Dell hosted a press conference in the Fantasy Suites of the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas where they announced a series of new products. Perhaps the real news and excitement at the event wasn’t what was announced, but what wasn’t announced.
The much-rumored Dell Adamo made a brief, but very real, in-person appearance this morning and it sent waves throughout the consumer electronics press and blogosphere. It’s the company’s first foray into the luxury electronics market and it has already been positioned as the Macbook Air killer.
It features some truly stunning design features that are indicative of the company’s commitment to innovation inside and out. They’re strikingly beautiful, subtly bold, stylish, elegant, and they’re definitely make a statement. And, the Adamo is thinner than the Macbook Air.
Perhaps it was my charm, pure luck, or serendipitous timing, but I was given exclusive permission to not only shoot the Adamo, but also visually confirm that there are both black and white models queued up to hit the market soon. In fact, these are the first pro-quality public shots available of the Adamo and also the first pictures allowed of the white version.
I’ve uploaded all of the pictures on flickr and they are freely available for use as (CC) with credit. Digg the story here.
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…
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Dell Adamo laptops look fantastic. I am hoping that pricing will be below that of MacBook Air.
I have owned only Dell laptops and they have served me very well. Adamo might be a good replacement for my 700m.
Nice scoop brian, looks like a macbook pro
It only looks like the macbook because of the black around the screen. But really black around a picture, or a screen brings out more the color to the eye. If this laptop is in my budget im getting one.
Holy smoke, you were in the same room with Batman, too. You can clearly see him in the second to last shot reflection. Is he somehow in cahoots with Dell?
Very Nice. Good design approach. But I would stick to a much cheaper Toshiba. (They don’t have tech support in India)
Just to let you know, its just the inspiron and studio systems that have Tech Support Worldwide. The XPS & STudio XPS models will have tech support based out of the US.
It’s a nice looking laptop, but why must it resemble a Macbook? Silver, backlit keyboard, thin, etc… Everything about it screams Apple.
Can’t Dell be a bit more creative?
Thin laptops are the future..Dell has them before apple..in dell latitude X1 for example..
it’s not about the creativity…thin laptops are the future and dell has them before apple..look at dell latitude X1 for example..Backlit and colors are nice modification which has almost every notebook manufacturer.
I agree with The DJ – it looks like an answer Apple, but no doubt it will be great laptop.
(My exp. – Dell Inspiron 1300B —> Dell Inspiron 1318)
wow, i cant wait till that darker silver one comes out. i think i may trade in my HP for it!
adamo was designed long before anyone at Dell ever saw an apple air or new macbook. it takes way more than 6 months (since air was introduced this past summer) to bring a piece of art to market.
It does not resemble a mac. Ofcourse mac is silver but the brushed metal and split texture and overall design is way better than a mac. It’s way more elegant. Much cheaper in price
Dell offers the best prices, best in services offered, product quality, awards won for its products (42 product awards in 2008), and 99% of Fortune 500 companies use Dell systems & servers! There’s got to be a reason for that, don’t you think?
ooooooooooooo Baby that looks so sharp looking! How much are these going to cost?
ooh, I like that shiny finish model w/ the brushed aluminum – though I imagine after 1 days use it would be covered w/ hand prints.
I’d love to believe it’s being offered w/ Ubuntu & Vista, but I fear not
I’m not even shopping for a laptop, but you’ve piqued my interest.
Kudos on making tech super sexy.
that would be so hot with ubuntu.
The white/silver one looks great!
Almost as good as the Sony P.
My favorites of travel notebooks:
For portability: Sony P
For design+good for traveling: Adamo.
Has a chance at cool if it runs XP.
Holy crap.
If the Adamo costs less than $1800 at the base config, they could beat the crap out of Apple. Especially since it would work with USB 3G modems! And possibly have an option for built-in 3G!
I would buy the white one if I had the money. But for now, it’s a white Eee 1002 for me.
What the heck is “Looks like apple! its apple! they are copying apple”. Well, of cause no one said apple stole the quintet keyboard style from sonny. Neither did any say, that Apple stole its mac book pro for a small Japanese computer firms call Hutsui. Yes, yes, its all true. So let bury the “its like mac” comment and make some constructive comments.
cool but still not getting one..desktops are the best..hehehe
Hmm, it’s thin, but I’m not seeing the “luxury”.
OMG that’s a sexy dell. I’ll def be ordering one of those once they’re released.
dell was the recommended laptop at my law school a few years back. they were atrocious. the dell employee saying they make quality products needs to specify something, because the laptops at my school were garbage. i would bet that in the 3 years of law school, almost every single one needed major tech support and replacement of one or more of a motherboard, display, or keyboard. I, on the other hand, had my trusty pismo powerbook, which suited me just fine….and never missed a day of class. much much more than i could say for the dells.
Dear Photographer,
I know f/1.4-2.0 is really cool, but a little more dof would have been nice for at least a few of the shots. Please stop your lense down a few next time.
Thanks for the pictures, but please turn up the depth of field. Yes, you have a sweet DSLR, but half of the laptop is blurred out!
Hey looks really beautiful. I just saw promo on dell website and it seems like we should see it in action in month or so. I was about to get Dell XPS Studio 13 for me but have changed my idea and will be waiting for this. Hopefully it wont burn a hole in my wallet.
Oh, it will burn a BIG HOLE in your wallet. And prepare to wait… Or, you could give the new MacBook Air a try and install Windows on it and boot either.
Actually, I own a MacBook Air that cost me nearly $3k all decked out. I HOPE and PRAY that when I buy the Adamo, it takes less than $2k to buy the white one. Surely Dell isn’t really going to price it at $3k???
paia demais… não curti, só pq é finim o povo paga pau! toscoooooooo!
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