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All About Adamo
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Do great things come from slim packages?
The Dell’s Adamo is said to be peaking out Apple’s MacBook Air. Its slender frame with only 0.65 inches, it is believed to be thinner than Macbook Air which has the thickest point at 0.76 inches. But the decision is merely theoretical because MacBook Air has slimmer front than Adamo but it has a thicker back part, in contrast.
On Adamo’s exterior, its texture is giving the laptop its classy look. The embossed logo of “Dell” and “Adamo” on the cover located at the center-part between a matte strip placed in a high-gloss, hard glass front and a smooth metal slab on the rear part. This design comes in two colors – the Pearl (white) and the Onyx (black). So, even at a first glance, the amazing details of its materials used in the outer shell leaves you nothing but curiosity of what’s inside.
Dell’s Adamo is housing an attractive LCD display that will make entertainment viewing more enjoyable. With its 13.4-inch 16:9 display with high-definition capabilities, it offers good display. But because of its glossy coating, it shows a little bit of glare. Otherwise, everything else contributes to its sharp images.
Beneath it is a keyboard with a metal touch. Though the contours of each key cap could make you feel comfortable, but the space bar requires much effort to register, which is a bit put off for the touch typists. This might as well requires extra patience to get to the comfort zone.
After exploiting its physique, we will try to look at its soul.
Adamo offers two options for its configuration. The higher version has a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM and a 128GB disk drive. While other version, which is obviously the second-rate version, is run by a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, and a 64GB disk drive. The higher version is tagged at $2,699.00. The other is at $1,999.00.
Moreover, the ports and connections of Adamo is on a diet. With its basics, like headphone jack, two USB ports, a USB/eSATA port, an Ethernet jack, and a DisplayPort video output, its added SIM card slot doesn’t wrap its inefficiency on an SD card slot.
The life span of Adamo while at work is not at its best, though much was expected. In effect, its battery power is way behind the capacity of Apple MacBook and HP Pavilion, lower than almost 40% on average thus making this computer a casual office use rather than a hardworking computing machine.
Despite its downsides, Dell includes a one-year warranty on the package called Adamo Premium Service. And if you are planning to upgrade the warranty into a three-year plan, it will cost you $349 more. But its online driver downloads and a special 800 number to call with a wait time of about 2 minutes, this might be a good enhancement.
In totality, Dell’s Adamo is an expensive one. Nonetheless, if it suits your mood and meets your demands on looks and exterior designs, this one’s a great deal.
Technical Specifications:
· Super-thin 13.4-inch 16:9 (High Definition; 720p) WLED display
· Full-size keyboard with back-lighting and scalloped, metallic key cap design
· Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and integrated digital microphone
· IO: Display Port, USBx3 (1 eSATA combination), Audio Out and integrated RJ-45 port
· Communications: Gigabit LOM, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n (3×3)
5+ hr battery life using Li-Polymer cells; 40 Whr
· Compact power adapter
· Dimensions: (w x d x h) 13.03 x 9.5 x 0.65 inches (331 x 242 x 16.39 mm)
· Weight: 4.0 lbs (1.81 kg)
· Software: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-Bit
Base: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9, Adobe® Flash Player, Dell Dock, McAfee SecurityCenter 30-day Trial, Dell Webcam Application, Dell Video Chat, Microsoft® Windows LiveTM , Dell Connect Point, Dell Quickset, Dell Touchpad
Optional: Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2007, Microsoft Office Professional 2007
External optical drive and external hard drive available
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