Voodoo can't just come clean, has to tease yet another new product
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 14th 2008 1:52PM
posted Sep 14th 2008 1:52PM
[Thanks, William]
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The Voodoo logo is terrible!
Agreed. Probably because they pump all R&D into their hardware; it would be beneficial to all parties involved if they gave it a nip & tuck!
Yeah! That ?-logo is even bigger than the laptop itself.
It looks like a symbol a serial killer would leave as his calling card.
The Voodoo killer has stuck again! And he left his laptop!
I like their little tiki guy logo :)
I think the Voodoo laptops should come with an optional platform charger similar to the vertical stand for the Playstation 2 so this way you can sit it up and it looks like a megalith.
so voodoo doesn't make gaming laptops anymore, well not a big loss, they were always way overpriced
No, they have stated a few times that the desktop replacements are in the works. Nothing has been stated though as to when they will be released. They would be stupid to abandon that market at this point in time.
they stated many times that they are going to be making gaming laptops again.
VooDooPC is a niche manufacturer, they don't make 'cheap' computers, they are selling premium, and for premium you have to wait, after this first batch of ENVYs are sold: I'm sure were going to see gaming focused ENVYs with discrete graphics (or switchable graphics from on-board to discrete).
I'm looking forward to see what voodoo has planned, now that they have taken new interest in design aesthetics. Were as before you got a painted luggable with a battery for $3900-7900, hopefully now we see something that uses to laptop hardware but tweaked in a way.
I want to campaign for a shinny new turbo button! I miss turbo buttons :(
Wow, looking pretty nice. =]
congratulations shinji
dummkopf.
First to fail, that is.
Give me that carbon fiber netbook already :D
Shut up troll.
I hope it's a kick-ass gaming laptop they come out with. Expensive, but it'll be a Voodoo, so will be lapped up.
These Voodoo PCs are really the first ones to challenge Apple, in design and engineering, that is.
Yeah... they both succeed in making 13" subnotebooks that weighs 3 pounds, when there are others that can do the same but have more ports and connections + an optical drive...
My XPS M1330 will punch you in the face.
but they cost even more than a MacBook Air.
Stripes... does that make this the 133 Scuderia?
Racing stripes means it will undoubtedly have a "Turbo" mode button. Fuck yeah.
oh wow a turbo button, haven't thought about one of those in at least 10 years.... I miss that 133mHz demon of yesteryear...
I'm putting a NOS sticker on mine. That's good for at least 5-10 more FPS.
So Apple can do it whenever they want, but when someone else tries to play the game it is obnoxious?
you're new here aren't you
You see, this site is very biased on Apple's side. We all know it, but don't want to admit it.
i was thinking the same thing
First to fade, that is.
Anyway, design wise Alien is unbeatable (illuminated keyboard looks...Alien beautiful).
I hope it's a kick-ass 15". Alienware fit the 8800M GTX into a 1.3" thick 15" laptop,. let's see if Voodoo can do the same, hopefully with the 9800M GTX. I just hope that theirs won't fall apart after a month...
And that it costs around the same as the Alienware m15x...
You're probably not far off.
They would be unlikely to offer a more portable laptop than the envy and the blackbird is the big gaming rig, so the only space left to fill is a bigger laptop with serious graphics.
I'm liking your predictions... and personally I think Voodoo has a better engineering & design departments behind them to best Alienware.
i used to have an old voodoo 5500 agp gpu, it was the best gpu ever!! two 75mhz cores... 2!!!! and they made a prototype with 4, witch was comperable to a geforce3 card, and this was years b4 the gforce 3!! it wouldnt suprise me if they bust out the mad gpu skillz on this lappy.
Apple teases a whole lot... but eventually we all know that they will still reuse the same style design over and over... So wait..nevermind.. it's not really teasing... just recycling and making things "new"
Hang on. Who bought Voodoo? Dell? Or was that just Alienware?
It would be kind of fun to have a "Voodoo Dell" to poke with a pin and watch Bill Gates jump.
HP.
HP did
People say they are expensive, but people buy Mac Book Pro's and the Air.
All 3 over priced, but people still buy them.
Voodoo > Apple
>the novelty tends to wear off after the third or fourth iteration of
A hilarious statement given you guys will publish a "spy shot" of a POSTER hanging in a convention center if it is teasing a new apple product.
How about mixing sexy with a proper GPU...its not that hard, really.
Their complete line is so over priced it's unbelievable. Even Apple is a better buy than these things. Plus, try to get support. You'll be old enough ot retire before anyone is able to assist you. You can build one on "Newegg" for almost 1/2 the price & get better video cards. Yes, a real gaming machine now a days requires at least 2 video cards & 3 if you've got the extra cash..
If engadget is Apple biased, the regular load of anti-Apple comments balance it out.
And the regular load of pro-apple comments keeps it unbalanced.
This is not overpowered they are overpriced. Come on Mr. Sood your Envy 133 is not a proven product yet. I only heard one person opened the box so far. Thus anybody here in the forum confirm if he/she has any. Please let us know if it is any good or just you like it to show off because they were expensive. Feel free to reply.
A razor thin netbook would be nice !!!
I've had mine for a week now. It's amazingly thin and light, which you undoubtably already know and it doesn't pick up fingerprints as badly as you would think. The screen is glaringly reflective which is a major pain in the ass, and the fan stays a little louder than I would like. But in spite of those minor things I'm extremly happy with the laptop. Most everyone who'se seen it here agrees that it's the coolest they've seen, and that's always a plus.