Dell Adamo: Thinner Than Air?
When the MacBook Air launched it was the world’s thinnest laptop. It caught the eye of Apple fans (duh) and non-Apple fans alike. It was sexy and slim but overpriced. Most people didn’t like that to make it so slim, Apple had to cut out some pretty big features of a regular notebook. It didn’t have an optical drive for one thing, a feature a lot of people say stopped it from becoming a must-have device for rich kids.
However, it looks like there’s going to be a new kid on the block. Rumor has it Dell’s Adamo is going to be marketed as “The World’s Thinnest Laptop” making it slimmer than the Air or the Lenovo X301. We have no idea if it will include an optical drive or if the price will be any less scary than that of the Air, it looks like Lenovo and Apple will have some competition.
Engadget says Dell planned to launch the device this month, but has been pushed back till at least February. Marketed as “the world’s thinnest Laptop,” the Adamo will sport a black and silver color scheme and is expected to be Dell’s stab at the MacBook Air market.
The New York Times Bits Blog has a good indication that the company will be bringing out an MBA rival. Ashlee Vince asked Michael Tatelman, VP of consumer sales and marketing at Dell, if the company would be launching something like the Air. Tatelman’s mouth dropped open and he avoided her gaze before finally telling her he thought the company needed to get some iconic products out there, so that people associate Dell’s brand with other things.
What we do have right now, however, are some details about Dell’s upcoming Studio XPS 13. Check out Engadget for the full gallery of pictures for the upcoming Dell Studio XPS 13. It’s not the Adamo or as thin as the Air, but it’s still pretty damn hot.
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wtf
Does anyone even attempt to edit these articles before they are posted?
It's Tom's guide so you shouldn't expect much, but they may as well start taking user submissions for articles if this is what their writers are putting out.
so.... what now? Did we switch laptops in the middle of the article?
and wtf is up with the 4th paragraph? If you already have confirmed that this is coming out and even have a release date why do you need to say something about what an exec getting stupified over a simple question. Seems like a response that might have been given out a year ago. Or is he just not aware of his own product line-up.
There is a slot type optical rom on the right side. It is in two pcitures.
This is retarded.
I can understand small to a degree, but thin? Especially when things are taken out, and functionality is lost just to appease a stupid gimmick. Have we gone so far that all we care about are aesthetics? I'd much prefer a 2 inch laptop that could do what my Desktop does, over a shitty thin laptop with capabilities a netbook could beat out.
I could have sworn the worlds thinnest notebook was the Voodoo Envy 133.
Adamo is the name of a FTTH company in Spain that offers 100/20 Mbps for 29 euros a month or 100/100 Mbps for 49 euros a month. I wonder if Dell will be allowed to used that name in Spain or if they'll have to change it.
Here's the web page:
http://www.adamo.es
Worst, article, ever
Looks like it actually tapers to thin.... SO while it may be the thinnist... I doubt it actually truly is.
why do i keep reading toms?!?!?
I don't think that picture is of the Adamo, as it appears much thicker than the MBA.
@TheFace: "however, are some details about Dell’s upcoming Studio XPS 13"
You should learn to read before writing.
It's Ashley *Vance* of the NYT, formerly of The Register. And what's up with truncated news headlines on the tomshardware.com homepage? Tom's is starting to slide....