Most of this “inside information” on Dell’s next Adamo series isn’t really news, but one good sign is that the company appears to be looking at serious performance as well as good design. That’s nice, but of course the result will be an extremely high price. Problem? Nah, sounds good to me.We need more of that in PC laptops. I’ve had enough of five-million-run pieces of garbage that take cues equally from Apple and Fischer Price. Bring it on, Dell. → Read More
… And then have your heart broken. Oh, Dell Adamo, you were too good for this world. Everyone’s favorite underpowered laptop is now no more. Dell has officially discontinued the device and now the only place you’ll be able to hold one is in your dreams. → Read More
Fire sale! It looks like Dell is trying to clear out inventory of the sexy Adamo line of laptops. Perhaps they’ve got something else cooking? Something thinner and Sandy Bridge-ier? At any rate, they cut the price by $200 a month ago, and it just went down another hundred today. $799 is really a good price for this thing, guys. But at this rate, they might drop it to $699 in February. Buy now or take the risk? It’s up to you, old friend. It’s up to you. → Read More
Let me catch you up. We received a tip back on Monday indicating that the Adamo XPS had disappeared from Dell.com. This of course caught our attention as the super-thin Dell was just announced back in late October and only available for purchase since December. We of course checked it out and found that the XPS model wasn’t found on the Adamo microsite (www.AdamoByDell.Com), which just so happens to be the first site listed on Google for that model. The Adamo XPS also wasn’t listed alongside the other Adamo models or on Dell.com’s master notebook list that also includes Alienware models. The only way you can find it on Dell.com is if you use the search tool and even then the purchase link on the product page is dead. We then reached out to our Dell contacts, but they didn’t respond in a timely manner. I then asked two separate Dell chat agents who both clearly stated that the Adamo XPS was discontinued. Satisfied with the conclusion that the XPS was in fact gone, I ran the post not thinking anything of it. It was just another news story to me. But not to dell apparently. → Read More
Oh boy, take a look at this. Dell’s apparently porting the whole super slim Adamo idea to its more affordable line of Vostro business machines. → Read More
How excited are you about the Dell Adamo XPS 13? Like (*stretches arms wide*) this excited? (*stretches arms wider*) Or this? Well, it’s true. The XPS is available now for a mere $1,799 with a 128GB solid state drive, 13-inch WLED screen, 4GB memory, and an Intel Core SU9400 1.4GHZ processor. It will run Windows 7. → Read More
The industry is all a buzz with the latest entry in the “I’m the thinnest laptop” competition. The latest Dell Adamo is definitely a strong contender, at 9.99 mm at some points. Of course, that’s just the official figure. I would have tested it myself but I forgot my calipers. → Read More
With the Adamo XPS getting all the play recently, Dell quietly updated the Desire model with a slight performance boost. The original model, apparently named Desire, now rocks a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo SL9600 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 256GB SSD, and of course, Windows 7 Home Premium. Chances are Dell was sitting on this update until it could ship Windows 7 with it. → Read More
Breaking: Dell is finally showing off the Adamo XPS in person. There has been a teaser page up for about a month now, but John is live at a NYC press event to spend some quality time with the 9.99 mm thin notebook. That’s thinner than the iPhone, kiddies. Stay put, more’s coming soon. → Read More
Oh joy, another vague advertising campaign for Dell’s Adamo line is underway. This time, it’s the Adamo XPS. There’s just a single specification, too: it’s less than 10 millimeters thick. → Read More
Looks like Dell’s dropped the starting price on the super thin Adamo to $1499 — when the machine was officially announced in March, the starting price was $1999. → Read More
Again with the tearing apart! Those crazy people at iFixit are doing it again: this time they took a Dell Adamo and tore it apart in the name of discovery. As with most laptops, it’s quite impressive how much technology the creators were able to jam into that little case. Unfortunately, as we already knew, the battery doesn’t appear to be replaceable by the casual user. → Read More
Last week, a blog post hit Techmeme detailing how Dell had screwed up by not securing Adamo.com for its ultra-thin notebook, which CrunchGear’s John Biggs spotted at SXSW a day before its official release on March 17.
It’s not like they tried: the former owner of the domain name, Tucows subsidiary YummyNames has no record of ever even being approached for a sale or lease of the internet address. Dell claims they had a broker contact the firm anonymously, who was quickly convinced the price would be too high (yet YummyNames leases domains from $750 per month).
The computer manufacterer instead went with AdamoByDell.com but belatedly realized it wouldn’t be such a terrible idea to own or at least use Adamo.com too. → Read More
The Adamo is just hours old and now it seems that it might have an expensive netbook sibling coming soon. Plus, we might see a larger version of the stunning Studio One all-in-one desktop. That is if this rumor comes true. → Read More
Ah, finally some little computer parts flying around before being assembled by robots. My initial frustration with the lack of geekery in the Adamo marketing process is withering as today the company has released a new video chock full of components, circuit boards, and laser-wielding robotic arms. → Read More
Dell’s got another Adamo teaser, this time a boring 30-second video of a model walking around the set of a photo shoot for 25 seconds with maybe five seconds of the actual notebook being shown.
Earth to Dell: We’re geeks. We don’t care about weird, skinny models half as much as we care about the specs and more photos of your weird, skinny laptop. → Read More
The models on Dell’s new Adamo teaser site, AdamoByDell.com, are gorgeous in that creepy, weird, I-have-a-bird-in-my-purse sort of way. Looks like the company’s really going for the fashion-conscious crowd with this one. I might be interested in one once we get more details about it but I’m gonna have to get some of those jeans that you have to dry clean and iron. → Read More
The Internet was abuzz about the Dell Adamo notebook a few days ago. The Apple Macbook Air-killer was finally announced and would hopefully start shipping sometime in a couple of months. That’s not going to happen according to DigiTimes though. → Read More
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