Dell makes on design.

It's nice, nice thin and pretty expensive: Dell's super-slim laptop Adamo. But is the noble design pieces, as some experts believe, actually a Macbook Air killer?

 

Whether this is the right time for a premium laptop to introduce premium price? When computer manufacturers Dell seems to be convinced. While the impact of the financial crisis everywhere prices, cheap products are developed, brings Dell these days the first model of its new design brand Adamo on the market - with a starting price of 1900 euros.

This is probably a potential Macbook Air killer, orakelten several magazines after the company in early January at the CES Consumer Electronics trade show a first look at the device granted. Then
Adamo was the Phantom, advertised by its own web page, which revealed not much more than that it probably will go to design, decorated by black and white photographs pretty people.

But now, in time for the announced date, Dell has the cat out of the bag left. On the music, film and media festival South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas was now a first copy of the precious notebooks sighted. The official announcement will take place on Tuesday lunchtime, confirmed Dell blogs ONLINE.

Blogs, including vanity

What images already betrayed: Optically makes what her neatly Adamo. As Apple's latest MacBooks is the chassis of an elaborately machined aluminum block. It is light and stable at the same time. The display lid also adorns a fine pattern. The processing makes a good impression. Thus, for example, prefers the display hinge almost across the entire width of the screen, which should give additional stability.

The screen itself is so flat that it is from an LED backlight can be assumed. The resolution is supported by Dell spongy 16:9 HD as indicated, should be 1366 x 768 pixels. As it is currently in vogue, Dell will cover the screen, complete with a glossy glass from. That looks chic in effect but under certain lighting conditions like a mirror.

Not quite a MacBook Air

When the Adamo Drive serves as standard an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 1.2 GHz clock frequency, as a storage medium is a 128 GB flash hard drive used. Two GB of RAM are available for operating system and programs. Contacts with the outside world, via USB, eSATA or Ethernet manufactured. Is wireless via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, a UMTS card, there is an option.

External monitors must be like the Macbook Air via DisplayPort angestöpselt be on the hitherto little display. As with Apple is therefore dependent on adapter to HDMI, DVI or VGA use.

Thus, the commonality of Adamo and Macbook Air, but it already. Compared with the 1.3-kilo heavy Apple flounder is the Dell laptop, with just under two kilograms already no longer lightweight. The computing power is that the Apple product a little higher, as well as the performance of the graphics. Apple uses NVIDIA's 9400M Series Dell while the integrated graphics of the Intel chipset used.

A second model is ready

In return, Dell offers more upgrade options. This allows the Apple to two GB of RAM in Adamo limited to four GB be upgraded. As external drives, various hard drives and DVD burner and a Blu-ray drive for your choice. Visually it is between the Onyx and pearl colors to choose. Black and white would have been safe to cheap belongs.

On top may Adamo Buyer with problems in a dedicated Adamo-Hotline. In addition to the more technical accessories offers Dell, however, how fashionable ladies handbags and leather Köfferchen for transporting the precious notebook.

And yet that this repertoire will grow, Dell has also been betrayed. In a diagnostic program felt "
engadget "a reference to the next model, which hopefully will be cheaper than the current 13-inch laptop. Adamo 9, read. And if the name is, is already determined what will be a 9-inch Netbook with aluminum housing, high-gloss display and hopefully a few functions that are probably not very low entry price will be justified.