HP’s VoodooPC is thinner than the MacBook Air?

HP’s VoodooPC sister company has announced the Envy 133.  Debuted as just 1.75cm thick compared to the Apple MacBook Air’s 1.90cm thickness.  The Envy 133 will be available to market on June 20th of this year and will become the worlds thinnest consumer based notebook PC on the market.  Sporting a 13.3″  1280 x 800 LED back-lit screen with an ExpressCard 34 slot, 80GB 4200RPM Hard Drive, and an HDMI port.  Apparently the unit also comes with a USB 2.0 port and a combo eSATA/USB 2.0 connector but appear to be integrated on the AC adapter.  The AC adapter port also seems to be flexible and has the ability to addon a multi-format DVD writer.  Additionally, the Envy 133 has Bluetooth and 802.11n built-in.  The battery that comes with this unit seems to only have a battery life of 3h 45m compared to the Apple MacBook Air claimed 5 hours.  Still, this is not a bad alternative to the MacBook Air.  They could try to tweak a better battery life into the next revision.  Maybe switch over to a solid state hard drive to conserve power.  Needless to say, at least it has a removable battery, unlike the MacBook Air!

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