Laptop: Nothing Short of Voodoo Magic
July 18, 2007 by Lauren
I've seen a lot of goofy gadgets in the past couple of days (the kind that make me want to carve my eyes out), so thank God for this beautiful gaming laptop, the Voodoo ENVY H:171. Do I envy its owners? Oh yes.
For gaming, I tend to think Alienware without hesitation. I have to say, though, Voodoo is really impressing me here. It delivers the punch that you'd expect from a desktop PC, and it does that in style. You have all the options you dream of to maximize your experience, and it's designed to handle every last drop.
To start off, this is actually the first notebook to incorporate the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor. It offers up to a whopping 600GB of hard drive capacity via three 200GB HDDs. What's that mean? Three hard drives in one nicely-sized laptop. The H:171 is not for the faint of heart.
So, in addition to a fast, multi-tasking machine, you get tons of details that make the experience nothing short of luxurious. For example, this has a built-in mic and 1.3 megapixel camera to help you stay connected to reality (because we all know that once you get this notebook, you may drop off of the face of the earth).
The H:171 has a 17-inch screen and a Dual NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GPU. To add to the list of first's, it's the
first 17” with integrated RAID support and SLI capability. It weighs about 11.9 Lbs with the battery and drives, and you have some very cool color options in both classic and limited edition (pricier) shades. After you've finished selecting that, you have the option of adding 'tattoos' that look like cool island graphics on the top of your notebook.
The surprising thing about this is its deceiving look and feel. If you consider the reasonable screen size and dimensions, this doesn't look like a monster computer at all. However, there are tons of features and top-line, top-dollar configurations (not to mention the hard drive) all packed into a small, uniquely stylish laptop.
I already love this notebook in nearly every way, but I probably can't afford it any time soon. It appears to start at $5,000 big ones, and I feel certain that it would cost significantly more than that for anyone that's even looking at a laptop like this. That said, it's well worth it.
Do check it out for yourself, but be careful not to drool on the keyboard.
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