Comments on: Dell Adamo: All dressed up with nowhere to go?

Dell debuts a stylish, expensive new laptop it hopes will make it known for its design chops over its ability to sell a low-cost PC.

[daedbird]

I would really like to see a comparison between this and the MacBook, since they really seem to have the same form factor

[elllroy]

so lets see: it is heavier than a macbook air, it is slower than a macbook air and it costs more.

so, anyone in the market for that kind of ultraportable 13" machine why not buy an macbbok air? if you don't like mac os x and you want to run vista natively, do it. a mac is the only computer on which mac os x, windows and linux all run natively or side by side if you wish so.

why buy inferoior hardware?. as it shows that a comparable laptop from dell is more expensive than apple's offering.

[praxitas]

certainly a decent looking machine even if the advertising is a bit embarassing (very 1990's fashion theme). i wish the entire top hinged rather than leaving the line at the back, but i think it has to do with battery or cooling. also, the cover design could have been a bit simpler/cleaner. it may date better that way. finally, (perhaps i should have mentioned this first) more power and a dvd slot would have been in order at this price point. in all, i agree that the goal is rebranding dell rather then selling many of these. not a bad idea if it can be followed up with well speced and decent looking machines at different price points.

[trouble001]

Oh...right...i FORGOT!!!! It doesn't have an APPLE on it. How silly of Michael.

[Vogateer]

I don't understand the whole push. Isn't Dunkin' Donuts doing better with their appeal to the working man, while Starbucks has been slowing down? There's nothing wrong with Dell making their equipment look nicer, but it seems like both bad timing and bad decision-making to go after the upscale market, or hope for some "halo" effect, when Dell could just say to the average working guy, "We make our computers for you, the guy who doesn't need to spend $2,000 on a computer to 'express himself' at Starbucks."

[jabberwolf]

If anything this only (hopefully) will show that the exact same thing that applies for idiots with money for Macs applies to those that use windows.

We are NOT Windows/PC fans. We look at specs, ability, function and rate them.
MAC AIR sucks.... So does this Dell.
This has a low power usage CPU and is small and stylish but slow CPU and slow GPU.

The only good thing about this Dell is that it uses Windows which corporate users that need something small will actually use, not like OSX which is for stand alone arrogant retards that pretend that they are well-to-do anti corporate types (but they simply just surf the web and blog).

[csoccer1]

Arrogant retards? Watch out there, I wouldn't call the the designers for ads, commercials, movies, and just about everything else arrogant retards! And I'd have to say that this computer is obviously not marketed towards you. This is marketed towards fashionable people with money to spend.

[MacDellMan]

Give it 6 months and it will be gone. What a waste...and who developed the marketing campaign for this thing. What a joke. Trying really hard to be cool...and it ends up looking like it's trying really hard to be cool. Strike number 12 for Enfartico...(their agency of the month.)

[lickmoreshoes]

It's obviousely overpriced but still looks really cool.

[codynews]

All I could think about when reading the Dell site and watching the videos was "omg, it's a laptop. Get over yourselves!"

[fdunn3]

Give me a $375 NetBook and I'm happy.

I'd spend $2K on building a very nice desktop but for something that's going to be carried around, moved a lot, and possibly lost "no thanks".

Dell is really off on their timing by like 180 degrees. First they refuse to sell AMD processors when they were the best processor, then when Intel comes out with a better processor Dell decides to manufacture PCs with AMD processors.

Now as Apples sales are declining because of the economy, Dell makes a "Look Alike" that costs even more.

Do they have a plan or do those plans sit on some execs desk for one or two years before they decide to do something?

[EricJM001]

The Apple Unibody MacBook only weighs 8 ounces more, has a 2.4 GHz processor, a 250 GB hard drive, a built in slot loading DVD burner, 9400M graphics acceleration, and is every bit as sexy as the Adamo. And at $1599.00 you'll have plenty of extra money to buy that copy of Vista for BootCamp.

For the love of all that is good and holy, please visit your nearest Apple Store before purchasing this ridiculous product.

[dennisl59]

Dell's Focus Groups fail again. Oh, sorry, it's just the same bunch of people that developed it themselves talking about how cool they are releasing this unit. MORONS

Failure:
1) price to performance---none
2) dell support---lousy
3) operating system---vista

What a joke!

FUBAR

[tetsuyo]

From a designers perspective this computer does not even look that good. It is like a concept car that has been compromised to death. Definitely not worth $2000!
Dell is trying to copy the MacBook here but just cannot pul it off. You just cant go making a laptop that looks like something else and expect people to see it as innovative and hip. Being stylish and hip has a lot to do with innovation and being the first to do something. This latest effort by Dell just solidifies their reputation as a follower and not a leader when it comes to cool computers.

[delder]

First Vostro, now Adamo - I just don't like these names. I like names like Optiplex and PowerEdge, but Adamo, I don't think so.

[The_happy_switcher]

Dell: Shoot this company and put it out of its misery once and for all.

[Norseman]

I hear Steve Ballmer is going to buy one because he likes the Dell logo.

[Norseman]

I was wondering who would be buying these things (besides all the AIG execs). Let's see. Ballmer and Gates for sure. And maybe Madonna. That's about it.

Maybe Steve Jobs should get one just so he can have a good laugh and be reminded of some of Michael Dell's previous comments about Apple.

Please, Dell--keep us informed about the sales figures for this unit, OK? Please, please, pleeeeeeeease.!

[sciontcya]

Who does DULL sell their hardware to?
I never see them "on the street" in coffee houses, etc.
I don't see them in any of the industries I am in or visit.
Who buys these K-Mart boxes?
Now they want to sell high-end laptops because they have models holding them?
I have to laugh Michael DULL.
Give your stockholders their money back already...

[sciontcya]

LOL - I see this "disappeared" from the front page...
What's up CNET - calls from DELL???

[kenstech_com]

The problem with the Adamo isn't, as Erica says, "the current economic reality." After all, economic reality depends on your personal circumstance. There are plenty of people out there who are in the market for a nice well appointed laptop; for whom a couple of grand is nothing.

Rather, the problem for Dell is to convince such people to buy their product rather than an Apple or Sony, etc. That seems to me to be the bigger problem for Dell because they have made their gold by using the low cost/high volume strategy. With a few exceptions (their nice 30" monitor is one example) most people don't think high end luxury when they think Dell.

So the real problem for Dell is to win the battle for the mind of the high end buyer, not worry whether such people exist; because I assure you they do.

Ken
www.kenStech.com

[duderek]

bad customer support and bad competion... how can they really expect people to buy a low end laptop that looks cool for 2600... people have really high computing needs today and a 1.4Ghz cpu just won't cut it.