Dell's Adamo Goes After MacBook Air 337
MojoKid writes "Adamo, pronounced 'A-dahm-o,' means 'to fall in love with' in Latin. Dell is certainly hoping you'll fall in love with this notebook's looks as well as its functionality. The Adamo's chassis is milled from a single piece of aluminum and features precision detailing with a scalloped backlit keyboard. Even the fan holes, which are punched out squares, have an attractive modern design. The Adamo features a thin 0.65-inch profile and weighs four pounds. The new ultra-portable will also offer Intel Core 2 Duo processors and DDR3 memory (up to 4GB), a 13.4-inch 16:9 HD display and a 128GB SSD hard drive. Pricing starts at $1,999 with Vista Ultimate 64." The Dell infomercial spokesmodel (video at the bottom of the link) concludes, "Adamo resulted from the union of technology with pleasure for the style-conscious individualist." OK, so he's no Steve Jobs.
Eevrybody's SURE to get in line for that... (Score:2, Funny)
We'll see how mant they managed to sell...
What's the upcharge to NOT get Vista Ultimate 64 on that?
I am disappointed (Score:5, Funny)
"Adamo resulted from the union of technology with pleasure...."
A laptop is not the first thing I thought of when seeing that phrase. Not that sort of laptop, at least.
An Adamo without Vista (Score:5, Funny)
An Adamo without Vista is like chocolate cake without mustard.
Give me the computer without slathering it up with old smelly mayonnaise, please. Thanks.
$1999 with "Vista" (Score:5, Funny)
Could I maybe get it for $1000 without Vista?
I can picture it now... (Score:5, Funny)
Dell Ad Exec #1: We need a foreign spokesman to give our product a refined cosmopolitan vibe. We can save some money by using an employee.
Exec #2: How about one of mexican janitors?
Exec #3: How about one of our indian support staff?
Dell Ad Exec #1: Ok, maybe not. I think my cock-tease secretary mentioned her boyfriend was European. That's close enough.
Re:Eevrybody's SURE to get in line for that... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:poor latin (Score:5, Funny)
All your love needs (Score:5, Funny)
Adamo. For all your computer love needs. I guess.
New slogan: "Adamo. There's a port for that."
Re:Holy mother of God, this is lame (Score:2, Funny)
Does spooge wipe more easily from a solid block of aluminium?
Re:I know I'm just feeding the trolls, but... (Score:2, Funny)
I read your comment "I had no idea that some people would go to such lengths to generate something that is just such a completely and utterly useless, pointless waste of space and time." and thought it was spot on to describe the Adamo.
Cheers
Re:Holy mother of God, this is lame (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, holy shit. Marketing a product as being cool and hip is the least cool, most deeply unhip thing they could have done. Fuck firings, I'm surprised there haven't been any suicides.
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Re:All your love needs (Score:5, Funny)
Adamo. For all your computer love needs. I guess.
New slogan: "Adamo. There's a port for that."
Adamo. It's like a MacBook Air, but crappier.
Adamo. Apple's price, Dell's quality.
Adamo. Because we saw Vista running on a MacBook Air once.
Adamo. Because "Adammit" probably wouldn't sell well.
Adamo. If we really knew Latin, we wouldn't be working for Dell now would we?
Re:poor latin (Score:3, Funny)
Nugget alert (Score:5, Funny)
That's ADMIRAL Adamo to you, nugget.
Re:Four pounds? (Score:5, Funny)
yes, but it's a sony...
And you know what they say : "better safe than Sony".
Re:All your love needs (Score:5, Funny)
Adamo. Because we heard geeks really dig Battlestar Galactico.
Re:And people bitch about Apple? (Score:4, Funny)
It's a MacBook Air killer because, at 4 pounds, if you drop it on the Air a few times, the Air will probably break first.
Re:I am disappointed (Score:5, Funny)
O M F G... did you catch the "unboxing" bit? A plain fucking brown cardboard box?!?!? (At the 30-second mark.) Dude--if it's a plain-ass cardboard box, don't show it in the ad! My only guess is that this was done by some guys who got some advance knowlege of impending layoffs at Dell that snuck into their boss' office and saw their pink slips in his drawer.
Yeah, I'm sure this is really keeping Steve Jobs up nights. Maybe this was Mike's plan--to have Steve die in a laughing fit. Steve's probably conference-calling Phil Schiller and Tim Cook right now, saying "You know, I'm gonna retire early. You guys will be fine without me."
OK, just finished the video... so it's two pounds heavier than the Air and still no optical drive?!?!? The ports can't weight that much. What the fuck is it made from, lead?
Re:Nugget alert (Score:5, Funny)
Nonsense. We all know a Dell Adama would have no networking.
Re:I am disappointed (Score:5, Funny)
I'm pretty sure the writer for that just won a bar bet with his friends.
"Adamo was created to elicit desire and redefine the image of power."
-Are we talking about a penis here?
"Once you hold it, you won't want to put it down."
-Yup, definitely a penis.
"People will stare and that's OK."
-I do what I can for the world.
"Because with this ultra-thin, portable aphrodisiac at your side, lack of attention won't be a problem."
-Wait... ultra-thin? Staring is no longer OK. =(
"The whole product just feels very solid."
-Now we're talking. I'll just let that last remark slide.
"We wanted to make sure the product appealed equally to women and men."
-...
Re:Can you change the battery? (Score:5, Funny)
I took my batteries out to save the weight.
Re:Holy mother of God, this is lame (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=QUJqWc6seYk [youtube.com]
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