“New From Dell, a Luxury Laptop”, Vol CCLII, No. 63Wednesday, 18 Mach 2009, p. B5. By Justin Scheck and Rex Crum.

Dell is taking orders for their high end Adamo notebook which is expected to compete with Apple’s MacBook Air. This is a luxury laptop and the article points out that Dell will likely not sell many given the economy. Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford Bernstein & Co. said “a broad shift to low-cost computing is a long-term possibility”.

The economy will certainly hurt the sale of new computers but I’m not one who thinks everyone will go the cheap route. I have learned that when you use something often enough you are better off spending money and getting a quality product. Sure, the casual PC user may opt for cheap, but the die-hard users, those who rely on their computers for work and pleasure will surely continue to spend what is needed to get a good product. That may or may not be the Adamo but I tend to think the line will be successful.