel Wireless 5100 and 5300 being the current ones)]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
That's not a price, that's a dare!]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/
T9300 2.5Ghz
4GB DDR2
Dual 9800GT 1GB total
AGEIA PhysX card
500GB 7200rpm
17" WUXGA
$2599]]>Mar 19th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/]]>Mar 19th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/If you move your mouse across the screen left or right, the sound follows.]]>Mar 19th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/19/dell-adamo-available-for-online-ordering/Mar 19th 2009 1:52PM