[Merged] Voodoo Envy, New Ultrathin Notebook

[iNikon]

Im no fool when it comes to my comp, ive gotten rid of any unused crap (except the vista part ), the crashing just happens when it happens.

and to the guy above me i dont download porn on my comp, i just watch it via website lol

Well if you're no fool, then you should have Vista running perfectly, shouldn't you? It's not the software, and unless you have an issue with the computer, it's not the computer. It's how it's configured.

 

[NT1440]

Well if you're no fool, then you should have Vista running perfectly, shouldn't you? It's not the software, and unless you have an issue with the computer, it's not the computer. It's how it's configured.

yes, because every tech savvy person has absolutly no problems with vista at all

vista is downright **** and everyone knows it. it seems to me the ppl running it with no problem are generally just the people that got lucky.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Having owner a Voodoo Envy laptop in the past I wouldn't touch one without hearing it first -- mine sounded like an airplane taking off. If you guys think that the Air fans are annoying -- whoa boy, this is a whole different level of sound.

Had to relegate mine to a lab environment where the noise didn't annoy others. Not to mention the terrible Voodoo service.

Maybe things have changed for the better since they were bought by HP, but I wouldn't never buy one again.


JT

This laptop is completely different than previous VooDoo laptops - it's not a gaming laptop. You haven't heard this laptop, and there's really no reason to expect it to be terribly loud.

yes, because every tech savvy person has absolutly no problems with vista at all

vista is downright **** and everyone knows it. it seems to me the ppl running it with no problem are generally just the people that got lucky.

I guess I could have gotten lucky, but it's been great for me. Doesn't seem slow at all, and I haven't had any stability issues whatsoever.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

I just feel that the designers looked at an MBA, asked themselves what they could do to be "different", and then made the sides all right angles...

Or they could have done the much more likely thing, and looked at the Intel Metro concept (which was revealed 8 months before the MBA) and based it off that.

 

[Roller]

In the name of all that is good and holy, stop with the "it can't run OS X" bull****.

Fist of all, yes it can!
Secondly, as a previous poster said, you guys' fanboyism should not go to that much of an extreme. Using what OS it runs as an argument is merely pathetic.

I'm not going to say anything about Vista either way - I've never used it. For those who want to run it on a lightweight laptop, the Envy looks great. But don't call those of us who won't buy one because it can't run OS X without hacking pathetic fanboys. Give me a way to take a retail copy of OS X and run it on the Envy without hacking and I'd consider it. You may feel comfortable trusting your work to a kludge, but I don't.

And by the way, if invoking the phrase "all that is good and holy" in this context isn't extremism, I don't know what is.

 

[JCT]

This laptop is completely different than previous VooDoo laptops - it's not a gaming laptop. You haven't heard this laptop, and there's really no reason to expect it to be terribly loud.

Sorry, mine wasn't sold as a gaming laptop, I don't use laptops for games (have never played a computer game in my life.) I wouldn't expect or assume anything from this company a priori.

JT

 

[ahaxton]

First machine to come along that does give me a bit of motivation to get rid of my MBA and get the envy.

 

[aussieinrome]

After seeing the video, I must say it looks quite nice... His 5 seconds to run skype was more like 20. So Vista takes how long to boot?

 

[BongoBanger]

I guess I could have gotten lucky, but it's been great for me. Doesn't seem slow at all, and I haven't had any stability issues whatsoever.

Actually that's the norm. Vista just doesn't seem to like some component combinations though.

 

[mBurns]

Sorry, mine wasn't sold as a gaming laptop, I don't use laptops for games (have never played a computer game in my life.) I wouldn't expect or assume anything from this company a priori.

JT

Yeah, the fans on my Envy are loud too. I also agree Voodoo customer service isn't too good. Granted, they built this case instead of purchasing them like for their old PCs but I'd be hesitant to buy another.

 

[Savagestorm]

Wow, nice for a pc, but that looks like an intense fingerprint magnet.

 

[GoCubsGo]

I really like it. I guess if I needed a windows machine I'd buy that.

 

[iNikon]

yes, because every tech savvy person has absolutly no problems with vista at all

vista is downright **** and everyone knows it. it seems to me the ppl running it with no problem are generally just the people that got lucky.

LOL, ignorance sure is bliss, isn't it? I must be extremely lucky, since I have Vista installed on 14 PCs at my office - all different - and I haven't had a single issue with any of them. Not one. We game on them, we use some for file servers, and we even use some for watching HD movies. Wow, and all work perfectly, 100% of the time.

Get off the fanboy pills.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

Sorry, mine wasn't sold as a gaming laptop

I wasn't aware that VooDoo had ever sold any non-gaming laptops before this one. What were the specs?

And honestly, anyone who bought a VooDoo in the past couple years probably made a poor decision. The markup was ridiculous for something that was just a rebadged Clevo with a very nice paintjob.

 

[SodiumBenzoate]

So Vista takes how long to boot?

Chances are it will boot very quickly with the SSD model and slowly with the HDD.

FWIW, it takes my Vista desktop about two minutes to boot, though I have a much faster HDD than the one in the Envy.

 

[mhnajjar]

The MBA is sexier, sleeker and the most important thing (runs OS X!)

 

[JCT]

I wasn't aware that VooDoo had ever sold any non-gaming laptops before this one. What were the specs?

And honestly, anyone who bought a VooDoo in the past couple years probably made a poor decision. The markup was ridiculous for something that was just a rebadged Clevo with a very nice paintjob.

Bought by the company-- their video + RAM configs + fast hard drives were always ahead of the curve, very fast at running some of our proprietary imaging and modeling apps. Just way too loud....distracting in meetings.

JT

 

[ravenvii]

Watching that video really shows how thin the Envy is. It *is* a very nice-looking laptop. I agree that it's a glossy nightmare, however. At least in that video it seems so. Maybe in real life the gloss is less of an issue.

One thing I did note is that the power block isn't bad at all. I read posts of people saying that the block is huge, etc. But I think it's not that bad. Not all that bigger than my MacBook Pro's power adapter (old, large version).

To be honest, I really do like the look of that laptop, right angles and all.

 

[iMpathetic]

This is a post 50% or more of people here probably need to see.

Anyway, on the subject of Vista (and the new Envy is hawt BTW ), I'm running a Q6600 with only 2GB RAM with dual WUXGA monitors, all sorts of different brands of hardware, plus doing video editing and Vista has not given me a single problem.

So, no matter how much the IT guys say it's horrible and no one runs it well, they're wrong. While I do admit that Vista generally more bug-ridden than XP (at least at the onset), it's by no means a horrid OS.

 

[bsheridan]

That is one sweet looking notebook!
I can't help but thinking when looking at the galleries on their site that the computers look like pc versions of apples lines

On the envy 133 -
power button in basically the same place as the macbook lines,
No latch,
'Voodoo' logo in same place as on macbook lines,
No disc drive similar to MBA,
Quickboot interface looks suprisingly like apples dock.

I guess it was inevitable

Does any1 have any hands on experience with it?

 

[alphaod]

I would get the X300 any day.

 

[Ankaa]

Tell me, what's the REAL important difference between the Air and the envy?

It's got about the same dimensions, weight, processor, same graphics chip, disc space and options (80GB at same speed vs 64 SSD), no included superdrive, without ethernet-port...at about the same price.

wow cool, it got one more usb-port. but it doesn't have OS X and in my opinion isn't that beautiful at all. and what's the sense in making an ultralight notebook and give it a heavy power adapter? (well besides that it can transform ethernet lan to wifi...what's the real sense in that anyway?)

 

[mhnajjar]

The Envy's battery sucks big time. In addition, the Envy is warmer and heavier. In other words, it cannot compete with the MBA even with its flaws. I am sure the refreshed MBA would show what I am talking about more.

 

[Molopo]

mhnajjar: I wonder where you came up with those assumptions. As far as I know, the Envy has not even been shipped to anyone, and the only thing people know about it is what they've gleaned from the few videos by the president of VooDoo. How, then, can you know the Envy is warmer and "has a sucky battery"?

 

[mhnajjar]

mhnajjar: I wonder where you came up with those assumptions. As far as I know, the Envy has not even been shipped to anyone, and the only thing people know about it is what they've gleaned from the few videos by the president of VooDoo. How, then, can you know the Envy is warmer and "has a sucky battery"?

There are reviews about the Envy already, haven't you done your HW?

Maybe I got one!


Well, take a look at this for instance, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2326435,00.asp