Dell Adamo XPS takes anorexic laptop crown
DELL HAS COMBINED its avant garde Adamo line with its high profile XPS brand to come up with the slimmest laptop around to date, the Adamo XPS.
The anorexic device is just 9.7mm at the ankle and bulges out to 10.3mm.in the back weighing in at 1.44kg.
That said, the Adamo is not all skin and bones, packing in a 1.4GHz Core2 Duo ULV CPU, 4GB of 800MHz DDR3 memory and a 128GB SSD. Unfortunately the 13.4in LED display is powered by an Intel integrated graphics chip.
It comes standard with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit to make full use of the 4GB of memory and the multi-touch touchpad.
As you might expect from this type of device, there is no optical drive built-in. However you do get two USB ports and an external display output, as well an additional custom port for attaching other ports and peripherals.
Interestingly, the hinge is not situated on the edge, but rather an inch or so into the device, providing a sort of stand on which the laptop rests when open. This means that the keyboard naturally sits an angle and Dell reckons this design also helps with cooling as most of the base is held off the surface.
When closed the base actually folds into the lid and there is a sensor you swipe your finger across to release an electronic catch in order to be able to open it up. This is simply a capacitive touch sensor rather than any kind of biometric reader.
Form definitely trumps function with the Adamo XPS, as despite being thin and light the battery life leaves a lot to be desired. Even with the extended battery, which will add a few extra millimetres to the profile, you can only hope for around five hours between charges.
Details on pricing and availability are yet to be confirmed, but it's expected to be out in time for Christmas and we don't expect it to come cheap. µ
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would buy this garbage?
bizarrely not stackable!
I guess Dell is entering a new niche market - clumsy when used, but stacks along nicely with everything else you bought for your big bucks and never used again.
... it looks decidedly incompatible with any normal human lap.
so I guess they're stuck doing this stupid one-upsmanship crap.
I finally figured out why it looks so wrong after looking at other pics on another site *cough*udzilla.
If you look at it upside down, then the keyboard is where the screen usually is and vice versa. Sort that minor error on the designers part and they could be onto something, well as soon as they knock the first digit off the price....
A year ago I bought a Dell xps m1530.Once I wipped vista off it its the best notebook I have ever seen for $1200. on sale with 2 year Complete warranty(EVEN if I drop it and it breaks)2.4 cpu high def screen finger reader slot load dvd player (slow but read scratched cd very well)4 gb ram touch controls remote control and on and on. The Adamo is a glorified netbook underwhelming is all aspects except skinny.My XPS is about 35mm at the fattest and 25mm at the thinest. I might but the Adamo for $600. abiut whats it worth. I hope people dont but it because I dont want this becoming the NEW notebook standard.
NOT IMPRESSED!
Gah, how could they make something so dangerously unergonomic.
Your keyboard should slant away from you or be flat. Typing on a keyboard slanted towards you will damage your wrists. :(
Oh and I'd rather have an eee
You "only" get about 5 hours on battery. How in the F#@% can you complain about 5 hours of battery life? Are your parents related by blood?
Not wishing to state the obvious, but ...
1) Is there is a seriously "diss Dell" bent to these comments, characterized by varying levels of wrong, innaccurate and mindlessly abusive and/or condescending.
2) Every keyboard on the planet is either flat or sloped in the same direction as this notebook. Personally, after 25+ years of professional keyboard pounding, I rate flat keyboards as the worst to use. But hey, I am just someone who beats keys for a living. This one may be too steep, but I would need to actually try it to have an opinion - unlike those commenters referred to in point (1)
3) 5 hours is a seiously long battery life, relative to the 2 to 2 1/2 hours that journalists seemed quite happy to accept only a very short time ago. In fact, 2 1/2hr was the apparent design goal for a decade or more. I have never actually owned a notebook for that reason (and (4) below) actually.
(4) Form factor is they key, and it is pleasing that notebook manufacturers have finally "got a clue" and started providing machines that actually can be carried everywhere. Most people could care less about CPU power, they care about lugging 2-3kg long distances though - a fact that apparently escaped the marketing research retards for an unfeasibly long time.
Dweeb
First they somehow manage to put out subpar netbooks: in a world where the specs are almost identical. And now....another turd. Ridiculous marketing games, layered deals which are like buying from a carny, poor service, 3rd rate products...I'm happy to watch you die Dell, just wish it wasn't such a prolonged death.
This has to be the worst "premium" product I've ever seen. Horrible design, horrible components (Intel graphics? Really Dell) and a high price tag.
Who would actively want to purchase such a heap?