Dell presented its sleek and stylish Adamo at CES , Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, building up expectations about the laptop, that could rival the Apple MacBook Air, without but never revealed its actual specs.

Now, Dell finally announced the new ultrathin notebook with full specs and price.

The base price starts from $1,999 that gives a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U9300 processor, Intel X4500 graphics chipset, 2GB RAM, 128GB SSD, HDMI/DVI/VGA/USB ports, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and optional mobile broadband.

On the design front, The Adamo is a sleek laptop with an aluminum chassis.

It has a unibody enclosure, edge-to-edge glass display, magnetic coverplate to hide Microsoft’s authenticity label amongst other design innovations.

“Basically, Dell wants to make a design statement,” said Roger Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates.

“For years, Dell has been known for low-cost designs and being able to offer efficient delivery,” Kay added. “With this laptop, Dell is looking to make a statement.

They know they are not going to sell a lot of these, but the idea is to show people they can do this type of high-end design and then people will know that the company is capable of producing good, mainstream notebooks.”

The notebook can be pre-ordered now, but the shipping will start from 26 of this month.