The Voodoo PC brand, favored by gamers, and the brothers behind it, Rahul and Ravi Sood, did not disappear when it became part of Hewlett-Packard. The latest Voodoo is the ultrathin Envy 133, which will be in stores and on Hewlett-Packard’s Web site this month.

It is only 0.7 of an inch thick, slightly thinner than Apple’s MacBook Air, which it aims to compete with. At 3.37 pounds, it weighs about the same as the Air. When the combination biometric-security low-light videoconference camera recognizes your face, it lets you play.

In addition to Vista, it has a Linux alternate operating system that lets you surf, Skype, send instant messages and hear music in five seconds on the 13.3-inch display. The touchpad is gesture responsive, and the keyboard lights up when it senses fingers. The base price is $2,099 for a 1.6-gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 gigabytes of memory and an 80-gigabyte hard drive.

A separate optical drive for recording DVDs or CDs is included. And, for elevated snazziness, the black carbon-fiber-weave case can be customized with wild designs, automotive paints or, for something Apple may never match, it can be chromed. MARTY KATZ