Voodoo's Omen and Envy get talked about on video

Let's face it: a photograph is only worth a thousand words, but a video... well, it's almost always preferred. For those still hungry for (even) more details on Voodoo's latest duo, the HP VoodooPC channel is now home to a host of fresh clips to satisfy your insatiable appetite. The goods are in the read link, kiddos.

[Thanks, William]

[OH WOW! @ Jun 10th 2008 7:17PM]

I was thinking, what are they going to do with their old computers and notebooks...maybe have a cheap "let's clean out our stocks" sale?

I hope so :D


Or maybe they will throw them away... :(

[Matt @ Jun 10th 2008 7:20PM]

Voodoo builds once you order so they never have "extra" stock, sorry.

[j_g_puff @ Jun 10th 2008 7:35PM]

I expect they just crush them down and turn them into drinks cans. There's certainly enough aluminium there.

[linuxamp @ Jun 10th 2008 9:11PM]

They certainly shouldn't crush the envy once it becomes obsolete (in the far future). Carbon nanotube particles used for many carbon fiber products is very harmful to your health.

[JohnTitor @ Jun 10th 2008 9:31PM]

Matt is right and if you're really desperate to get a nice gaming PC, go and build it, or learn its not hard.

Speaking of gaming, the new Envy laptop isn't really a gaming laptop like the old Voodoo's were, regardless its a significant step for them. This is the first laptop they designed on their own, and not by Clevo, in comparision Alienware stop using Clevo and starting their own quite quickly after the Dell aquisition

[Abuzar @ Jun 10th 2008 11:44PM]

Well he can't build a notebook...

If you are looking to build desktops, head over to the forums at afterdawn.com

Real helpful folks there.

[Johan S @ Jun 10th 2008 7:25PM]

benchmarks?

How well does it play video?

[Wii60 @ Jun 10th 2008 7:26PM]

I've always thought that Voodoo made the sexiest damn PCs ever, but I still wanna see some benchmarks.

[winnah @ Jun 10th 2008 7:42PM]

Seriously, what is up with their new website? it forces you to "download specs" instead of letting you view them.

[Bunson @ Jun 10th 2008 7:45PM]

SEXY even if it has the worst specs ever.

[William @ Jun 10th 2008 9:10PM]

Which with skulltrail, it doesn't ;)

[Blackstar @ Jun 10th 2008 9:56PM]

That's why I'd just take the case.

[dbam987 @ Jun 10th 2008 7:46PM]

I would have to say that I'm in love with the Envy. I wonder on if Voodoo will consider custom making a tablet edition of it though, because I'm in the market for a tablet.

[marcin @ Jun 10th 2008 7:47PM]

the Envy is so so so nice. the best thing from the pc market in the past few years i'd say.

[Hamidxa @ Jun 10th 2008 8:05PM]

Actually what enthusiasts such as myself build at home are the best things to hit the PC markets -- well, if you want to consider the PC market as being myself and about half a dozen friends who I typically build systems for throughout the years...

At any rate, I cant help but to feel that if we enthusiasts had even better access to more of these parts via online etaliers (such as Newegg), then we could create our own laptops just as easily and conveniently as we build our own gaming rigs, servers, and HTPC's.

[Adrian Williams @ Jun 10th 2008 8:05PM]

Was he saying that the entire case was cooled

[mark @ Jun 10th 2008 8:11PM]

My boss bought a voodoo Envy laptop about two years ago. HDD had to be replaced within 3 months. 2 months after that, something on the motherboard shorted out and started on fire. Still in warranty but it took 3-4 hours worth of phone conversations with Rahul or whatever the CEO's name was to get the thing repaired. They were bought by HP about 2-3 months after that, and about 3 months ago the LCD screen died, and the whole thing - panel \ backlight \ controller had to be replaced.

This is a machine that is used mainly for business purposes - lightweight for travel, but with performance to handle multitasking on the road. It's been an expensive pain in the ass, and since it's got to go to Canada to be worked on, you have to screw around with customs, and it takes 3-5 weeks anytime something goes wrong.

These machines are not worth the hype.

[Alexander The Best @ Jun 10th 2008 9:51PM]

Why the F*(K did you get a gaming machine for a business? Why not go with a corporate HP account. You would have had much better luck with repairs as they have a 32 hour turn-around last I checked. I think that was an epic fail of a decision made by your boss.

[ijyt @ Jun 11th 2008 4:53AM]

Why do we care about something that happened 2 years ago?

[mark @ Jun 11th 2008 2:14PM]

Eh - bought for business because the carbon fiber case made it really light for travelling, and the performance made it ideal for dealing with excel files with thousands of rows and lots of interconnected math, plus video presentations.

And it happened over the course of two years. The thing started on fire. Their customer service sucks. This article is all about hype for a company and machines that don't deserve it.

Every other comment is kids just saying I WANT, but have no idea what machines from Voodoo are actually like. Still I'm the one person so far in these comments that has actually worked with one of these machines and the company in real life.

They *might* have gotten better under HP's ownership, but I doubt it.

[kccboy2004 @ Jun 10th 2008 8:14PM]

Does anyone else feel the same optimism that I feel towards the whole portable market.

1. Finally prices vare coming down to a level where a reasonable "replacement" cycle for "most" on a budget, could now be 2 years or less. (good for the manufacturers, good for us, bad for the environment (agreed).

2. We suddenly have a choice of genuine portability for a reasonable price.

3. Battery life is improving all the time. (Hopefully battery longevity will improve too).


I think that this couple with a rationalisation as to the "place" where we store "stuff" (i.e on external drives, on the internet, flash drives, etc), is providing us with a relaxation also as to security of data and "transferability".

To explain this, I will say that I have 3 principle devices that I use;

a) I have my personal laptop at work, that stays at work. ALL my data is stored constantly on my portable drive, backed up to a further external drive daily.
b) I have my laptop at home, to which I plug my portable drive into when I want to idly work in front of the telly.
c) I have my PC (my power horse), that if I want to do real work at, I use.

At home, I plug my portable drive into my Belkin Wireless USB hub. I freely access the data on it from my Laptop or PC.

This all really works for me.

The advantage is that I don't have to lug company pc's around the place, on trains, on planes, in automobiles. :-)

Freedom.

Abnyone else ?

[Karin rawks your footwear @ Jun 10th 2008 8:34PM]

It's a pretty machine, but I wouldn't go for it.

[bugster @ Jun 10th 2008 9:00PM]

So did HP pay one big lump sum or are there bonuses for each story. I'm just sayin....

[marcin @ Jun 10th 2008 9:07PM]

i hope you asked the same question yesterday during that nonevent...

[William @ Jun 10th 2008 9:17PM]

GPU's, CPU's, even the power-supply are cooled.
What he means when he talks about the entire case is that instead of having a case simply with a grill and a place to mount a cooling system, the cooling system is embedded into the system.
The radiator fins are built right in, and there are copper pipes and liquid cooling hoses actually built into the case in a modular system.
What this means is that you can "daisy-chain" the hoses (connect one to another to another, etc...)
For example, say you get one with 1 video card (Liquid Cooled).
if you buy a new one (provided you get it with the right heat-sink on top, you can simply unplug the hose from one of the walls inside the case, plug it into your new video card, and connect your video card to that nozzle in the case wall. (Sort of like adding a string of christmas tree lights to the middle of your existing setup - you unplug the two already there, then connect one to one end of the new cable, and connect the other to the other end of the new cable, thereby keeping the circuit intact.)

[William @ Jun 10th 2008 9:18PM]

GPU's, CPU's, even the power-supply are cooled.
What he means when he talks about the entire case is that instead of having a case simply with a grill and a place to mount a cooling system, the cooling system is embedded into the system.
The radiator fins are built right in, and there are copper pipes and liquid cooling hoses actually built into the case in a modular system.
What this means is that you can "daisy-chain" the hoses (connect one to another to another, etc...)
For example, say you get one with 1 video card (Liquid Cooled).
if you buy a new one (provided you get it with the right heat-sink on top, you can simply unplug the hose from one of the walls inside the case, plug it into your new video card, and connect your video card to that nozzle in the case wall. (Sort of like adding a string of christmas tree lights to the middle of your existing setup - you unplug the two already there, then connect one to one end of the new cable, and connect the other to the other end of the new cable, thereby keeping the circuit intact.)

[John @ Jun 11th 2008 12:14AM]

I think I'll sell my customized jeep rubicon to buy this pc.

[Logboy @ Jun 11th 2008 4:34AM]

Wow! is that what the new Mac Pro's are going to look like?!

[ijyt @ Jun 11th 2008 4:54AM]

That is THE best built pc I have seen in ages. Sure, my self-built PC is cheaper, and so are many others, but I doubt any of you have it looking that brilliantly... brilliant.

[sportex @ Jun 11th 2008 7:01AM]

Looks like it was heavily inpired by the powermac G5 / MacPro design... Sexy.

[Elijah @ Jun 11th 2008 7:06AM]

"we didn't want you to have to carry around ethernet adapters so we put the ethernet jack on the power brick" GROAN.

It is amazing to me that this man can criticize the macbook air, and then get up on stage and present a laptop that is almost exactly the same, yet costs more and adds no real features.