Although it’s "the world's thinnest laptop," as Dell called it, Adamo’s price seems a bit high considering the current economic state. This may be Dell’s first step towards coolness, or, if it doesn’t prove to be a hit, another step towards financial decline. The computer maker isn’t doing really well financially and it’s very vulnerable due to the fact that it receives more than 80% of its revenue from business users which have a low rate of hardware renewing, especially during this economic crisis. 

 

But let’s let Dell mind its business strategy, and take care of our own business:

 

First of all, the Adamo was developed and launched to rival Apple’s MacBook Air first of all and also HP’s Voodoo Envy and other luxury laptops. The Adamo has a uniform thickness of 0.65 inch, while the MacBook Air has 0.76 inch. However, at four pounds it’s a pound heavier that the MacBook Air.

 

The first, cheaper version of the Adamo will pack a 1.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor, 2 GB of DDR3 memory, a 128 GB SSD, and will run Windows Vista 64-bit pre-installed. The $2700 version has a 1.4 GHz SU9400 processor, 4 GB of memory and wireless HSPA broadband.

 

The Dell Adamo has a 13.4-inch LED backlit glossy widescreen (16:9) display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution. Just like the MacBook air, the Adamo has a separate external drive and also 250/500 GB external HDDs.