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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Engadget: Voodoo Envy 133 Unboxing and Impressions

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Articles & Resources" @ 09:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/...nd-impressions/

"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."

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.


Saturday, August 23, 2008

Win a Voodoo Envy 133, or One of Three Lenovo IdeaPad S10s

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Events" @ 03:00 PM

http://www.notebooks.com/color_survey/

"We're giving away one Voodoo Envy 133 and three IdeaPad S10s in a drawing that kicks off today. Here's you chance to win the world's an Envy 133, which is the world's thinnest notebook. The IdeaPad S10 is Lenovo's entry into the ‘netbook' and one of my favorite affordable notebooks. Earlier this year we gave away an HP HDX worth over $5,000 and it's really exciting to be giving away some more hot notebooks."


The Voodoo Envy 133 is one sexy-looking notebook - when I look to replace my Dell XPS M1330 (probably in late 2009), I'll be looking at the Voodoo Envy line. Xavier from Notebooks.com has a great contest going on where filling out a survey is all you need to do to be eligible for the random drawing. Unfortunately it's limited to residents of the United States only. If one of you win this, just send it up to me, ok? Thanks. ;-)


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

NotebookReview.com's Rahul Sood Interview

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Articles & Resources" @ 09:00 AM

http://www.notebookreview.com/defau...asp?newsID=4294

"What happens when you combine a PC gamer, a brilliant entrepreneur, and HP's industry muscle? You get Rahul Sood, one of the biggest names in the world of PC gaming and now the man raising HP to new levels in the world of luxury and gaming computers. Rahul Sood is the chief technology officer of the HP Voodoo Business Unit (VBU), part of HP 's emerging businesses group. Sood oversees the technical strategy and product vision for Voodoo's cutting-edge products, including the Voodoo Omen and Envy product lines, the award-winning HP Blackbird 002 and other products with the "Voodoo DNA" brand."



I've known Rahul for a long time now, with both of us hailing from Calgary, and it's great to see his vision getting some big-time play. Voodoo was always a playing field for his vision, but being a high-end boutique shop means that you can't reach the mass market. This interview has your typical "I can't talk about that" aspects, but reading between the lines, you really get the sense that with HP's muscle and money, Rahul and the Voodoo crew can do things they never could before - and that's an exciting thing for anyone that's watched the PC industry go through cycles of stagnation.

Here's the funniest Voodoo story I have: going back to the late '90s, I was looking to buy a new computer. I had talked with Rahul and had decided to get Voodoo to build me a box based around a Cyrix 686 CPU - I had a budget of around $2000, and that was the best I could do at the time. I can't recall exactly why, but I ended up paying for the computer in cash - so I went down to Voodoo's downtown Calgary location with a bit under $2000 in my pocket. Voodoo happened to be located in the area of the city where ladies of questionable reputation plied their trade (yeah, hookers), and I'd seen them often on my trips to and from Voodoo. As I drove into the neighbourhood, past the fishnet stockings and three-inch stiletto heels, I couldn't help but wonder if an undercover police officer would really believe that a young man with $2000 in his pocket was in that neighbourhood to buy a computer...


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