Laptop Dell Adamo 13 Deals & Customer Reviews

Greg L. Stewart (San Antonio, TX USA): Excellent machine, very comparable to the new Macbook Air. Recently decided to run Windows 7 as my primary OS, and this machine doesn't disappoint. Purchased through Dell directly for $824 for the Pearl version with SL9600 (2.13Ghz, 6mb cache) processor and 4GB ram, all other specs same as this one. Currently sells for $899 for the Onyx version, suggest you purchase direct. Negatives are few - battery life not as good as the Air, the screen backlighting is obtrusive at times, the speakers and all the ports are on the back (not ideal). Overall though, very responsive and well made ultra light laptop.

R. Hemmer "ontheroad reader" (Dallas TX): I purchased the pearl white Adamo last year for Christmas and loves the color, weight, and style. Games like the Sims played well as long as I didn't add too many extra expansion packs. In August the computer stopped charging. A Dell rep came out and replaced the motherboard and the charging cord. By the end of October it turned on but nothing happened. Again, a new motherboard came this time with a new screen. Dell has agreed to send another computer since the parts did not fix the issue. It's pretty. It's light...but it doesn't work. $2500 is too much to spend to have this many headaches and a computer that won't run popular games like Civilization 5 and Sims 3 without crashing. To Dell's credit they have been very responsive and professional. I was fooled by the beauty.

Charles in Montreal (Montreal, Quebec): Super solid build, quiet and flawless with SSD, just wonderful unit. Superb design - a Mac Air equivalent for PC but better in many ways. A few negatives - the keyboard letters can be hard to see and prefer the chiclet type board. Overall excellent though perhaps a bit expensive for some but IMHO worth the little bit extra for real quality. Reminds me of my Volvo - rock solid and satisfying to own.

Tacos y Burritos "STAT" (Santa Clara, CA): This notebook has surpassed all of my expectations. It is thin, lightweight and beautiful. I don't use it for anything too intense, mostly just office productivity and browsing. The battery is good for about 3.5 hours and the screen is bright and crisp. Highly recommended.