Posted by: Craig Vickers in Laptop, Dell on Mar 17, 2009
Dell released a new laptop today. It used to be the case that Dell was a couple of years behind the rest of the world in design, because it seemed they focused more on building computers as efficiently (and cheaply) as possible and less on designing the computers that everyone wants to have. Why else do you think everybody pays a premium for Apple laptops (more than half of i.t.NOW employees are proudly guilty of this)? Because, simply put, the design is amazing. Everything works and feels amazing. You are continually amazed by the simplicity of the product.
Dell definitely realizes the importance of design and has made some fast improvements. The Dell Latitude E4300 I blogged about earlier is my personal favorite, but the new Adamo released today attempts to compete with the Macbook as far as Design goes. From the looks of it, they appear to have done a good job. I am only going off of pictures, but here’s what I like about the design:
· Edge to edge screen. Personally, I can’t stand the black border surrounding the new Macbook screens.
· Incredibly thin (.65 inches)
· Solid state only on the hard drives
But, nothing is perfect. I think that the Adamo designers fell into the same trap that the first generation Macbook Air fell into. They compromised too much on performance to fit everything into a small, sexy package. The second generation Macbook Air fixed that problem (for the most part).
Now I just need to find a customer to buy one so I can try it out!