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

Small business does not require undersized performance. In fact, such businesses often demands greater effort among its owners. Moreover, with limited number of people working with them, managing business transactions and other trade details will be a brain-drain. Thus, running the business must involve a management system with speed and precision. This is where business laptops enter the picture.

You can find a business laptop everywhere, in malls and on the web. But here’s a list of notebooks that you will surely consider before pulling off the trigger:

1. Acer Travelmate 6593

Travelmate 6593 is a laptop designed to match the needs of small business owners and self-employed individuals. It has a classy casing with magnesium-alloy chassis that gives strength and an optional docking solution for speedy secondary connections. Security features is a plus for this business notebook at an affordable selling price. If business is your life, this will definitely make your life richer.

Tech Specs:

· Fingerprint log-in feature

· Intel® Wireless WiFi Link network connection supporting 802.11a/b/g/Draft N wireless LAN, Acer® SignalUp technology for enhanced antenna efficiency

· Up to 4GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM

· From 4 to 6 hours battery life

· 6.6lbs

· 15.4” WXGA (1280×800) TFT LCD with white LED backlight

· $999.00

2. Lenovo ThinkPad T400

This notebook is in a perfect state of equilibrium – a great balance between power and portability. It has the fastest processor ever made at present. Moreover, it has a tremendous display with a 16:10 aspect with LED backlit. And if you are working under the glaring sun, reflections are never a problem for it has a matte finish on its screen. With all these features, who would expect this laptop will only cost you less than a thousand dollars?

Tech Specs:

· 1440 x 900 WXGA+ LED Backlit (Matte finish)

· Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.83GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB Cache)

· Graphics with ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 w/ 256MB (hybrid switching)

· 2GB DDR3 RAM

· 5.6lbs

· 14.1” display screen

· $749.00

3. Sony Vaio P Series

Sony has released a fashionable, yet functional, laptop in the form of Sony Vaio P-series. Its small size is a plus factor for mobility amongst business people. However, below its high-resolution 8-inch display is a huge keyboard which provides comfort to the user’s fingers in spite of its bantam range. Doing business with notebook at this size won’t make you feel smaller at all.

Tech Specs:

· 8-inch screen

· 2 GB of RAM DDR2 SDRAM – 533 MHz

· High-resolution display

· High Definition Audio

· 1.4lbs

· Huge keyboard

· $899.99

4. Dell Studio 15

As Dell continues to come up with a superior design that caters the needs of small businesses, Studio 15 was born. It is composed of a sensible battery life at about 3 hours and 40 minutes and a practical 3GB of RAM running with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor (2.0GHz). Plus, you can customize the color by choosing among seven options. It is indeed a stylish way to finish your business proposals.

Tech Specs:

· 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz

· 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

· Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

· Glossy widescreen 15.6 inch LED HD display (1366 x 768)

· Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11 a/g/n Half Mini Card

· 5.54lbs

· $649.00

5. HP Elitebook 6930

This business laptop fits for the workaholics. This notebook will not only be the most hardworking portable computing device but an ideal business machine for people with the busiest schedules. Along with its great performance and durability, this notebook can surely finish your presentations and business transactions ahead of schedule. Also, it comes with a lesser price. So, businessmen will find it hard to say no to this laptop.

Tech Specs:

· 24-hour battery

· Up to 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

· HP Mobile Broadband (powered by Gobi™); Intel 802.11a/b/g draft-n

· Spill-proof keyboard

· 4.7lbs

· 14.1-inch screen

· $1,149.00

Nowadays, everyone is eyeing for gadgets that are practical – it may be for work or for personal use. But when it comes to laptops, the primary concern of a potential user is its performance, durability, and portability. Whatever their needs that does not belong to any of the categories that are mentioned earlier, then they are searching for an add-on features.

When it comes to business professionals, their primary concerns go with the adaptability of the laptop. As much as possible, businessmen want to have a laptop which does not only allow them to make technical documents but also enables them to provide quality business presentations. And about add-on features, corporate folks also want to engage in high-tech, inexpensive video conferences. These virtual meetings are very common on huge companies that have different geographical bases around the globe. And running these establishments without being there physically saves a lot of time, money, and effort.

Now, as business laptops are meant for corporate people, this has to be basically portable. As mentioned a while ago, it is one of the primary concerns of a possible consumer. Although there are laptops with sizes like 17 inches or more, the ideal notebooks for business professionals would be 15 inches or less, depending on your comfort zone. If you think you’re old enough to acquire the smallest screen size, yet not rich enough to buy the most expensive one, there are a lot of business laptops available that is cheaper compared to other laptops within size range.

Weight does go along with the size usually. That is, the bigger the size, the heavier the weight. But it doesn’t really follow. All you need is just the right weight for you to gain access and save strength for the rest of the day’s work. A 2.2-lbs notebook is ideal for a business laptop. But a little bit heavier will do.

In business, functionality is very important. If you have the brains but none of those could function well, then you’re nothing. It’ll be the same with our laptops. All laptops have brains but the speed and stability is relative to its hardware components. This is the part where you have to take a glimpse on. If you are into graphics and image processing or photography and videography, then you need to have a faster and heavy-running processor. But if you’re a writer, I don’t think you need to maximize your video card to cater an intense gaming task. But, nonetheless, everything is not exclusive for anything. It doesn’t matter if you don’t play games on your laptop and you want the latest video card. If you are comfortable using higher specs than your basic requirement, so be it. As long as it doesn’t compromise your business function and productivity.