Comments on: Hands-on with Superslim Dell Adamo, What the Voodoo Envy Should Have Been

By: macewan

macewan — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:53:13 +0000

I happen to own an Apple Macbook Air. My wife complemented the size and weight enough that I bought her one too. In reading the article I was reminded of just how quiet our computers are to laptops with Windows flavored operating systems. Apple’s lack that whirling fan noise so common with Microsoft boxen.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:52:52 +0000

wow, talk about senseless unjustified bias. Flawed Vodoo Envy? if you are going to say that, state some damn facts. For those of us still paying attention to the Adamo we now know that the starting price is $1999. For what specs you ask? 1.2 GHz centrino core 2 duo, 2 Gb of ram and a 128Gb ssd, and an optional external dvd rw external drive for another $120. and god forbid you want more power, $2699 for 1.4 GHz centrino core 2 duo, 4 Gb of ram and a 128Gb ssd, and, once again, an optional external dvd rw external drive for another $120. also, 4 pounds for a “slim and light”? Dell should be embarrassed to sell this laptop at these prices. I understand that ssd’s are expensive, especially 128gb ones, but that being the case give me the option of a 80gb hdd and knock $500 off the price and let me buy and external drive for $15 on ebay, and while they’re at it, i expect that if i buy a slim and light the optical drive is included the package. furthermore, 720p on a 13.3″ screen is overkill in my opinion, especially given the processing power and graphics of the laptop.

That said, this is still one sexy beast of a machine, the different textures on the panels are a nice aesthetic element, and that has to be one of the nicest looking keyboards i’ve ever seen. however my personal tastes more tend toward the sleek, clean black carbon fiber finish and sharp lines of the voodoo envy. oh and the gaps in the frame worry me… alot. (see link) also from what i have read, noise is an issue.

http://gizmodo.com/5205524/dell-adamo-full-review-macho-outside-sissy-inside

p.s. sorry for the rant but badmouthing anything without some form of evidence just irks me

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:21 +0000

I really do not understand the focus on thickness and aluminium. It is a product, one that needs to do its functions well against minimum weight, not size.

- Weight should be more important than thickness, with regards to portability. Even the old Vaio’s were lighter than this thing and the MacBook air.

- What if the battery breaks? You have to send in your laptop? That is insane. What if you have those ‘8 hours’ executive flights and no preplacable battery? Good luck after 2 hours.

- 1 USB (Mac Air) or even 2 USB is not enough. Of cours eyou can schlepp additional gadgets as well as a DVD drive, but that defeats the purpose if you can get many lighter laptops that have these included.

- Not sure about the Dell, but it seems that (like the macBook air) there is no ethernet? What is up with that? I could not have written this if it was not for my ethernet port as all WiFi here is either secure or not working.

I am writing this from a Lenovo X300 and love it. It is lighter than the MacBook air or the new Dell, 13.3 inch screen with 1440×900px, a replacable battery, a DVD burner, SSD disk. 3 USB ports (and I was using them all last night) and an ethernet connection which I am using now. I can take an additional battery with me (and even a 3rd one to fit in the DVD burner’s dock), so I can work on long trips.

Functional. That is what any tool should be!

By: redhed

redhed — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:27:57 +0000

You mention that it is better than the Envy, but never explain why.

By: Mark L

Mark L — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:10:59 +0000

From what is shown here it is very attractive. I would tolerate a slight increase in thickness to have a replaceable battery – a gripe I have with the MacBook (and my iPhone). The other critical piece is the screen, which had better be high res. and good quality. OK – I might overlook the battery issue if it can be replaced without soldering.

By: Garth

Garth — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:19:13 +0000

It looks wonderful. I will be a buyer as soon as it is available. Good to see it has 2 USB’s, monitor plug is OK. I hope that it has SSD data storage. Don’t need a ‘disc’ drive – who uses them now anyway. Flash drives and desktops are all the backup anyone needs these days. My Inspiron is 5 yrs old and has never let me down. Del’s reliability is great. If the battery in the Ah-dom-o has 5hours of use you would never need to carry a spare, just the mini power plug. I can’t wait – release daet the sooner the better … PLEASE !!!

By: kim

kim — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:02:22 +0000

So, Mark writes this article and even states Adamo (pronounced Ah-dom-o) yet in his vlog he insists on pronouncing it Ad-a-mo. I know these comments should be about the product, Ah-dom-o, so here’s my comment: this is one slick looking computer! Sexy is right! Sleek…beautiful. Good job!

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:58:45 +0000

If I can get one of these with Ubuntu, I’ll consider it.. Heck, it may even be that even counting the time it takes to get a Windows license refunded it’s cheaper than the MBA in which case I might be forced to consider it regardless…
I’m certainly pleased to see Dell hardware design sucking less.

By: eileen muchnick

eileen muchnick — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:59:16 +0000

when can purchae this laptop

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:48:15 +0000

Great laptop – just what I am after. Shame it won’t come out for a while.
By the way, Mark Spoonauer needs to blow his nose before doing a vlog. His sniffles made me nauseous. Gross!!