Tag archive: Dell Adamo XPS

As a tech industry analyst, I get a ton of gadgets, consumer electronics and other tech products in every year for evaluation and some of them are memorable enough that they stand out above the pack. I figured as we dropped into the last couple weeks of 2009 that it would be fun to look back at those items that were a pleasure to use and that I’d miss when they are gone. Away we go…

Dell announced today that its super-slim Adamo XPS is here and will provide users with “a unique experience.” Dell says that with just a swipe of a finger, the keyboard appears from under the display as the system opens. The feature set challenged engineers to build the latest technology into a compact space, including:

I’ve been playing with the Dell 9.99 for about a week now, and this product defines amazing. If you thought the MacBook Air was thin, this is about half the thickness of the Air. Dell pulled this off by increasing the length of the notebook, but this also raises the screen in use to a much more acceptable height for most notebooks. Because this thing is so different than the run-of-the-mill notebook product, both inside and out, words and… Read More

Dell has released a few more snap shots of its new super thin Adamo XPS laptop. According to the hardware giant, excited fans of the new slim notebook asked for a few more photos to drool over—so Dell released two more shots to emphasize the sleekness of the 9.99-mm thin computer.

Apple's flagship laptop, the MacBook Air, is a beauty. Very thin, very light, it is a piece of art. There have been three attempts so far to build a product that would outdo the Air: the HP Voodoo Envy, the Lenovo ThinkPad X300, and most recently, the Dell Adamo. Let’s talk about each, and end with the 9.99 design concept, the only product I’ve recently seen that could make us forget the MacBook Air. MacBook Air The target and standard… Read More