Hardware
Dell Adamo XPS Concept is Incredibly Thin
Dell showed me the Dell Adamo XPS design concept last week and I was blown away by how thin it is. I wasn’t allowed to take pics or video of it, but Dell posted the first public image of the device today on a teaser web page.
At first glance I wasn’t exactly sure what I was looking at. It looked like the lid of a 13″ MacBook, but a keyboard flipped down and the display flipped up. Lo and behold there was a functioning notebook in the tiny package.
The notebook measures just 9.99mm at its thickest point. The iPhone 3GS is about 25% thicker than this 13″ notebook.
I doubt Dell will release the Adamo XPS at an affordable price anytime soon, but this concept points to what’s possible and what we’re likely to see in the future. I wrote a little more about the Adamo XPS over at Notebooks.com today.
This ultra-ultra-ultra-thin design will have its challenges. What do you think about such a thin notebook? Is a notebook that has the dimensions of a weekly magazine too thin and fragile for you?
Warner Crocker
09/09/2009 at 3:40 pm
So, was the device running? Or are they still just showing off form factor designs?
Xavier Lanier
09/09/2009 at 8:28 pm
The device was alive and running.
Dayne
09/10/2009 at 2:08 am
Did they give you any specs?
Did they let you play with it?
What OS was it running, and did it run well?
Xavier Lanier
09/11/2009 at 12:24 am
They let me hold it and open it, but it was pretty brief. They didn’t demo any apps- just showed that it was operating.
Nameless
09/11/2009 at 12:53 pm
I can’t imagine it being very expandable and having very long battery life in that form factor.
However, if they can make a laptop that thin, imagine what they could do with a Tablet PC. Slate the size of the Adamo XPS itself + Wacom or N-Trig + detachable keyboard, anyone?