HP Firefly with Voodoo DNA laptop hands-on

The geeks over at Laptop Magazine got hands-on with a concept gaming notebook from HP called the Firefly with Voodoo DNA. The notebook has some interesting features that would be cool to be able to buy in a notebook. The two most notable features are the secondary LCD and the repositioned track pad. When you hear second display in conjunction with a laptop, your mind may immediately go to the massive Lenovo W700ds with its side mounted 10-inch LCD.

HP takes a different route for its secondary display, and I question the usefulness of the display at all. It's a tiny 4.3-inch job with a resolution of 800 x 480, which is a lot of resolution for such a small screen. The most appealing of the features is the track pad that is repositioned from below the keyboard to the right side. Since most of us are right handed that means your mouse is to the side of your notebook in a more comfortable position. If you are a lefty, I am betting the track pad is a big bag of suck. Considering the keyboard appears to be full size, the Firefly (not to be confused with the Firebird) will be a massive beast of a notebook. The primary 17-inch display isn't the largest LCD available on a notebook, but the firefly is a behemoth. If you travel a lot and the notebook actually makes it to market, your back will hate you for getting one.
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