Hands-on with HP's Computerlicious designer laptops

by Evan Blass posted Jan 9th 2008 at 11:14AM

In honor of PC Mag's 25th anniversary, HP commissioned ten well-known designers to spruce up one of four different laptop models (the Pavilions tx1000z, dv6500t, dv9500z, and HDX 9000 -- a.k.a. The Dragon). These one-of-a-kind machines made their debut last night at the magazine's rockin' quarter-century celebration hosted at the MGM Grand's Tabu Ultra Lounge -- well, almost all of them did: apparently Applebottoms by Nelly wasn't able to ship its unit out in time. The other nine notebooks from such names as James De La Vega and Paul Frank -- which will be auctioned off after making a short PR tour -- run the gamet from glitzy to understated to politically-minded. You can scope out the entire lineup in the gallery below, and catch the full listing of contributors by clicking the Read link.

Gallery: Hands-on with HP's Computerlicious designer laptops

Filed under: Laptops

Tags: CES, ces 2008, Ces2008, computerlicious, features, hands-on, hp, pavilion, pc mag, PcMag

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superfresh @ Jan 9th 2008 11:25AM

Pic #2... Betsey Johnson?

The last one reminds me of The Downward Spiral for some reason.

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edgore @ Jan 9th 2008 11:28AM

A nit-picky thing. None of the Laptops are designed by (top ten designer) Paul Frank. The design was done by Paul Frank Industries, the company which Paul Frank founded and which later kicked him out, kept his IP and now does not allow him to do work under his own name, since they claim to own it. In other words, corporate scumbags. Paul Frank (Industries) is not your friend.

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Brad @ Jan 9th 2008 12:56PM

And I bet they didn't pay Paul, either. And I bet Paul didn't understand the contract he and his legal team hammered out for months.

Oh, wait.

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edgore @ Jan 9th 2008 1:51PM

And that makes the article accurate in saying that the laptop was designed by designer Paul Frank how?

Oh right.

I'm not defending him - he made some very bad decisions, seems like a jerk, and I am sick of that damned monkey. But he didn't have anything to do with designing the laptop,and it's inaccurate to say he did. Change the article to read Paul Frank Industries and suddenly it's factual. Hence, the nit-picking.

Excellent article on the whole Paul Frank story here: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/09/paulfrank200609

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LL @ Jan 9th 2008 11:28AM

Well HP just lost a client.

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Eric @ Jan 9th 2008 11:57AM

That have anything to do with the face wrapping with the word "peace" below it?

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arii @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:31AM

two clients....all really ugly

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Michael @ Jan 9th 2008 11:32AM

LOL! These are the most hideous and ridiculous laptops I've ever seen! HP needs help!

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justin @ Jan 9th 2008 11:40AM

It looks like Apple Bottom had a problem attaching the paper mache ass to the back of the LCD. It's a shame really.

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justin @ Jan 9th 2008 11:42AM

I actually love the Obey laptop design.
It gets two scoops of raisins from me.

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rip @ Jan 9th 2008 12:10PM

wow, those look awful.

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bobwehadababbyitsaboy @ Jan 9th 2008 1:13PM

yeah, the shepard farley graphic is super sick... www.obeygiant.com

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Blah @ Jan 9th 2008 1:30PM

1) VERY cute I love it
2) WTF? Is that floam? Is it Dippin' Dots? Can I eat it?
3) Also pretty cute. Juicy Couture-ish.
4) Cool looking but not something I'd carry around.
5) Bitchin and pop art-ish. I'd buy it. Tied with number 1 for my favorite.
6) Kinda cute. I'm not a fan of the monkey...
7) Meh.
8) Meh again.
9) I didn't know Pocahontas donated her laptop for this event...

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