At this point we have no idea why Dell won't just up and launch the
Adamo XPS, but if they can't get it sorted we'll just piece it together ourselves -- and today we've got two different sources providing specs for the super-thin laptop with the
funktastic hinge. Inside that crazy 1.5-pound case lies some pretty standard internals: we're hearing there'll be 1.4 and 1.9GHz dual-core Intel ULV processors with integrated X4500MHD graphics and 4GB of DDR3 RAM, all under (well, behind) an LED-backlit 13.4-inch WXGA screen and either a 128 or 180GB SSD. That's good for a reported score of just 3.3 on the Windows 7 experience test -- pretty sad for a $2,000 machine. The two available batteries are said to be rated at either 20Wh for 2.5 hours of juice or 40Wh for four hours, and here's the crazy thing -- that touch sensitive case latch we've been hearing about? Yeah, it doesn't work without power, so you can't open the machine if your battery is dead. Nice. Now Dell, honestly, can we dispense with the run-around?
[Thanks, Anonymous]
posted Oct 23rd 2009 1:20PM
Eat a cheeseburger you slut.
lol, wow you lost me for a second there
Jealous much?
It's hardly even a celebrity as it is now... now if it was any fatter, it would sure end up in crap gadget post :D
Or maybe as another nettop?
First time I've wished I could vote a comment up more than once.
Engadget needs to award you with the best first comment of all time
eat my cheeseburger you..
It's half the weight of the Macbook Air so it is like a super model. Not the smartest, but not too bad to look at either.
"it is like a super model. Not the smartest, but not too bad to look at either" - never was a truer word spoken.
lol!
P.S. And quit working out!
And the worst part, it still looks like a Dell laptop.
"Yeah, it doesn't work without power" looks like a deal-breaker to me :(
/s
they got it thin, but its just hideous.
Dell laptops lately are actually looking a lot better, but I agree, this one is very 'meh'.
Also not sure why people are so disappointed in the specs...the only other thing that can be crammed into a form factor that small is an Atom...a regular laptop CPU and discrete graphics will not work.
ULV processors are not cheap, I'm sure the R&D was not cheap, and of course you are going to pay a premium on something like that. $2k is what I would expect, but I would bet they could get it closer to $1500 if they tried. But I doubt they would move that many more units at that price.
Damned if it looks anything like mine and it was new a few weeks ago.
You must have a very, very short memory. This looks NOTHING like anything Dell has ever put out (except for the original Adamo). Dell has come a long way from the company that made cheap gray boxes
Reminds me of a very thin version of the Commodore 128 suitcase computer for some reason, which was also outrageously expensive.
You guys are really taking the original poster's comment literally - I take it to mean Dell makes junky-looking laptops, and he thinks this is yet another one.
Quixotic: You're really getting defensive over this thing... looking at your comments here, it's like all those 'MacBook Air' defense comments I remember reading a few years ago.
I don't get it, how often do you guys open up laptops that have a dead battery?
"Yeah, it doesn't work without power, so you can't open the machine if your battery is dead. Nice..."
Well, uh, your battery is dead. Not like you're going to do anything if your laptop is open anyway.
Unless the "file" you're trying to get is an actual piece of paper you decided to store between the screen and keyboard. How embarrassing!
would it close without power? That's something we'll need... sure can't run around for power to close the damn thing when the juice runs out :D
damn you engadget comment system... this is the third time I am trying to comment here :(
pal :)
aI was thinking the same thing
"Oh that's a tiny laptop let me check it out." Yeah I would but the battery just died so now I can't even open it.
If you have a $2,000 laptop (and I'm not even sure you can use that on your lap) at least you could show-off. It's an epic fail for Dell anyway.
What are you talking about thats a feature.
Take out battery for Anti-Theft protection! Buy NOW!
Well, I could be wrong about this, but computers put themselves into hibernation before their batteries are totally dead, so there's a possibility that the latch would still work even if your computer had shut itself down. I mean, if the battery were DEAD dead, like you ran it down and let it sit for two weeks, yeah, you're gonna be SOL (though I'm not sure why you'd need it open if it's not gonna turn on anyway), but I have a feeling there might be enough juice left during normal usage patterns for a few unlatches, at least.
No big deal. Unless you have a hardware problem and want to open it up or something.
Would look better in black, but people who buy it are still tools.
Wow, Dell. Sounds like you've really lost it. I think my 400 dollar netbook could score higher than that.
IF the keyboard was removable, and the display was capacitive touch..... then it'd still be a rip off.
Nice goin, Dell. :-|
but can you slice cheese with it though?
your netbook's battery probably lasts longer too. For a ULV CPU, it doesnt have that great battery life
Don't you mean "Disfunkshunal Hinge" ? :D
what a joke.
What run-around are you talking about? A product launch date?
And yes, amazingly, it won't turn on or work w/o power. Nice catch there.
Aren't XPS and Integrated Graphics mutually exclusive? If not, oh XPS branding how thou have fallen....
I was thinking the same thing....
I'm pretty sure it still means you're paying a lot. :P
I will stick with my Mini 311 for a quarter the cost and double the performance.
The fact that you would take a netbook over this just goes to show that Dell couldn't care less if you ever bought one, you're not the target demographic, and, honestly, they never expected you to want one in the first place.
@Quix There is no target demographic for this computational abortion.
Double the graphics performance, maybe, but much less HDD and CPU power.
Yeah, because a 1.6GHz Atom totally beats a ULV Core 2 Duo CPU...
/s
Dell, you just don't get it do you?
Apparently neither do you. This wasn't designed for you, and Dell readily admits this will be a very low volume product. Think of this as a concept car, a means whereby they can push the bleeding edge of design and engineering, with the subsequent knowledge gained trickling down to benefit all future Dell computers.
@ Quixotic: Well, seeing as how concept cars are reserved for auto shows, as in 'not the consumer market', it would seem as though you don't get it either.
Dell might be pushing the envelope of design, but that doesn't mean its a good thing. The fact remains that this laptop is useless by many standards that the exceedingly average consumer can appreciate:
- Crappy Battery life
- Does not sit comfortably on the lap
- Scores a 3.3 on WE rating, pretty shoddy for a 2k+ machine
- and I'm still not sure about that latch, sure you don't usually open the machine when its dead, but that's still a pretty ill-thought out 'feature'
"Well, seeing as how concept cars are reserved for auto shows, as in 'not the consumer market', it would seem as though you don't get it either."
Yes, this is my point exactly. It's an exciting design that makes you think but it is definitely not something that should be put out for sale. This is a R&D experiment and they should take what they have learnt about it and put that knowledge into designs that will be accepted by customers.
This reminds me of a story my parents told me about a fridge they had a few decades ago, back in the old country: When the power went out, you couldn't open the fridge.
So despite not being able to "do" anything with a dead laptop, this still seems like a design flaw.
It's as if when someone was designing the Adamo XPS, they took the first Adamo and flipped where the screen and keyboard should go!
Overpriced and overhyped.