Dell Adamo
in Laptops
Verdict
A stunning piece of design to rival any Apple offering, and the price is surprisingly reasonable
Review Date: 12 Aug 2009
Price when reviewed: £1,156 (£1,329 inc VAT)
Buy it now for: £1098.99
Overall Rating

Features & Design

Value for Money

Performance


| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | Admire |
| Review Date | 12 Aug 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £1,156 |
| Price inc VAT | £1,329 |
| Overall rating |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Performance |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty final | 1yr on-site, 1yr collect and return |
| Physical specifications | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 331 x 243 x 18mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 1.800kg |
| Travelling weight | 1.9kg |
| Weight with extended battery | N/A |
| Travelling weight with extended battery | N/A |
| Processor and memory | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo U9300 |
| RAM capacity | 2.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Screen and video | |
|---|---|
| Screen size | 13.4in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,366 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 768 |
| Resolution | 1366 x 768 |
| Graphics chipset | Intel GMA 4500 |
| Graphics card RAM | 256MB |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 1 |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 119GB |
| Spindle speed | N/A |
| Internal disk interface | SATA |
| Hard disk | Samsung SSD |
| Optical disc technology | N/A |
| Optical drive | N/A |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Integrated 3G adapter |
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| Other Features | |
|---|---|
| Wireless hardware on/off switch |
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| Wireless key-combination switch |
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| Modem |
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| ExpressCard34 slots | 0 |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 |
| PC Card slots | 0 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 3 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| 9-pin serial ports | 0 |
| Parallel ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 1 |
| SD card reader |
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| Memory Stick reader |
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| MMC (multimedia card) reader |
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| Smart Media reader |
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| Compact Flash reader |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad |
| Audio chipset | Dell HD Audio |
| Hardware volume control? |
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| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| Camera megapixel rating | 1.3mp |
| TPM |
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| Fingerprint reader |
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| Smartcard reader |
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| Carry case |
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| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit |
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Recovery method | Recovery partition |
| Battery and performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Battery life, light use | 5hr 3min |
| Battery life, heavy use | 1hr 31min |
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.68 |
| Office application benchmark score | 0.72 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 0.76 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.59 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 0.65 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | N/A |
| 3D performance setting | N/A |
Any chance of a photo of the COA sticker under the magnetic cover behind the screen? I've seen this described but would be interested to see how they've actually done it.
By davidbryant4 on 13 Aug 2009 
First truly fair Mac vs. PC comparison?
Could you please do an article pitting Adamo the against the MacBook Air? I think these 2 products are probably as close as you could get to a proper 'like-for-like' comparison.
From where I'm standing, the MacBook Air suddenly doesn't seem so 'expensive' and under-specced. Infact compared to the Adamo, it looks positively better value and better designed!
By ihsan on 13 Aug 2009 
David Bryant - I'm hoping to get a picture of the COA sticker today for you, so I'll put it on the gallery when I get my hands on it. That's a lovely little design touch.
Ihsan - I'm workong on it!
By Mikey_Jennings on 14 Aug 2009 
Interior image is now in the gallery
David - I've got a picture of the Adamo's interior, now, showing the magnetic strip and the COA sticker beneath.
It's the seventh image in the gallery at the top of the review.
Hope that's ok!
By Mikey_Jennings on 14 Aug 2009 
Cheers! Is it a normal size COA sticker or a smaller one?
By davidbryant4 on 14 Aug 2009 
Cheers! Is it a normal size COA sticker or a smaller one?
By davidbryant4 on 14 Aug 2009 
COA sticker
David - it looks to be a smaller one to fit in that tiny space!
By Mikey_Jennings on 14 Aug 2009 
You're right ihsan but the Air is overpriced and so is the Adamo. I do happen to prefer the styling of the Adamo. It looks amazing. Shame it has Dell written on it though
By TimoGunt on 17 Aug 2009 
The problem with macbooks is that they have an apple symbol on them and a smug consumer drone attached.
By dodge1963 on 22 Aug 2009 
smug consumer drone?
I'm always fascinated by the attitude of some Windows users to Apple users. While Apple-fans take pot-shots at Windows, the Windows fans take pot-shots at Apple USERS. This sort of bigoted response seems to me to stem from a deep-seated insecurity; they think the Apple guys might be on to something, but they're afraid to make the move because they'd have to go form being a Windows "expert" to an Apple "novice", and that sort of challenge to their innate sense of superiority is too scary to contemplate, so they lash out at the people they secretly envy. You see the same kind of thing in Religious Extremists. Sad really.
By lgj001 on 17 Sep 2009 
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