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Jason Dunn
10-04-2008, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/voodoo-envy-133-unboxing-and-impressions/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/...nd-impressions/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"HP's Voodoo Envy 133, first announced in June, has struggled a bit off the blocks, with manufacturing problems keeping it out of buyers hands until last month. Of course, HP has a good excuse: carbon fiber. The notoriously difficult material wasn't used sparingly on the Envy 133, and if you've been looking for a laptop dripping with the synthetic material, HP's got your number. We mention this to remind ourselves that, like the MacBook Air before it, this laptop is about looks first, function second, and the Envy 133 succeeds in that regard wildly. There's always room for taste in these things, but HP makes quite a statement here no matter what your persuasion."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1223129475.usr1.jpg" /></p><p>The Voodoo Envy 133 looks like one tasty laptop - I'm considering it for my next laptop purchase when I eventually replace my XPS M1330, but the high-gloss surface gives me pause. High-gloss, fingerprint-prone surfaces drive me nuts on phones, so on the much bigger surface area of a laptop, I might have a nervous breakdown. The specs on the laptop look great, although having an X3100 GPU is somewhat limiting as I learned with my Dell Studio Hybrid - I'm surprised HP didn't go with an ATI solution instead. Perhaps for the second generation model? Regardless of my quibbles, this is one unique laptop in the Windows space and it looks like there are great things ahead for HP and Voodoo.</p>

Phronetix
10-04-2008, 06:32 PM
Yeah, it is gorgeous. An adjective I don't often use to describe a non-Apple notebook, I'll admit.

You have to factor in an Invisible Shield yearly into the cost, I'd say.

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mrozema
10-04-2008, 08:18 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'> High-gloss, fingerprint-prone surfaces drive me nuts on phones, so on the much bigger surface area of a laptop, I might have a nervous breakdown.</p>

Me too! Bring out the white cotton gloves!

Jason Dunn
10-06-2008, 06:43 PM
You have to factor in an Invisible Shield yearly into the cost, I'd say.

For what? The top lid? Or the hand rest? I don't follow...

Eriq Cook
10-08-2008, 05:09 PM
Those small shift-keys on full-size keyboards drive me nuts. It's a gorgeous notebook and hate to be picky, but the shift key will keep me from buying it, ever.

Jason Dunn
10-08-2008, 08:44 PM
Those small shift-keys on full-size keyboards drive me nuts. It's a gorgeous notebook and hate to be picky, but the shift key will keep me from buying it, ever.

It has a full-sized left shift key, but yes, the right shift key is smaller - I agree they're a bit of a pain, but it's not as big of a deal for me...eventually I adapt to it.