Dell Adamo XPS, Thinner Than Ever, Officially Announced [Laptop Not Available Yet; MacBook Air Cries in a Corner]

Apple’s MacBook Air is not the thinnest of them all anymore ladies and gentlemen. There’s a new thinner laptop ready to enter your life, the Dell Adamo XPS. But do we really want to pay a premium price for a laptop that’s riding on Microsoft’s Windows OS? Wouldn’t we be way better off with a slim laptop running Mac OS X?

Dell has gone ahead and properly revealed the next Adamo. We knew it was coming but we had no idea it was going to be even slimmer than slim. The Dell Adamo XP is only 9.99 mm thick, a number that would make the Air cry in a corner. Although that would never happen since tears would ruin its components!

Let’s get back to the Dell Adamo XP, before we get sidetracked in a fantasy world, and notice how the company failed to tell us when the laptop is actually coming (the press release is just about as slim as the laptop.) We’d love to see some prices too considering that Christmas is almost upon us and the Dell looks like a great gift idea, even if you’re buying it for yourself. In fact the unit you see here might just be a concept laptop.

There’s no indication that Dell will deliver it to the masses at any time in the future. One of the obvious problems is the battery. I’d hate to play with such a toy if it wouldn’t come with a more than decent battery. After all, thickness is a feature I seldom look in a laptop and I would gladly write these lines from any computer as long as I don’t get annoyed with battery or OS hiccups. Not only does the battery have to be efficient, but it also has to fit inside that casing. And that’s certainly an impressive challenge for the laptop maker.

But if Dell does manage to squeeze a good battery inside and if Windows 7 proves to be a lot more stable than its previous crippled brother then this 13-inch Adamo XPS will be a great tool to consider buying. Especially if you travel a lot and have to work in crowded spaces where carrying a slim but very powerful computer will definitely matter. Did I just describe a person that could very well use a tablet instead of an ultraslim ultraportable computer? Come January 2010 we’ll find out more about tablets and whether it is good or not to get one.