Comments on: HP/Voodoo takes on MacBook with 13-inch Envy laptop

Announcement of the Voodoo Envy 133

[nikondavid]

Make a 15/17 inch model and I'll buy it. I have a MacBook and the 13.3 inch is great for the price range but if I'm going to dish out $2,099, I want more "real estate'. Besides the screen it seems to be the perfect middle ground for design, performance, and mobility, unlike the MacBook Air. I rather buy a MacBook Pro or a pretty maxed out PC-based laptop with a 15/17 inch screen for the price.

[DannyKhuu]

I Totally Agree nikondavid! I LOVE The design for the voodoo too. It makes my MBP look like simplistic crap! But I still love me mac too, even though I'm kinda a Pc person at heart still.

P.S Nikon Is Awesome! :D

[AppleSuxLeo]

The HP roll out was Tuesday`s biggest news. With new products to kick Apple`s a** with !

[dadsgravy]

Well they'll be kicking Apple's a** with Apples own foot, because they just stole all of their innovativeness and design from Apple. But hey, that's the way the windows world is, copy and follow.

Oh, one more thing. The biggest news for Tuesday, is still what Apple did yesterday.

[purcell429]

Its rather impressive that an HP could make a macbook air look like a good deal, no? Hell, get a 15" macbook pro for $100 less, it only weighs a pound and a half more, and could crush this thing into the ground performance wise. So HP made a heavier, thicker, more expensive macbook air? WOOHOO!

[JMyz123]

I'm not sure.. but this might geive Apple a run for their money...

[dadsgravy]

Yeah, it wont.

[fantasticplastic]

The Envy 133 is actually thinner than the Macbook Air (0.70 vs 0.76). So it looks like Apple will have to pull some of their marketing claims or add an asterisk, disclaimer, and argue semantics ("We mean by average thickness!").

[opwann]

I must say that the HP Elitebook is going to be much better offering than this. A ton more practical, and unquestionably better performance wise.

[JMyz123]

I'm telling you right now... that pic does not do it justice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLIrgQHV5aU

Check this out

[jture]

The biggest reason this isn't a "MacBook killer"? It's running [expletive] Vista.

[fantasticplastic]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86

[dadsgravy]

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLIrgQHV5aU"

Wow! That was great. And the audience was totally impressed. You could tell, because they were told to applaud. It's good to see HP ripping off everything Apple has done over the last four years and then adding a few features to make it their own.

[ScaryMonkey69]

As opposed to Apple allowing Windows to run on their machines? Didnt think they had to stoop that low to keep sales up? And the Applause factor? At least no ones applauding out of fanaticism.

[ScaryMonkey69]

Hmmmm.... Aluminum Mac with "everyone has the same look" finish, or Carbon Fiber body with the ability to have ANYTHING I want on it for a finish? So- same thing as a Soda Can or same material as bullet proof materials??? Gotta go with HP on this one. Besides, as far as Macbooks go, the Air is nice, but it still sucks.

[nikondavid]

Actually, Aluminum is used in aircrafts and especially our jet fighters, such as our latest F-35 or your Boeing 747. And Carbon FIber isn't used in body armor. A Kevlar mix with synthetic sapphires (labeled as ceramics) layered on top of each other is what makes a modern day combat body armor.

So I guess your question is.. Carbon Fiber, the stuff that the drivers from Fast and the Furious put on their cars or the stuff that is utilized in most military and stressful commercial environments.

Nevertheless, they both stuck unless your absolutely need a light weight and portable laptop. I would still with a 15/17 inch laptop, preferably the Macbook Pro.

[wantzep]

Looks more like a MacBook Air Copycat to me. Can't they do something original for a change? Copy and add "Crapsoft" to it

[solitare_pax]

Interesting list of features - no info on an optical drive though. Why do I think HP is still Envious of the Macbook Air?

[XwafflemanX]

No CD/DVD drive? or Blu-Ray?

how unfortunate.

[cbaisa]

it comes with an external super multi drive.

i don't understand why any computer company would ever get flack for designing a super thin and sexy laptop. sure apple did it first but so did Ford. it makes sense that people are going to copy and improve on a good idea. frankly, unless you want to stay in the past you can just accept that there will be products made in the next year that will blow what apple has done so far out of the water.

i'm not a fanboy of any company. i have an ipod touch, and i'm typing on my vaio. so, i believe that i can recognize when a good idea has been improved upon.

[ookamiwarrior]

I work as an AppleCare tech, and as such I am a bit of an Apple fanboy. However I do have to sat this computer is damn sexy and I am very impressed with HP lately. If I was ever to switch to another brand HP would be first on my the list. This model however is a bit on the pricey side, even compared to the overpriced MacBook Air.

The whole idea of access to certain functions without booting to Windows -- and with other HP computers -- and adding a new interface on top of Windows shows how the market is still pushing away from Vista. Regardless of whether it is a horrible as people say, the general consumer will still stray away from it as far as possible.

I stick with Apple for the operating system and quality of hardware. HP customers that are used to the quality of hardware may find refuge with Apple and it's superior OS while avoiding Windows Vista on these otherwise beautiful computers.

[vmlenigma]

Yeah they while they do look nice, Lets not forget the fact that there is still a crappy OS that comes with it called Windows Vista...and in the end if you wrap a piece of Crap with pretty paper...at the end of the day you still end up with a piece of Crap.(you can substitute the word crap with either feces or the word that starts with S and ends with T(hint there is an H and an I in between))

[IIVVII]

HP always makes pretty things, but for however pretty and light this new notebook may be it is still running windows which will be its major downfall. The reason why the Macbook Air is popular is because its both glamorous and functional, two qualities that HP and Windows fail to accommodate at the same time. If you are going to drop over $1500 for a lap top you will be getting a better machine if you by a mac, and now that apple is putting better graphics cards in their computers, there is really no reason to buy a P.C.