Review: Dell Adamo XPS

Dell has officially announced pricing and other details for the Dell Adamo XPS laptop. Without setting a specific date, Dell says that it has begin taking orders and shipping the Adamo XPS in time for the holidays. The ultrathin luxury laptop starts at $1,799.


The system is amazingly thin, especially for a 13-inch laptop. The Adamo feels slightly heavier than it looks, even with a hard drive. Adamo weight starts at 3.2 pounds.The Adamo opens in an unusual way, with the lid shut tight until you swipe a finger on a heat-sensitive strip centered on the front edge. Then the lid lifts up, tilting the screen back and lifting the keyboard. When fully opened, the keyboard sits at 20-degree angle. The keyboard's metal keys and the reasonably large touchpad looks great.

On the sides it has two USB ports, a headphone jack, power connection, and mini Display Port . The screen itself is a 13.4-inch LED, with a 1,366x768 resolution. The Adamo's has a larger footprint than the lower half, and when closed, the keyboard essentially fits inside the inset lid.

With a 128GB solid-state drive and a 1.4GHz Intel ULV processor, the battery life of the system which Dell claims is up to 2.5 hours with the default battery and a bit more than 5 hours with an optional extended battery.