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Dell Adamo Review — Macho Outside, Sissy Inside

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the playing-catch-up dept.

Odelia Lee writes with a full review of Dell's new Adamo slimtop over at Gizmodo. While it may have an sleek exterior there are definite gaps (both literal and figurative) in their engineering. "The Adamo is both a compliment and an insult to Dell engineering. It's possibly the most beautiful computer Dell has ever manufactured, but I'm not sure that Dell has caught up to competitors in either aesthetics or power. There have been lots of qualitative Adamo reviews out there, but we got the first of the units that will actually ship to customers, so it's time for real benchmarks. As it happens, performance is really what's at stake here."

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  1. Re:Apples and Oranges? by MBCook · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gizmodo mentions the CPU speed thing, but they also point out the Air is cheaper in it's minimal configuration but still faster than the Adamo.

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  2. Re:Adamo from Dell by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dell Adamo, for when you want to be pretentious, but you can't afford Apple.

    Umm...

    Dell Adamo:

    • 1.2GHz - $1999
    • 1.4GHz - $2699

    Apple MacBook Air:

    • 1.6GHz - $1799
    • 1.4GHz - $2499

    I'm no math whiz, but...

  3. Re:Adamo from Dell by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 4, Informative

    Correction, that last MacBook Air should be the 1.86GHz model.

  4. Re:Hey Mike... by QuantumRiff · · Score: 5, Informative

    The parent was referring to when Mr. Dell said that that's what he would do if he was in charge of Apple a few years ago. Since then, they have skyrocketed...

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