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Dell Adamo vs. MacBook Air

Nick Mokey By

Connectivity

Apple caught a lot of flack with the MacBook Air by including only one USB port, not to mention the complete lack of an onboard Ethernet jack, which makes it little wonder that Dell remedied both when it released the Adamo over a year later. The Adamo includes three USB ports and an Ethernet jack, plus a more standard DisplayPort adapter for video output (Apple’s Mini DisplayPort standard is far less common and necessitates expensive adapters). We call that no contest.

Winner: Dell Adamo

Left: Dell Adamo; Right: MacBook Air

Left: Dell Adamo; Right: MacBook Air

 

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  1. Dell drops Adamo 13 to $899 at 9:16am 27th December 2010 [...] Although Dell’s super-slim Adamo line has been out for the better part of two years—it competed with Apple’s original MacBook Air—the new configuration could be worth serious consideration for folks looking for most of the [...]
  2. Ian Bell at 9:52pm 30th September 2009 I would take the MacBook air in a heartbeat. Still thinner IMO and has more of a wow factor. Plus it doesn't run XP like the Dell :P
    1. Bernardo_O'reilly at 11:23pm 13th October 2010 adamo runs win 7 not XP, im typing this message on an adamo and so far i'm kind of impressed by it. Its a nice secondary laptop for people w/ more than one computer (since both adamo and air are kind of underpowered). Although the Mac air looks nice, i decided to buy this sucker because i dont want to look like a pretentious hipster when im studying @ school. Besides, I need this to run windows for pirating stuff and testing out software. Also the black adamo looks less feminine
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