Voodoo PC Launches New Laptop

As a technical reviewer, once the initial excitement of the job wears off, most products really fail to impress. Once you have reviewed a few dozen laptops... they all begin to look the same with very little to distinguish them from each other. Exciting product launches are few and far between, and most of it is built on hype that is easily debunked.


However, every once in a while, a product does come along that reawakens our excitement. One such product that has been launched today is Voodoo PCs latest gaming laptop the Voodoo Envy H171. This monster (for lack of any other word) laptop is made up of some of the most expensive and powerful components available i.e. an Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor, up to 4GB RAM of system memory, 3 HDDs for a total of 750GB space and a dual-layer DVD burner. For its graphics the Envy uses dual Nvidia GeForce 7950 graphics card with 512MB memory and an optional Matrox TripleHead2Go multi monitor output. Its LCD panel is a 17-inch screen capable of a resolution of 1920x1200 resolution.

Apart from these rather crazy specifications, the envy also sports a 1.3 mega pixel webcam, TV Tuner, an 8 Channel Audio System with a subwoofer, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g support, Bluetooth and uses Windows Vista Ultimate as its main OS. All this power comes at a cost of course. Prices for this laptop start at USD$ 5000 and go up to USD$ 8000.