Just been looking some more at the new Voodoo machines. The Omen is an absolute beast, that any gamer would be proud to own, and I originally dismissed the Envy as being "low spec".

I ignored the size, stupidly.

This laptop is smaller than the MacBook Air, being only 0.7in thick (it is, however, more of a block than the Air's tapered edges). Not only that, but it's entirely made out of carbon fibre (that's right made, it's not just a finish) so looks good, and should be strong and lightweight to boot.

It has other interesting features too;
For example, it is fully wireless, but the powerbrick has an ethernet and can be used as a wireless access point for when wireless isn't available.
The touchpad stops working when you have both hands on the keyboard (to prevent that annoying accidental mouse movement), the keyboard is also backlit, and the touchpad is multitouch.
It has a preinstalled 5 second Linux boot, which includes everything you could typically want (FF, office, IM etc) and can be easily switched into a fully fledged Windows (Vista HP, I think) install at will.
The optical drive is external, but comes with the laptop, and uses a special combined USB and eSATA port (not sure on the details of this) and doesn't require any extra power source to run.

Other standard features;
13.3" LCD screen (a pretty nice one, I hear)
Intel 1.8GHz
2GB RAM
4200rpm drive or SSD
Removeable Battery (quite rare in this form factor)
HDMI out, with relative adaptors
Built in Webcam
Custom finishing job, though I think carbon fibre black should look fantastic.

Retailing at ~$2000 (~£1000) up.

Sorry for dismissing this in your excitement thread, Aaron, I didn't realise it was supposed to be an ultraportable and didn't know about all the cool features.

Random bump. Spot the error;

http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-con ... yboard.jpg

sounds pretty good, but how does it compare to the xps m1330?

They're kind of aimed at different markets. Target51 has an M1330.
Envy 133 is aimed at those with a lot of money who want the worlds thinnest laptop currently in production

id get an envy, fold it over, and put it in my pocket XD

Yeah, the Envy is only really comparable to the MBA and a few other superportables.

No-one see the error?

yes i see the error, but its not running on windows though so it doesnt need the windows key does it?

few other superportables = Lenovo X300 ?

asus EEE and hp mininote?

Hmm, I don't know, they're more ultraportables than superportables

The difference between the Asus EEE and the Mini Note 2133 and the likes of MacBook Air and Voodoo Envy 133 is that the first 2 have smaller screens, much slower processors, and are very affordable, whereas the MBA and Envy are luxurious fashion items to be honest - with high speed processors and large-ish 12" screens.

The Envy/MBA have 13.3" screens, Aaron...

And the Voodoo key isn't the error, look left

CRTL.. Hmm this keyboard is clearly superior to my own!

Corn toll?

I guess inflation has caused some kind of misunderstanding!