- Excellent Carbon Fiber Chassis
- Fast and Functional Instant-On OS
- Good Selection of Ports For Such a Small Laptop
- Extremely Expensive
- DVD Burner is External Unit
- AC Adapter Adds Significant Bulk
- Intel Core 2 Duo SP7700 Dual Core Mobile Processor
- 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 Memory
- 64GB Solid State Drive
- USB External 8x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Burner
- 13.3-inch WXGA (1280x800) Wide Display with Webcam
- Intel GMA X3100 Graphics
- 802.11a/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet with 802.11b/g Hub in AC Adapter
- Two USB 2.0, eSATA, HDMI, ExpressCard/34
- 12.7" x 9" x .7" @ 3.4 lbs.
- Vista Home Premium
9/18/08 - Voodoo's new Envy 133 ultraportable laptop certainly has a very distinctive look with its carbon fiber chassis. It gives it a very different look from the plastic used in most systems or even the aluminum used by the MacBook Air. And for those looking for a bit of color, Voodoo offers 14 different shades of color that add either $500 or $600 to the cost of the system.
Now, if you can get past the cost of the Envy 133, it does have a fair bit to offer in its extremely small package. It is based around the same group of smaller Intel Core 2 Duo's as the MacBook Air. In this case, the Core 2 Duo SP7700. This is a very strong processor that gives excellent performance. It does fall behind newer Montevino based processors, especially those matched up with DDR3 memory rather than DDR2 like in the Envy 133.
With its limited height, Voodoo has elected to not build into the system a DVD drive like Lenovo did with the ThinkPad X300. They do provide an external USB based DVD burner with the system though, unlike the $99 option to the MacBook Air. There are two drive options, the 64GB solid state drive that adds improved durability but provides less overall storage space than the less expensive 80GB drive.
The Envy 133 has some interesting networking options compared to other ultraportables. It only has built into it an 802.11a/g/n wireless adapter. This means that it can only connect by default with a wireless network. Now it still can connect to a wired network with the help of its AC power adapter that features a gigabit Ethernet port and an 802.11b/g wireless networking hub. By plugging this into a wired network, the Envy 133 can then connect to it via the hub. The downside to this is the much larger than average AC adapter.
