***-->The Official Dell Adamo Thread<--***

[namlas15]

Huh? Snobby?

If you buy this laptop for $1800 its like buying a pimped out Chevy when you could have gotten a BMW.

Hint: The Macbook Air also starts at $1800 and was said to be very expensive.

Ha, excuse the 'snobby' remark. My 2 dorm-mates brag about their Macbook Pro's and taunt my dell :/

Anyway, I don't know about you but even if the basic model will be $2k w/ tax, which is half of what you could pay with similarly equip laptops.

Then again, if I had the money I'd probably get the Adamo too. So it all really breaks down to price.

[jaakobi]

$1800? sounds like a mistake to me. It better perform better than a Macbook Air.

I remember the Voodoo Envy coming out and there was a lot of buzz about it being better than the Air, but then it was found to be MUCH more expensive, which pretty much killed it.

[atbnet]

It will probably be more like $1500 for the entry level Adamo.

[Quillz]

It will probably be more like $1500 for the entry level Adamo.

It's Dell, so I honestly believe the Adamo will start at an even lower price point than that. I'm guessing $1,299.99 for the entry level, with the "recommended" model beginning around $1,499.99. That would put it at MacBook price points, at which point it would be a battle between the two "pretty" notebooks.

[Cin']

I had a dream last night and the starting price was $2,500.00
And, that I called the Dell Rep, and said I want the Adamo 13 badly, but I can't afford that starting price.

In my dream, he felt bad...gave me a great deal of $500, and a fully loaded Adamo 13~!!!

Then, I woke up.

It was a nice dream though..Can you imagine the Adamo 13 priced at $500???

It would be sold out, and so on backorder....


Cin

[monakh]

It's Dell, so I honestly believe the Adamo will start at an even lower price point than that. I'm guessing $1,299.99 for the entry level, with the "recommended" model beginning around $1,499.99. That would put it at MacBook price points, at which point it would be a battle between the two "pretty" notebooks.

There is a precedent for Dells that start at an incredibly high price, which folks thought could not be sustained. The Latitude XT comes to mind. It's still steeply priced and XT2 will still be over 2K. One could argue that it's a corporate product, but that's really besides the point. If you want to create a niche with a trailblazer, you simply...do.

No one thought that Hyundais would ever cross the $30K mark. Enter the Genesis. It can run closer to 40K fully loaded. Hah!

[wlfng2005]

dell mentioned that it would replace its current XPS line with the adamo, so my best guess is that, its starting price would be above the studio XPS. I think it would start at 1k3 at the very least. However, I highly doubt that it would start at 1k8 or 1k5 as others suggested.

[jaakobi]

Remember when the M1330 came out? it was expensive (right under 2000), but demand was high so they pushed the price higher. then the prices crashed. I think it will be similar with the Adamo because it's marketed as a high end product like the M1330. (I remember at one point the M1330 was over $2300 starting price!). So even Dell can charge ludicrous prices.

[dvmxps1530]

I'm not into the 13" i'm a 15" fan. I think just like waht hpened with the XPS couple of months down the road we will also see the Adamo 15" or 15.3"..
did any one hear about 15" Adamo????

[ChristopherAKAO4]

Hey Dell finally got something up on the Adamo website. Nothing new though, just links to engadget and stuff.