Dell goes upscale with the $2,000 Adamo notebook

"It's a curious time to target the top of the market, but Dell seems intent on taking a page from the Apple playbook, striking hard into the ultra-luxe laptop category with its new Adamo system, a svelte 13-inch notebook which starts at a cool two grand.

Launching today (with shipments beginning on March 26), the laptop is now the thinnest computer on the market, just 0.65 inches thick and weighing about four pounds (somewhat heavier than its primary competitors, the MacBook Air and HP Voodoo Envy). Built with an aluminmum chassis, it's available in black or white, and comes in two configurations: a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM/128GB SSD model for $1,999, and a 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/128GB SSD/integrated WWAN model for $2,699. The laptop also claims a five-hour battery life, features a snazzy backlit keyboard, and an edge-to-edge, all-glass, high-def display."