HP OmniBook

In July, HP unveiled its first Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop in India. The EliteBook Ultra and OmniBook We were sent the consumer-focused OmniBook It is claimed to offer up to 26 hours of battery life and is bundled with AI features enabled by the dedicated NPU in the Snapdragon X Elite chipset. The laptop competes with other Snapdragon

The OmniBook 1,39,999, but the simple design will make you wonder why it costs so much. However, after using the laptop for more than two weeks, I think I know the answer. Should you get this instead of the Dell or Asus options? Read on to find out.

HP OmniBook X Design: Basic

• Dimensions – 312.9 mm (W) x 223.5 mm (D) x 14.4 mm (H)
• Weight – 1.34 kg
• Color – Meteor Silver

It might appear that HP stuck an AI logo on the back of the hinge and closed it. However, there is more to it than meets the eye. Yes, the OmniBook It’s like those boring looking BMW or Audi that will never let you down. It even gets the BMW/Audi metallic silver finish. The laptop is just 14.4 mm thin and weighs around 1.34 kg. You get curved edges, a mirrored HP logo on the lid, and the OmniBook logo on the outer cover of the hinge.

The OmniBook

Speaking of the hinge, it’s a solid piece that feels durable. However, this also makes it difficult to open the laptop with one hand. HP claims the laptop has passed 19 MIL-STD testing, which is impressive. The cover features 50 percent recycled aluminum, and the keycaps use 50 percent recycled plastic.

The laptop doesn’t have a lot of ports, but it has more than some ultrabooks

Since this is an ultrabook, port selection is minimal. You get two USB Type-C ports on the left side that support Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4. On the right edge there is a 3.5mm audio jack and a USB Type-A port (USB 3.2 Gen1).

HP OmniBook

• Size and Type – 14-inch LCD touch, 300 nits
• Resolution – 2240 x 1400 pixels, 16:10 aspect ratio
• Protection – Corning Gorilla Glass NBT

Opening the lid, which requires two hands, reveals a 16:10 LCD display that offers touch support. It’s not a particularly bright panel; Using it outside isn’t ideal, but it works well indoors. The display has thin side bezels with slightly thicker bezels on the top and bottom. Another HP logo is available below the display.

14 inch display supports touch input

The OmniBook The panel here offers 2.2K resolution and good color output, which is great for watching your favorite shows. However, there is no HDR or high refresh rate here. It would have been nice to have a brighter OLED panel. However, IPS displays have one advantage: longer battery life.

HP OmniBook

• Keyboard – full size, backlit chiclet
• Speakers – Dual downward facing
• Webcam – 5 Megapixel with Privacy Shutter

I love typing on the OmniBook It has a chiclet keyboard with good travel and good feel. The keys are wide, and there is a good distance between them. I could type for hours on this keyboard. You also get adjustable backlighting, which I find adequate at night. There’s also a dedicated CoPilot key, duh!

Moving to the bottom, you get a large trackpad with multitouch support and a smooth, responsive surface. The clicks could have been better as I sometimes found it difficult to register the two-finger right click.

Typing on a laptop is a pleasant experience

Talking about the speakers, you get two downward firing drives on the front. These sound fine when you have a laptop on the table, but there isn’t much bass. They are not very fast either. HP definitely could have done better here.

However, the webcam is good. You get a 5-megapixel unit that delivers good video quality in daylight. The camera performed quite well even in low light. It also has a physical privacy shutter, and the webcam supports Windows Hello and Studio effects. HP also bundles a Poly Camera app that uses AI for auto framing and panning, background effects, and more.

However, Windows on ARM is still a bit of a gamble, especially if you use Adobe’s photo editing tools. However, it is only a matter of time before all your favorite apps will be compatible with ARM.

HP OmniBook

• OS-Windows 11
• AI Tools – Copilot+, HP AI Companion, Poly Studio

The software experience on the HP OmniBook In addition to the usual CoPilot+ chatbot, the CoCreator feature in the Paint app, Live Caption, and Windows Studio Effects for video calls, you get a bunch of AI-powered tools from HP. These all work quite well.

You get a ton of AI tools on the OmniBook

It has HP AI Companion, which gives you access to a personal assistant. However, you must be signed in with an HP account to use this feature. It’s basically like a Copilot chatbot; You can ask questions to it and share PDF files to get the summary. You can also use it to customize your laptop as per your requirement. Then there’s the Poly Camera app which works similarly to Windows Studio Effects, but you also get additional features like AI auto framing, panning, and AI noise reduction. Again, I tried out these features, and they seemed to work well most of the time.

HP OmniBook

• CPU – Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100
• RAM – 16GB LPDDR5x 8448 MHz
• Storage – 1TB M.2 SSD
• GPU – Adreno GPU

In terms of performance, the 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor does a good job. It’s fast when you need it, but it doesn’t consume as much power as it used to. You can run most apps smoothly, and multitasking is also very easy on the laptop. I didn’t notice any lag when running multiple instances of Chrome along with a few other apps like Slack and WhatsApp.

Laptop does not heat up under load

I ran some benchmarks on the laptop to see how it performed against some other Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptops, and here are the results.

All tests were run with the CPU profile set to Best Performance, and the laptop plugged in. It should be noted that the Dell XPS 13 (9345) features a high-end Snapdragon X Elite chipset. However, the OmniBook

The laptop can run most apps, provided it supports ARM. This is a really good productivity laptop. You also get WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 and connectivity is great. I would have liked if HP had provided more RAM, as I noticed some lag when waking the laptop from sleep.

As far as heating goes, the laptop barely warms up under regular use, including browsing the web, streaming 4K video, or running multiple apps. Only during benchmark tests did it get a little warm, and most of the heat was concentrated on the top left corner of the keyboard.

HP OmniBook

• Capacity – 59 K
• Charging – 65W USB Type-C

This is the third Snapdragon X Elite-powered laptop I’ve tested, and battery worries are truly a thing of the past. I can comfortably get a full workday of battery life from the OmniBook You can also watch your favorite shows with ease thanks to the low power consumption LCD display. Sleeping on a laptop is also very pleasant, as it only uses 5-10 percent of the maximum battery during the night. During the two weeks I had the laptop, I charged it fully about three times.

The laptop has a large intake grill at the bottom

HP provides a 65W compact, fast charger in the box, which can top up the battery quickly. It took about one and a half hours to fully charge it.

HP OmniBook

If you’re looking for a non-flashy laptop with great battery life, a lightweight design, a good keyboard, and Windows, the HP OmniBook It has a few shortcomings, but not enough to not recommend it. The display may not be as good as the competition, but the LCD panel has its advantages.

Don’t let the simple design fool you, the HP OmniBook The alternative is the Dell XPS 13 (9345) (Review), which is priced similarly but doesn’t offer the best typing experience or the same battery life. However, if you compare it with Asus VivoBook S15 OLED (Review), Asus comes out on top.