Posted 07/17/08 at 11:00:59 AM by Norman Chan

Just call us licky. We mean, lucky. You've seen the official super-hot photos of the Voodoo PC's Envy laptop, but we got our hands on one and were able to take tons of close-up photos of the as well as try out the highly touted instant-on feature. Our initial impressions: the laptop is really light. HP claims the laptop (it was the SSD version) weighs three and a half pounds, and even though we didn’t have a scale in our messenger bags, it sure felt about the same weight as the Macbook air, power supply notwithstanding. Stacking the Envy against a Macbook Pro and Thinkpad X300, Voodoo’s pricey portable was both smaller and slimmer, though it sports a 13” screen.

Click the jump for more impressions and all the photos, including the instant-on Linux interface, laptop size comparisons, and gross licking details.  

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notebook, laptop, E3, hardware, consumer electronics, MacBook Air, ultraportable, macbook pro, Envy, voodoo pc, hp gaming, lick, hands-on