Looks like Dell’s dropped the starting price on the super thin Adamo to $1499 — when the machine was officially announced in March, the starting price was $1999.
The base configuration will get you the following features:
- 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
- Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
- 2GB of RAM
- 128GB solid state drive
That’s for the “Admire” version. Step up to the “Desire” configuration, which has now been lowered to a starting price of $2299, and you’ll get a 1.4GHz CPU, double the RAM, and a mobile broadband chip.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t make the arbitrary comparison to the MacBook Air, so here goes:
The $1499 base price of the Adamo is now the same as the MacBook Air. With the MacBook Air you get a 1.86GHz CPU, 120GB SATA hard drive, and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics versus the Adamo’s 1.2GHz CPU, solid state drive, and Intel graphics. The Adamo also weighs about a pound more: four pounds versus three pounds. And the higher-end MacBook Air starts at $1799 versus the $2299 Adamo. You get a 2.13GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, NVIDIA graphics and a 128GB solid state drive with the MacBook Air whereas with the Adamo you get 4GB of RAM and mobile broadband, albeit with a slower CPU.
The Mac runs OS X, the Dell runs Windows. Dell is based in Texas and Apple is based in California. The Apple comes in light gray or light gray and the Dell comes in black or white. Dell’s CEO sometimes wear a suit and is named Michael and Apple’s CEO wears jeans and turtlenecks and is named Steve. Dell is better if you like Dell better than Apple and Apple is better if you like Apple better than Dell. Or if you hate Dell, you might like Apple better. If you hate Apple, you might like Dell better. If you hate both, maybe you own an Acer or an HP or something.
Dell Adamo [Dell.com via Gizmodo]
