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The Adamo, Dell’s solution for the Apple Macbook Air, had a massive price drop of up to $499 (1,900SR). The price cut was to compete with the MacBook Air. The “1.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD” model cost $1,500 (5,700SR) and the “1.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, a 128GB SSD, and 4GB RAM” will be for $2,230 (8,500SR). These are significant price changes and we have no idea when will it be applied in Saudi Arabia.
The Dell Adamo was released in Saudi Arabia last month. Via Maximum PC. Jarir “bookstore” is having a promotion on Dell Inspiron 15. The specs are: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz, 4GB DDR2 (according to Dell, it’s dual channel), 320GB hard drive (I assume 5400rpm), 15.6″ (WLED with 1366×768 resoultion according to Dell), dedicated 256MB VRAM (more on that later), DVD+R/RW (8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R DL according to Dell), High Definition Audio 2.0, Wireless (802.11n from Dell’s site), Bluetooth and WebCam.
Video card is not specified on the ad, but looking online I found that the video card is ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD4330 with 256MB and you can read more information and benchmarks about it here. The deal includes a 3.5G HSPA USB modem, one month data subscription with STC (1GB bandwidth, includes the free SIM card), a notebook bag (a bit obvious really) and a “Learn Windows Vista & Office” training DVD. The deal costs 3,999SR which is very good for the specs. Of course you should be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 7. That model “Dell Inspiron 15″ with that CPU “Intel P8600″ were not available in the US so you cannot order it online. It is available from Dell Singapore for $1,878.45 which is 4,853.76SR so it is a decent deal. SaudiMac has a price list of the new MacBook Pro models. But should you buy them from Saudi Arabia or just buy them online from Amazon.
Quick overview on your Apple choices in Saudi Arabia: stores “authorized” by Arab Computers stores and “independant” stores (itechia, ADAM, apparently Global Store and others). AC Macs appear to be European based on the power adapter while the others import from the United States. The other choice as I said earlier is to buy from Amazon then ship using MyUS or similar services. You should assume paying for shipping as well as paying the Saudi Arabia custom fee (%5 if you are lucky, they once considered my 3rd gen iPod a computer!). You will need to add Arabic letters yourself and warranty is a bit sketchy. Here are the prices for the MacBook Pro models from Apple compared to the Saudi Arabia prices, assuming a convert rate of $1 = 3.80SR. Remember that you need to add shipping and custom fees: MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.26GHz: on Amazon: 4,405SR. Here: 5,649SR. MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.53GHz: on Amazon: 5,677SR. Here: 6,899SR. MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.53GHz: on Amazon: 6,480SR. Here: 8,399SR. MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.66GHz: on Amazon: 7,480SR. Here: not available. MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.80GHz: on Amazon: 9,268SR. Here: 10,199SR. MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.80GHz: on Amazon: 9,344SR. Here: 11,299SR. Dell has launched their ultra thin notebook, the Adamo in Saudi Arabia this week. The notebook is similar in many ways to the Apple MacBook Air. Prices in Saudi Arabia start at 9,500SR ($2,500). The Dell Adamo was launched last week in UAE in a press event while the Saudi Arabia “launch event” was in Jarir Bookstore. Dell Saudi Arabia also decided to copy the UAE event by hiring, uh, “models”?
Please Dell, why don’t you fix your keyboards first? Instead of having two guys in a very weird dress. Is that supposed to be a thobe? It’s NOT! This is how a thobe supposed to look like! Not having a stupid line on it like that just to have the Dell name on it! Look at the models used in the UAE launch event, but don’t look too much Finally, Dell should have a real press event in Saudi Arabia. You have a Saudi headquarter, don’t you? Anyway those Dell Adamo machines are found in Jarir “Bookstores”. Just don’t mind the crappy keyboard print found on all Dell notebooks in the Middle East. Toshiba has announced the Toshiba Mini NB200 netbook. It includes a 9-cell battery (most current netbooks include a 3-cell or 6-cell battery and most netbooks sold in Saudi Arabia only include a 3-cell battery).
It will be released in the UK for $465. No information about when will one of Toshiba’s Gulf distributors will release this netbook. Via Ubergizmo and Maximum PC. Hewlett-Packard announced a voluntary recall of about 70,000 lithium ion batteries. The potentially defective batteries can be found on a number of both HP and Compaq branded notebooks. These include the following:
You can check your battery’s serial number on this website. Many stores in Saudi Arabia import some notebooks from the United States so there is a possibilities that some of these notebooks might end up in Saudi Arabia. Image and news from Maximum PC. |
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. Their outfit doesn’t have the word “Dell” on it.
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