It launched in September 2007 and won over 10 Editor’s Choice awards,[1][citation needed] including one from C-NET which gave it a 9.3 out of 10.
Szolyga mentioned his project to HP executives Phil McKinney, Todd Bradley, and Paul Campbell during a flight to San Diego for business meetings.
The company planned to secure funding and a support team to further develop the system and eventually bring it to market.
With additional input from VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood, the HP Blackbird 002 with Voodoo DNA was launched in September 2007.
[4] The Blackbird had performance similar to the Falcon Northwest Mach V. "VoodooDNA" branding was visible inside the case.
The cast aluminum foot allowed airflow to pass under the HP Blackbird 002, for more efficient cooling to the 1.1 kW power supply seated at the base of the chassis.