I see some Mac people envy the "envy". Hence the name. Why hasn't anyone said this yet in 25 posts?
Also, for a laptop like this, I highly doubt VooDoo had much choice in its graphics solution. Intel does not play nice with AMD/ATi in notebooks, so the AMD M780G chipset is out of the question unless VooDoo was willing to go AMD all the way. Intel outclasses AMD in outright CPU performance and power efficiency (though at a higher price), and VooDoo was not about to make that compromise.
As a general electronics nerd, I have to wonder how many people have previously heard of VooDoo PC before or are even familiar with their old product lineup.
HP has finally changed everything -- for the better. The old lineup was outrageously expensive compared to competitors such as Falcon NorthWest, Alienware, and Velocity Micro. Their notebooks were mostly nicely painted generic MSI Whitebooks, their towers were beautifully crafted, painted, had a window, white CCFL light and water cooling. And could easily be configured to cost over $15,000 for a NON-workstation based desktop. They also dabbled in custom Shuttle PC's, a micro desktop like the Mac Mini, a media center with a touchscreen panel built in, and an ultra-quiet with a tank-like case that was its own heatsink. Everything was over priced. Everything came in custom colors, some with "VooDoo Tatoos", but it all looked good, for an enthusiast PC. And they were Canadian.
Now, I'm reluctant to call it the same company; they built the Blackbird 002 (which is spectacularly engineered, better than their own old cases, but more plasticy) for HP, and for the first time I can remember, built a laptop from their own design. Or rather, redesigned the MacBook Air into an edgy, futuristic high-purpose clone. They really pulled an Apple on this one. Make something so basic, clean, and generic that it is completely original. Except, ya know, Apple did it first. And second. And many more times afterward.
