While most of the hype surrounding
Voodoo right now pertains to the
Firebird gaming tower,
LAPTOP has discovered yet another undercover rig from the company's arsenal worth swooning over. Before you go getting too excited, we must caution you that the Firefly is merely a prototype at the moment, but we all know concepts are made with the intent to commercialize. With the fine print behind us, it's worth reading up on what this Voodoo DNA'd machine offered up; for starters, you'll notice a 17-inch panel and a hefty 13-pound frame. There's also a multitouch trackpad, keyboard with customizable backlighting, a secondary 4.3-inch 800 x 480 display sitting beneath the main screen, a 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme CPU, 4GB of RAM, two ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 GPUs and a 250GB HDD. No benchmarks were allowed, but
Far Cry 2 ran "silky smooth" even with details maxed. For the rest of the nitty-gritty, we'll direct you to the read link, and before you get all irate that this isn't available for purchase, just be thankful this post isn't about
yet another teaser from Mr. Sood.
posted January 2nd 2009 1:54AM
I can't think of alot of things I could use that second LCD screen for - its too small to see anything without squinting.
It's pretty high resolution though. You could videochat with someone whilst getting on with something else full-screen.
It's the multi-touch trackpad that throws me. Windows doesn't support touch input right now, and the stuff I've seen for Windows 7 indicates that they're going after touch-based displays, not trackpads.
There's nothing wrong with having a multitouch trackpad even though existing ( windows ) software doesn't offer great support. Software moves pretty fast, and by that I mean insanely fast.
I'm not a huge fan of the two screens concept, but it's not a bad use of space if it's there. I'm keen on this laptop though! Looks pretty nice and I'm a big voodoo fan.
Have iTunes (or similar) on it or a walk through for a difficult game.
Like a Rear View for playing Counter Strike or any other Multiplayer FPS Game. It will certainly make sure you never get PWNED in the back with a knife again.
I'd rather get a sandwich...
a $6000 sandwich...
you could have all the endangered species in there that you want!
SEXY
But, what is Voodoo DNA?
The "DNA" is just a marketing line to describe a Voodoo designed computer.
I WILL TAKE 9
Now I can game and watch porn too?
question is, which activity gets which screen.
:-D !
...That is hideous. And this is from Voodoo? Really?
Yeah, I was thinking Alienware when I saw this. Until my brain processed it was actually a VooDoo...
...what the fuck, Voodoo? What did HP do to you?!
Yeah seriously...Voodoo? More like Voodon't!
Nice.
It's a concept, so don't worry... :)
Heshmati...Hmm, would you happen to know a senior with the same surname as you at JHU? That would be one small world :o
Seconded. I hate the screen. Too much bezel.
There is a rule, people. The less display there is on that upper part, the worse looking the laptop gets.
But on the inside, WANT.
All those specs in a nicer frame and ooooohhhhhh mama. I'd never be able to afford one but I want one.
Johnny Poo Poo Pants!
Yeah, but can it play, um.
Boy, they sure thought of everything. Putting DOOM on that little screen would have taken this from cool to WIN, however.
No left-handed people were involved in the design process, I can see...
Every lefty I know (including myself) uses mice and trackpads right handed..
That's because they've been brain washed by our right handed overlords.
@Danger
My brother and I also use mice left handed. Maybe you don't know enough lefties?
I'm guessing at least 70% of the male internet using population has become proficient using a mouse/trackpad with their non-dominant hand...Just a hunch.
Inksy wins.
Inksy is "guessing" no real argument here, besides even thought left handed population is less than 20% we at least deserve some respect from designers by giving it an option to the "wrong side" trackpad.
Lemme go ahead and nip it in the bud before anyone asks:
Yes.
It can fucking play Crysis.
Now go die.
By saying that you are doing nothing more than reinforcing the meme.
Oh hell. I fear you may be right.
But can it play GTAIV? Eh, smartypants?
Bet you weren't expecting that!
13 LBS! What the hell? What point is there nowadays to build a laptop weighing 13 lbs. Might as well buy a desktop at that point. Only a few lbs more... *confused*
my desktop is about 45 lbs :D. much more capable, thankfully.
Try bringing a heavy desktop + screen to a lan party..
try bringing a girlfirend to a LAN party...
talk about a dead weight
Looks like Voodoo didn't get the message. Flat black is the new gloss black.
Great gaming laptop ruined by 2 things:
- core 2 extreme processor, since it costs over 1k and you can't use it to its full potential in a laptop;
- ATI 3870? two? one 4870 eats 3870x2 on breakfast. new mobile chips are coming this year so wait just a small bit if you want a similar toy
The trackpad is trying to escape.
am i the only one that notices the visible heatsinks???
I notice stereo speakers and vents, not heatsinks.
Nice machine... but call it what it is, a DRS. Desktop Replacement System.
I love the idea of the trackpad on the right. With as much space available as most 17+ inch laptops/DRS's there has been enough room for one over there for a while.
I don't care much for the glossy look. But really, if you bought this, you will probably have an external keyboard/mouse anyway that you'll use most of the time, keeping smudges to a minimum.
Looks as though they have plenty of breathing space for the fans/cooling. The intakes on the top are a great idea, since a lot of times users of a laptop/DRS will have it on their laps, bed, couch, other soft surfaces that aren't always flat. I saw this first on my XPSM1710, albeit, much, much smaller intakes. However, you can hear/feel (when you have this badboy on your lap) that they are working when the ones on the bottom are covered.
The multitouch on the trackpad is a great idea, but again, most users will have an external mouse. But just pretending Im running around with my hands placed where the trackpad is going to be, with my other hand where the wasd keys will be, feels nice.
Nice, but that's not a laptop. I'm pretty sure it's some sort of new training machine for norwegian Body Builders.
3870x2?? I bought a sub $1000 gateway with a 9800 GTS and a p8400 that is competitive with that machine. And its not too bad looking. I took it to my friends house and it ran L4D as well and better than their desktops. These notebook mfgs need to take a hard look at what gateway is doing with the PXXXX line, its pretty awesome.
oh also as someone mentioned above, the 3870 is olde, they should get some modern gfx muscle in that monster
It's about time laptop makers put the touchpad on the right side!!
Whoa, retro...looks like an Atari 5200 with an LCD screen grafted on top. Probably about as big, too.
How are you going to play games on that tiny screen?