Dell Adamo Nears Reality

btarunr · Dec 24, 2008, 09:40 AM

Computing giants such as Dell and HP are on an expansion mode with their product lineups. "Adamo" has been quite a buzzword in the gadget circles, which started off with rumors of it being Dell's competition to the Apple Macbook Air. Naturally, it is expected to have the one USP the Macbook Air holds: it's slim notebook form-factor. The advantage Adamo gives is that it happens to be PC, coming with a proper PC operating system installed.

The rumor materialized with a NY Times BITS blog post which showed an extract from UptownLife.net which read:

Quote:

Rumor has it that Dell is coming out with a computer called Adamo that will rival the MacBook Air. At press time, the company was keeping the product tightly under wraps, but PC users rejoice - word on the street is that something cool is coming your way

The extract was later removed from the blog post. As it stands, the statement adds ground to Adamo nearing reality. Meanwhile, Dell looks to be trying hard to keep things under the wraps. Although Adamo has a microsite of its own, it can be seen as a mere "coming soon" hype-building measure for now. Something concrete on this can be expected from Dell at the upcoming CES event.

Source: HotHardware

WhiteLotus · Dec 24, 2008, 12:50 PM

so it's a laptop but a PC?

huh?

btarunr · Dec 24, 2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteLotus

so it's a laptop but a PC?

huh?

PC as in a Notebook PC. The reference was towards it being "a PC and not a Mac". My gaming rig is a desktop PC. My laptop is a notebook/netbook/mobile PC.

mdm-adph · Dec 24, 2008, 01:04 PM

We can debate endlessly about the meaning of "PC" (I include Macintosh computers in that category, for instance), but I'd really like to know what you mean by "proper PC operating system?"

Do you mean it comes with Linux?

btarunr · Dec 24, 2008, 01:19 PM

Indeed we can, but not on this thread. In this context, it's a computer with a form-factor similar to that of the Macbook Air, which doesn't use an Apple OS. Back to topic.

WhiteLotus · Dec 24, 2008, 01:20 PM

I see. Well this could be interesting I suppose. I await more news on this!

Weer · Dec 24, 2008, 03:38 PM

And what's the point of this with the option of Netbooks.. like the one I'm using to write this right now while holding it with two fingers.

mdm-adph · Dec 24, 2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Weer

And what's the point of this with the option of Netbooks.. like the one I'm using to write this right now while holding it with two fingers.

The upper class members of a society often dislike buying things that are (or appear to be) low-cost -- that's while even though a netbook does everything an ultra-thin laptop can do for a few hundred dollars, the higher price of MacBook pros and the like fill a niche demographic of buyers who are willing to pay more to keep up appearances.

B1gg3stN00b · Dec 24, 2008, 03:44 PM

Because you can play CS:S on it!

mdm-adph · Dec 24, 2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by B1gg3stN00b

Because you can play CS:S on it!

That too.

Dec 24, 2008, 06:34 PM

OS X is vastly superior to Windows.

[I.R.A]_FBi · Dec 24, 2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by v-zero

OS X is vastly superior to Windows.

in what regard aside from its unix code base

mdm-adph · Dec 24, 2008, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi

in what regard aside from its unix code base

I'd say its Unix code base is what makes it superior to Windows.

Enough said.

Dec 24, 2008, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [I.R.A]_FBi

in what regard aside from its unix code base

Indeed, from that very base up.

DonInKansas · Dec 24, 2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mdm-adph

The upper class members of a society often dislike buying things that are (or appear to be) low-cost -- that's while even though a netbook does everything an ultra-thin laptop can do for a few hundred dollars, the higher price of MacBook pros and the like fill a niche demographic of buyers who are willing to pay more to keep up appearances.

Isn't this how Apple stays in business in the first place?

kysg · Dec 24, 2008, 10:24 PM

no Apple stays in business because society is ill informed about everything.

Psychoholic · Dec 24, 2008, 11:03 PM

IMO apple has the best built, and best looking notebooks i've ever seen, and i own one of the new aluminum macbooks they're beautiful.. dual booting with vista too

as for a home machine, i dont think i'd could ever replace my beastly homebuilt pc with windows

thebeephaha · Dec 25, 2008, 12:44 AM

Apple = PC.

You can natively run XP/Vista on them now days so I don't see what all the fuss is about.

Analog_Manner · Dec 25, 2008, 01:21 AM

I think netbooks are great, because they keep the same functionality of a laptop, but they are ultra portable. More like a giant PDA than a small personal computer.

Netbooks make for great modding projects too; you can open them up and hide the components in silly places, like under the eaves on my garage to route the traffic from 9 outdoor security cameras to the windows home server

gumstix computers are great for this too, but that is kinda limited

beesagtig · Dec 25, 2008, 12:59 PM

Possible to get mac on a non-apple pc?

Psychoholic · Dec 25, 2008, 03:05 PM

it can be done with a special copy of leopard, which cant be talked about here

there's also a usb dongle that allows you to install a legit copy of osx.

http://www.efi-x.com/

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Possible to get mac on a non-apple pc?

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