Dell Adamo vs. MacBook Air

Price

Unless you’re buying refurbished, you can get a new MacBook Air for either $1,799 or $2,499. The Adamo runs for either $1,999 or $2,699, an increase in $200 across the board. But look closely at specs and you’ll notice that both Adamo models include a 128GB SSD, an option that will boost the price of the cheapest MacBook Air by a whopping $500. So if you’re hell bent on getting an SSD, you’ll get away cheaper with the Adamo, but for most other configurations, the MacBook Air stacks up about $200 cheaper. And let’s not forget that the MacBook is packing better guts.

Winner: Apple MacBook Air

Left: MacBook Air; Right: Dell Adamo

Left: MacBook Air; Right: Dell Adamo

 

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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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