Voodoo's Envy u:909 19-incher
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 11th 2006 2:44PM
posted Mar 11th 2006 2:44PM
19-inches. 16 pounds. 1.7 million pixels. 5,000 dollars. Guess what it is yet? It's Voodoo's Envy u:909, the monster 17.5 x 12.5 x 1.75-inch laptop
that comes packing with all of the above in addition to a AMD Turion 64 processor, dual NVIDIA or ATI SLI cards, 8x
dual layer slot-load DVD burner, 8 channel audio, subwoofer, and 4-in-1 card reader. Envy sounds about right -- but for
your laptop so much as for your budget.[Via PC World]
16 lbs??? My laptop is heavy enough 6.9 lbs, I couldn't imaging lugging around 16 lbs.
who really needs dual graphics cards on a laptop??
A serious gamer who wants a desktop replacement, that's who.
SLI belongs to Nvidia, ATI has Crossfire. Get it right boys.
Re #3: SLI just means Scalable Link Interface, it was originally developed for the Voodoo cards.
Get it right.
Re: #5
Voodoo video cards have nothing to do with VoodooPC. But yes SLI was developed for the old Voodoo graphics cards.
So, now it is right...
Can a 16 pound laptop really be considered a desktop replacement? And I'm pretty sure "serious gamers" would laugh at this anchor of a laptop
#5 nVidia SLI is Scalable Link Interface. 3dfx SLI is Scan Line Interleave. So technically speaking #4 is right. Of course it's all the same end result through different techniques so who really cares.
My point was that 3Dfx came up with it, and it's all the same concept regardless of what brand name the company is using.
Also, Voodoo PC ripped off their name from 3Dfx.
Isn't the whole point of a getting a laptop found in its portability?
Too leavy to be called a "laptop".
Still better than packing up a 40lb PC case, a 19" LCD and a keyboard (presumably a gamer would still bring a mouse)
Seriously, stop complaining about huge laptops, there IS a market for them.
Just cause you 'can't imagine' lugging around 16 pounds doesnt mean that no one can. and if 7 pounds is 'heavy enough', you need to start working out, perhaps with a 16lb laptop ;)
Umm -- considering that I've been running a WUXGA 1920x1200 (native) 15.4" screen, 2GHz Pentium Mobile, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, 6-Channel Sound w/SRS, etc. etc. equipped laptop for more than 8 months now, what the heck this do for me? I clock in under 5 lbs, get about 5 hours of run time at (moderate) use, and run a retail version of XP/PRO.
I'm not impressed with the bulk, screen resolution (size notwithstanding) or price of this machine (I paid $1850 for mine last August!).
Hmm, i could use this out on the lake... it would make a GREAT boat anchor
[sarcasm]JUST BECAUSE I CANNOT THINK OF A USE FOR A PRODUCT MEANS THAT NO ONE HAS A USE FOR IT. YES, THE WORLD DOES REVOLVE AROUND ME.[/sarcasm]
I think I would rather build myself a nicely configured Shuttle cube (the SN26P) for the money. Whatever is saved can go towards fabricating something to make the whole thing (cube, LCD, keyboard/mouse) portable.
To #15: and how do you suppose you can make a seperated 19" lcd, a keyboard and the cube as portable as the laptop?
Just give up and accept this isnt as bad. It does not really fulfill the need of a laptop but it sure does act as the most portable high-end desktop.
So... who's the ODM for this monster?
.......It's that big, and has two video cards, but runs Turion instead of a desktop CPU? Um, hello?
realy a good notebook (for a gamer) do you realy need al this futeres on a laptop?¿
greets dvbarneveld
Geezus, STFU you flaming trolls.
I just went looking through a bunch of 19" widescreen monitors and I'm having a tough time finding one under 9.5lbs most of them weigh 15-17lbs. So if you can build an equivalently spec'd Shuttle box, add in keyboard and mouse, power cables and monitor cables, for under 6lbs. Oh and while you're at it, have fun plugging it all in at the airport or on the airplane during your 12hr flight or 3hr stopover.
Not that you have to be a business traveler, just go on one flight and spend a week someplace with no nightlife (say, to visit grandparents in Oklahoma City), and you'll be thrilled to have something like this.
Or I could've just tried lugging my ThermalTake Xaser III full tower case and 24" LCD on the plane. Yeah, that would work great. I had to drag them to a LAN party just once and since then I've sworn off LAN parties until I can break down and get something smaller.
If you would *really* have a problem tossing a 16lb laptop in a laptop backpack and carrying it around, then as was mentioned before, you really need to take some time out of your heavy gaming schedule and get in some gym time. Hell, my old Dell Latitude brick probably weighs at least 10lbs (judgement based on what a 10lb weight at the gym feels like), and I have zero issues lugging it back and forth to work in a backpack, and I'm way out of shape!
Would I pay $5K for something like this? Well, if I were making maybe $20K/yr more, yes, perhaps. As is, if I get a desktop replacement laptop now, it would probably be $3K or less, but it wouldn't touch this thing in performance, I'm sure. It's really hard to say until VoodooPC makes it available to configure on their website.
For the record, despite what the Engadget article says, there's no mention of ATI Crossfire on Voodoo's page describing the 909, only nVidia SLI (dual nVidia Go 7800 GTX, worth about $800 alone if you were to get two 7800GTX video cards for a desktop PC). You can't "Build Your Own" yet, but the one page description doesn't say anything about ATI.