Do good things come in small packages?

The Dells Adamo is said to be better than Apples MacBook Air. Its slender frame with only 0.65 inches, it is believed to be thinner than Macbook Air which has the thickest point at 0.76 inches. We see this as mostly marketing because the Macbook Air has a concave shape that gives it a thinner front and a larger middle while Adamo has a thicker back.

This business laptop has a classy look on the exterior. The embossed logo of Dell and Adamo on the cover located at the center-part between a matte strip placed in a high-gloss, hard glass front and a smooth metal slab on the rear part. This design comes with colors black and white that, even at a first glance, the amazing details of its materials used in the outer shell leaves you nothing but curiosity of whats beneath.

Inside Adamo is an attractive LCD display that will make entertainment viewing more pleasurable. Its 13.4-inch screen with 16:9 ratio offers good display. But because of its glossy coating, it shows a little bit of reflections. Otherwise, everything else contributes to its high-definition package.

The connectivity design of the Adamo is simple as ports and connections are kept at a minimum. There is an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera and integrated digital microphone with a headphone jack. The Input Output functionality includes a Display Port, two USB ports, a USB/eSATA port, an Audio Out with an integrated RJ-45 port or Ethernet Jack. Other internals of the Dell Adamo is the Gigabit LOM, Bluetooth ver2.1 and 3×3 802.11n Li-Polymer cells providing 5 hours of continuous battery life. Its externals include a compact power adapter for wall socket power sourcing.

Adamo offers two options for its configuration. The higher version has a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM and a 128GB disk drive. While other version, which is obviously the second-rate version, is run by a 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, and a 64GB disk drive. The higher version is tagged at $2,699.00. The other is at $1,999.00.

One of the biggest limitations of the Adamo is the lack of ports and connections. The Adamo comes with just the basic connections – a single headphone jack, two USB ports, a USB/eSATA port, an Ethernet jack, and a DisplayPort video output.

The battery life of Adamo is not at its best while much was expected. In effect, its power is way behind the capacity of Apple MacBook and HP Pavilion, lower than almost 40% on average thus making this computer a casual office use rather than a hardworking laptop.

Despite its downsides, Dell includes a one-year warranty on the package called Adamo Premium Service. And if you are planning to upgrade the warranty into a three-year plan, it will cost you $349 more. But its online driver downloads and a special 800 number to call with a wait time of about 2 minutes, this might be a good enhancement.

In totality, Dells Adamo is an expensive one. Nonetheless, if it suits your mood and meets your demands on looks and exterior designs, this ones a great deal.