Hands-on preview of the Dell Adamo laptop

Announced a little over a week ago, T3 has just had a few hours' fondling time with the Dell Adamo , and we're ever so impressed. Crafted from a single sheet of aluminium, the lid is half matte onyx (black) and half glossy piano black finish. Or, matte white and glossy white, if that's your preferred colour for laptops. Sorry - pearl.   The 13.4" laptop is heavier than we were expecting, at 1.8kg, but at 0.65-inches thick, we'll certainly forgive Dell for the slight heft. The half-matte, half-gloss finish to the lid makes it look very premium, it's obvious Dell is really lifting their game in today's fashion-led market.   With most manufacturers forgetting about the aesthetics of a laptop bottom, the aluminium plate studded to the bottom of the Adamo is a nice touch. The keys on the keyboard are larger than normal, and scalloped, as Dell describes it.   Running Windows Vista, it seemed fast and responsive when we were using it, though the 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U9300 ... (link)