The HP Envy 14 Spectre adopts a daring glass-clad design, providing a unique alternative to the current crop of MacBook Air lookalikes.Rahul Sood founded Voodoo PC in 1991 and quickly grew the boutique manufacturer into an iconic brand, producing a number of trend-setting desktop and notebook PC designs. HP acquired Voodoo HP HSTNN-UB1A Battery— and Sood’s services — in 2006, probably in the hope of combining Sood’s money-is-no-object design ethos with HP’s global manufacturing presence to produce boutique-style machines at mass-market prices. It never really happened.The first ultraportable to emerge from the collaboration—the Voodoo Envy 133—was a carbon-fiber beauty; unfortunately, it was widely panned for being underpowered and way too expensive. Sood and HP parted ways HP HSTNN-OB17 Battery two years later, and HP now seems to have dropped the Voodoo brand altogether. Looking at the Envy 14 Spectre, however, we can see that some of Sood’s juju lives on in at least one little corner of HP.DesignThe Envy 14 Spectre is a beautiful machine that could easily be mistaken for Apple’s MacBook Pro when it’s open. But you’ll never confuse the Spectre for Apple’s notebook when it’s closed, because HP has encased the entire top of the lid in Gorilla Glass and HP G62 Battery. And when you look closer at an open Envy, you’ll discover the same material covering the entire wrist rest. You might think this would render this ultrabook as fragile as an unprotected iPhone, but HP maintains that it’s actually more resistant to scratches than an aluminum shell. Dropping any portable computer is bound to result in trauma, but a device enveloped in glass will suffer compound damage. Then again, perhaps it would just remind you to handle the machine with care.HP AT908AA Battery The glass certainly renders the chassis extremely rigid, but it likely contributes to its weight, too. At 4 pounds, 0.8 ounces (4 pounds 13.8 ounces when you factor in the power supply), the Spectre weighs nearly as much as a MacBook Pro (4 pounds 7.8 ounces, or 5 pounds 0.4 ounces with its power supply), which includes an optical drive that the Spectre does not.
H . P . Envy sixteen Spectre Review
The HP Envy 14 Spectre adopts a daring glass-clad design, providing a unique alternative to the current crop of MacBook Air lookalikes.Rahul Sood founded Voodoo PC in 1991 and quickly grew the boutique manufacturer into an iconic brand, producing a number of trend-setting desktop and notebook PC designs. HP acquired Voodoo HP HSTNN-UB1A Battery— and Sood’s services — in 2006, probably in the hope of combining Sood’s money-is-no-object design ethos with HP’s global manufacturing presence to produce boutique-style machines at mass-market prices. It never really happened.The first ultraportable to emerge from the collaboration—the Voodoo Envy 133—was a carbon-fiber beauty; unfortunately, it was widely panned for being underpowered and way too expensive. Sood and HP parted ways HP HSTNN-OB17 Battery two years later, and HP now seems to have dropped the Voodoo brand altogether. Looking at the Envy 14 Spectre, however, we can see that some of Sood’s juju lives on in at least one little corner of HP.DesignThe Envy 14 Spectre is a beautiful machine that could easily be mistaken for Apple’s MacBook Pro when it’s open. But you’ll never confuse the Spectre for Apple’s notebook when it’s closed, because HP has encased the entire top of the lid in Gorilla Glass and HP G62 Battery. And when you look closer at an open Envy, you’ll discover the same material covering the entire wrist rest. You might think this would render this ultrabook as fragile as an unprotected iPhone, but HP maintains that it’s actually more resistant to scratches than an aluminum shell. Dropping any portable computer is bound to result in trauma, but a device enveloped in glass will suffer compound damage. Then again, perhaps it would just remind you to handle the machine with care.HP AT908AA Battery The glass certainly renders the chassis extremely rigid, but it likely contributes to its weight, too. At 4 pounds, 0.8 ounces (4 pounds 13.8 ounces when you factor in the power supply), the Spectre weighs nearly as much as a MacBook Pro (4 pounds 7.8 ounces, or 5 pounds 0.4 ounces with its power supply), which includes an optical drive that the Spectre does not.