I just saw Tuesday's deals and a Dell Adamo 13.4 was on there for $899 (regularly $1499) and I have been looking for a laptop for a few months, so I had the cash to get one. Was it a good buy? I was looking to spend about $800 on a system that was portable, and would only be used for work (Opening .pdfs, Excel, Word) and web surfing. The only thing I am worried about is the 2 gig of ram as opposed to 4. (A link to the deal for those who didn't see the news article on Tuesday deals, Thanks THG!! http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Dell-Adamo-Pearl/product/D0288FB9 )
Did I make a good buy? Going to fill out the typical "form" for what I would of wanted before buying the Adamo, let me know if you think it matches
1_What is your budget?
Up to $800 or $900
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Smaller, 13 to 15"
3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not a huge factor, but something that would allow me open work documents (pdf, excel, word) and view them without much problem. Maybe 1500xwhateverish?)
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable.
5_How much battery life do you need?
4 hours at least
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No games, just for work
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Excel, viewing pdfs that can be up to 1mb in size, or multiple word documents open at once
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Not a terrible amount, 50gig over whatever a windows installation takes
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I don't care
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 or 4 years
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Isn't required as everything will be done off usb, and on the rare occasion I need to install something from a disc, I can use external
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No specific brands in mind. I've never owned a laptop so don't know whats good, and whats not
13_What country do you live in?
continental United States
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want something thin, portable, has a decent battery life, and looks fairly good. I actually considered a Macbook Air, but decided against it because of price, and I'm not a big fan of Apple, or Mac OS
Did I make a good buy? Going to fill out the typical "form" for what I would of wanted before buying the Adamo, let me know if you think it matches
1_What is your budget?
Up to $800 or $900
2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Smaller, 13 to 15"
3_What screen resolution do you want?
Not a huge factor, but something that would allow me open work documents (pdf, excel, word) and view them without much problem. Maybe 1500xwhateverish?)
4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
portable.
5_How much battery life do you need?
4 hours at least
6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
No games, just for work
7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
Excel, viewing pdfs that can be up to 1mb in size, or multiple word documents open at once
8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
Not a terrible amount, 50gig over whatever a windows installation takes
9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I don't care
10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3 or 4 years
11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Isn't required as everything will be done off usb, and on the rare occasion I need to install something from a disc, I can use external
12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
No specific brands in mind. I've never owned a laptop so don't know whats good, and whats not
13_What country do you live in?
continental United States
14_Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I want something thin, portable, has a decent battery life, and looks fairly good. I actually considered a Macbook Air, but decided against it because of price, and I'm not a big fan of Apple, or Mac OS
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