The 15 weighs 5.18lbs and is an inch thick, and packs a Core i7 CPU and discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 graphics. 8″ thick it has a Core 2 Duo CPU and switchable ATI graphics (integrated or discrete, selectable on the fly).

Judging from the examples HP showed me, the Envys are every bit as Lexus-like in build quality as MacBook Pros. The Envy13 weighs 3.74lbs and is. (HP says that the Envy13’s extended battery will power it for 18 hours.) The new Envys are unquestionably aimed at the sort of well-heeled, style-conscious computer buyers who might otherwise buy MacBook Pros–they’ve got cases that combine aluminum and magnesium (which HP says provides a better balance of lightness and strength than Apple’s all-aluminum unibody design), touchpads with integrated buttons (yes, like Apple’s), bright screens, function keys that (unlike most on Windows PCs) don’t make you press the Fn key, and “slice” extended batteries that make them a bit thicker. These 13- and 15-inch models are the successors to the Envy 133, an extremely slick machine from HP subsidiary Voodoo PC, and their appearance presumably marks the end of Voodoo as a separate brand. I was most taken with two new notebooks called the Envy13 and Envy15. I had a chance to see them recently herewith, some thoughts. Tonight, HP is announcing a bunch of new laptops, along with one desktop. We’re a little over a month away from the launch of Windows 7–which means that a lot of new PCs are also imminent.

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