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Dell Adamo takes on MacBook Air
Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 06:13
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And talking of options, the Adamo comes with a DisplayPort to DVI adaptor, but that's an extra-cost item from Apple. Whether that's a good thing depends on how you feel about paying for something you may not need. What if you require a VGA adaptor instead?As for price, the Adamo starts at $A3699, the MacBook Air at $2899. If you option up the Air with the SSD it comes to $A3699. Coincidence?
And do you remember when the Air was announced and all those critics said it was far too expensive and you couldn't do without an optical drive?
Is Dell making the same mistake, or did Apple get it right after all?
But at the end of the day, the choice largely comes down to which operating system you favour. If you want a machine in this class and you want Mac OS X, you'll choose the MacBook Air.
If your preference is Windows, then the Adamo is the obvious choice unless you're more concerned with saving 300 g rather than 3 mm, or you have a thing for the Air's curved profile.
Linux users are on their own - neither company appears to provide support for that operating system.
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