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Adamo is a Dell
subnotebook
focused on design and mobility. A notebook prototype was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show
on January 9, 2009. Dell also claimed it is the "world's thinnest laptop", at 0.65 inches thick. It is a slim luxury ultraportable intended to compete with Apple's MacBook Air
, Lenovo's ThinkPad X301, or HP's
Voodoo Envy 133
laptop.
On September 9, 2009, Dell previewed a new, thinner Adamo "XPS" laptop design, which was 9.99 mm (0.39 inches) thick.
, 2 GB (or 4 GB) of 800 MHz DDR3 memory, a 128 GB SSD
(or 256 GB SSD
), and a 13.4-inch widescreen with a 1366x768 resolution with a built-in 1.3 MP webcam and microphone. It weighs 4 pounds, ships with Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium, with an optional external DVD-RW drive.
or a 180 GB hard drive. It uses 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 1.4 GHz Intel ULV (ultra low voltage) processor. The battery can run either 4 or 5 hours, depending on configuration.
In March 2010, Dell discontinued their Adamo XPS line.
During that same month of March 2010, Dell made Adamo XPS available again.
Subsequently, as of November 2010, the Adamo XPS is no longer available on the Dell website.
Dell
Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
subnotebook
Subnotebook
A subnotebook is a class of laptop computers that are smaller and lighter than a typical laptop....
focused on design and mobility. A notebook prototype was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show
Consumer Electronics Show
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
on January 9, 2009. Dell also claimed it is the "world's thinnest laptop", at 0.65 inches thick. It is a slim luxury ultraportable intended to compete with Apple's MacBook Air
MacBook Air
The MacBook Air family is a line of Apple ultraportable Macintosh notebook computers.The first-generation MacBook Air was a 13.3"-only model, previously promoted as the World's Thinnest Notebook, introduced at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 15, 2008. It featured a custom Intel Merom CPU...
, Lenovo's ThinkPad X301, or HP's
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
Voodoo Envy 133
Voodoo Envy
The Voodoo Envy 133 is a notebook computer designed by VoodooPC after its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. It is positioned as a mobile ultraportable notebook and was introduced at HP’s Connecting Your World Live event in Berlin, Germany on June 10, 2008....
laptop.
On September 9, 2009, Dell previewed a new, thinner Adamo "XPS" laptop design, which was 9.99 mm (0.39 inches) thick.
Adamo 13
The Adamo 13 was released on March 17, 2009, in the US with a 1.4 GHz (or 2.1 GHz) Core 2 Duo processorMicroprocessor
A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
, 2 GB (or 4 GB) of 800 MHz DDR3 memory, a 128 GB SSD
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
(or 256 GB SSD
Solid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
), and a 13.4-inch widescreen with a 1366x768 resolution with a built-in 1.3 MP webcam and microphone. It weighs 4 pounds, ships with Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium, with an optional external DVD-RW drive.
Adamo XPS
On September 9, 2009, Dell previewed a new, thinner Adamo XPS laptop design, which was 9.99 mm (0.39 inches) thick. It was released on November 5, 2009 and priced at (USD)$1,799. The laptop's bottom half, containing the keyboard, is smaller than the top half of the laptop containing the screen. The screen half is concave, so when shut the keyboard embeds itself into the screen. It is designed, that when open, the bottom of the screen half and the edge of the keyboard, make contact with the surface it is resting on. The Adamo XPS has a heat-sensing strip on the lip of its lid which, when touched, opens the lid. Internally, it has either a 128 GB solid-state driveSolid-state drive
A solid-state drive , sometimes called a solid-state disk or electronic disk, is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data with the intention of providing access in the same manner of a traditional block i/o hard disk drive...
or a 180 GB hard drive. It uses 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 1.4 GHz Intel ULV (ultra low voltage) processor. The battery can run either 4 or 5 hours, depending on configuration.
In March 2010, Dell discontinued their Adamo XPS line.
During that same month of March 2010, Dell made Adamo XPS available again.
Subsequently, as of November 2010, the Adamo XPS is no longer available on the Dell website.