HP OmniBook Extremely Flip 14
MSRP $1,400.00
“The HP OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 takes over the mantle as one of the best 2-in-1 convertible you should purchase.”
Professionals
- Stable construct high quality
- Enticing aesthetic
- Superb battery life
- Attractive OLED show
- Wonderful keyboard
- Nice haptic touchpad
Cons
- Efficiency is simply OK
- Costly record costs
I actually preferred HP’s Spectre x360 14 2-in-1. It was extremely well-built, drop-dead attractive, was constructed round a spectacular OLED show, and on the time, landed on our rating of one of the best laptops you might purchase. I used to be slightly nervous when HP introduced its rebranding, taking out the Spectre line and introducing the OmniBook is its new model for its total shopper lineup.
The OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is the Spectre’s true substitute, and once I pulled it out of the field, I used to be slightly relieved. It’s constructed round Intel’s newest Lunar Lake chipset, and that wanted testing, however the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 shares most of the similar nice traits as its predecessors. It’s not as long-lasting as another Lunar Lake laptops by way of battery life, nevertheless it’s nonetheless an excellent 2-in-1 possibility.
Specs and configuration
HP OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 | |
Dimensions | 12.35 x 8.51 x 0.59 inches |
Weight | 2.97 kilos |
Show | 14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED, 120Hz |
CPU | Intel Core Extremely 5 226V Intel Core Extremely 7 256V Intel Core Extremely 7 258V Intel Core Extremely 9 288V |
GPU | Intel Arc 130V Intel Arc 140V |
Reminiscence | 16GB LPDDR5X RAM 32GB LPDDR5X RAM |
Storage | 512TB M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD |
Ports | 2 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack |
Digital camera | 9MP with infrared digicam for Home windows 11 Hey |
Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Battery | 64 watt-hour |
Working system | Home windows 11 |
Value | $1,450+ |
HP’s costs range from sale to sale, and so you need to test frequently to see what the precise worth is whenever you’re able to make your buy. The OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 isn’t any totally different. The bottom mannequin with a Core Extremely 5 226V chipset, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and the usual 14-inch 2.8K OLED show has a listing worth $1,450 however is at the moment on sale for $1,100 on the time of writing. My evaluation unit with a Core Extremely 7 258V, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD is on sale for $1,400, down from a listing worth of $1,750. After which the high-end configuration with a Core Extremely 9 288V and a 2TB SSD lists for $2,080 however is on sale proper now at $1,730.
If you happen to evaluate the record costs to a competitor just like the Asus Zenbook S 14, one other Lunar Lake laptop computer, the HP is dearer. The Asus prices $1,399 for a Core Extremely 7 258V, 32GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 14-inch OLED show. The equal HP record worth can be a dearer $1,700, however the sale worth is barely much less at $1,350. After which contemplate the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x, which is simply $1,199 with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 14.5-inch OLED show. With 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD, it’s $1,313. That’s lower than the HP’s sale costs.
The underside line is that the OmniBook Extremely Flip tends to run on the dearer aspect, although the sale costs make it extra aggressive.
Design
The Spectre x360 14 was an superior 2-in-1. It had a stunning aesthetic, was solidly constructed, and featured some helpful options like USB-C ports notch of the again corners that allowed plugging in and maintain cables neatly out of the best way. The OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 has a barely much less ostentatious design, nevertheless it maintains what was greatest concerning the Spectre. And it’s a powerful competitor in opposition to laptops just like the Zenbook S14, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x, and the Yoga Slim 7i that has a bigger 15.3-inch show.
To start with, the notches are nonetheless there and stay simply as purposeful. The construct high quality is extremely strong, with no bending, flexing, or twisting within the lid, keyboard deck, or chassis. The hinge is simply barely too agency to open the lid with one hand, however that’s as a result of it has to carry every thing in place in clamshell, tent, media, and pill modes. Merely put, the OmniBook exudes high quality identical to one of the best premium laptops.
And whereas the OmniBook doesn’t have the identical colourful accents because the outdated Spectre, its all-black coloration method is simply as enticing. The perimeters are extra rounded, which isn’t solely look but in addition helps the OmniBook being extra snug to carry as a pill. I’ve talked about just a few different very good laptops I’ve reviewed these days, and the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is as properly design as any of them.
It’s additionally simply as moveable. It’s skinny at 0.59 inches and light-weight at 2.97 kilos. Its show bezels are fairly small, particularly for a 360-degree convertible 2-in-1.
Keyboard and touchpad
I’ve lengthy been a fan of HP’s keyboards, significantly these within the Specre lineup. The keycaps are giant with extremely legible lettering, and there’s a ton of key spacing. The switches are mild and snappy, giving a exact really feel. I discovered the OmniBook’s keyboard to be each bit as snug as Apple’s Magic Keyboard, my different favourite, for long-form writing — comparable to this evaluation. HP gave the perform keys a grey coloration and it helps them stand out, however that does detract slightly from the in any other case cohesive aesthetic. The facility button is a light-blue coloration with a shiny LED, and it helps establish it however, once more, it type of stands out slightly an excessive amount of.
Equally glorious is the big touchpad that takes up a lot of the out there area on the palm relaxation. Not solely is it giant sufficient, it’s additionally a haptic suggestions touchpad that’s responsive and helps clicking throughout all the floor. It doesn’t have the identical type of Drive Click on performance of Apple’s Drive Contact haptic touchpad, nevertheless it’s nonetheless superb and welcome right here.
The show is pen- and touch-enabled, after all, and every thing works because it ought to. If you need a laptop computer that may convert to a pill for writing and drawing on the show, then the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is a superb instance of the shape.
Connectivity and webcam
Connectivity is fairly mild for a 14-inch laptop computer. There are simply three USB-C ports — two of them with Thunderbolt 4, and one among them supplies energy. It’s good that two are tucked away within the notches, however I might have preferred to see at the very least on legacy port and an SD card reader. At the least there’s a 3.5mm audio jack, which Dell dropped on the XPS 13. Wi-fi connectivity is up-to-date.
The webcam is a high-res 9MP mannequin with an infrared digicam for Home windows 11 Hey facial recognition. There’s additionally a fingerprint reader within the energy button. That is nearly as good a time as any to say that the OmniBook has a quick sufficient neural processing unit (NPU) to energy Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC AI initiative. As we speak, it helps the improved Microsoft Studio Results software program, which incorporates AI-assisted background blur and substitute, filters, and auto framing. HP’s personal AI Companion software program can also be on its method, which is able to assist quite a lot of on-device options underneath the rubrics Uncover, Analyze, and Carry out that apply AI to getting intelligence help utilizing the laptop computer, analyzing recordsdata, and optimizing efficiency.
Show and audio
The OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 has one show possibility: a 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED panel working at as much as 120Hz. Out of the field, it’s superior, with OLED’s typical inky blacks and dynamic colours.
My colorimeter agreed. It’s shiny at 385 nits, though a number of OLED shows I’ve reviewed just lately are brighter. The Floor Professional 11‘s panel is an instance at 533 nits. The OmniBook’s colours are vast at 100% of sRGB, 95% of AdobeRGB, and 100% of DCI-P3, with a coloration accuracy of Delta-E 0.67, which is superb. The Floor Professional 11’s show is much less colourful at 100%, 85%, and 97%, respectively, and its accuracy was across the similar at 0.74.
Actually, there’s nothing to complain about with this show. You’ll find it irresistible. Twin downward-firing audio system pump out loud audio with some distortion at full quantity, and with crisp mids and highs however little bass. It’s fairly typical.
Efficiency
The OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is the newest laptop computer I’ve reviewed working Intel’s Lunar Lake chipset. Particularly, it’s the Core Extremely 7 258V, a Sequence 2 chipset working at 17 watts. As such, it competes most instantly in opposition to Intel’s earlier 15-watt Core Extremely U-series, however in follow it’s essentially the most fast substitute for the 28-watt Core Extremely H-series processors.
General, Lunar Lake has proven itself to be sooner than the U-series, which was additionally aimed toward effectivity, and in some circumstances to be sooner in single-core duties than the H-series whereas across the similar velocity in multi-core. We see that with the OmniBook in comparison with the Spectre x360 14 working that Core Extremely 7 155H. Notably, the OmniBook is slower than laptops working Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chipsets, one other efficiency-focused lineup. After which the Apple M3 has a lot sooner single-core efficiency than all these laptops to go together with superb multi-core efficiency.
The underside line is that the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is a lot quick for demanding productiveness customers. Its Intel Arc 140V graphics are sooner than its predecessor, however not as quick as entry-level discrete GPUs. So, which means it received’t provide any benefits for creators or avid gamers.
Cinebench R24 (single/multi) |
Geekbench 6 (single/multi) |
Handbrake (seconds) |
|
HP OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 (Core Extremely 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) |
116 / 598 | 2483 / 10725 | 99 |
HP Spectre x360 14 (Core Extremely 7 155H / Intel Arc) |
102 / 485 | 2176 / 11980 | 93 |
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Version (Core Extremely 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) |
109 / 630 | 2485 / 10569 | 88 |
Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Extremely 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) |
112 / 452 | 2738 / 10734 | 113 |
HP OmniBook X (Snapdragon X Elite / Adreno) |
101 / 749 | 2377 / 13490 | N/A |
Asus ProArt PX13 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 / RTX 4050) |
116 / 897 | 2710 / 14696 | 54 |
MacBook Air (M3) |
141 / 601 | 3102 / 12078 | 109 |
Battery life
As I’ve pressured in every of my Lunar Lake laptop computer opinions, effectivity is the first aim of this spherical of Intel’s chipsets. As we see above, efficiency doesn’t stand out, so battery life turns into extra vital. Partly, that’s due to the wonderful effectivity of Apple Silicon, with the M3 chipset being each quick and environment friendly.
Right here, we see that the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 is much more environment friendly than the Spectre x360 14, particularly in internet shopping. It’s not fairly as environment friendly as Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i and the Zenbook S 14, and the Qualcomm laptops are stronger as effectively.
The OmniBook is held again a bit by its 64-watt-hour battery, which isn’t large, and it additionally sports activities a high-res, 120Hz OLED show. That additionally doesn’t assist. And whereas it’s inferior to some others, it’s nonetheless much more environment friendly than most Intel Meteor Lake laptops. That implies that whereas it might’t sustain with Apple’s M3, it should nonetheless seemingly get by way of a day’s work with reasonable productiveness workflows.
Internet shopping | Video | Cinebench R24 | |
HP OmniBook Extremely Flip 14 (Core Extremely 7 258V) |
11 hours, 5 minutes | 15 hours, 46 minutes | 2 hours, 14 minutes |
HP Spectre x360 14 (Core Extremely 7 155H) |
7 hours, 9 minutes | 14 hours, 22 minutes | N/A |
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Version (Core Extremely 7 258V) |
14 hours, 16 minutes | 17 hours, 31 minutes | 2 hours, quarter-hour |
Asus ExpertBook P5 (Core Extremely 7 258V) |
8 hours, 54 minutes | 16 hours, 29 minutes | 2 hours, quarter-hour |
Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Extremely 7 258V) |
16 hours, 47 minutes | 18 hours, 35 minutes | 3 hours, 33 minutes |
Microsoft Floor Laptop computer (Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100) |
14 hours, 21 minutes | 22 hours, 39 minutes | N/A |
HP Omnibook X (Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100) |
13 hours, 37 minutes | 22 hours, 4 minutes | 1 hour, 52 minutes |
Asus Vivobook S 15 (Snapdragon X Plus) |
13 hours, 10 minutes | 16 hours, 19 minutes | N/A |
Asus ProArt PX13 (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) |
8 hours, 7 minutes | 11 hours, 12 minutes | 1 hour, 12 minutes |
Apple MacBook Air (Apple M3) |
19 hours, 38 minutes | 19 hours, 39 minutes | 3 hours, 27 minutes |
A worthy successor to one among our favourite 2-in-1s
The Spectre x360 14 was an excellent laptop computer, perhaps one of the best instance of the 360-degree convertible 2-in-1. With HP’s rebranding, I used to be questioning how a lot else would change with the OmniBook Extremely Flip 14. Happily, I didn’t have to fret an excessive amount of.
There’s actually not lots to dislike concerning the OmniBook. It will get superb battery life, has a stunning OLED show, and it look and feels nice. Its efficiency isn’t one of the best, nevertheless it’s quick sufficient, and its keyboard and touchpad are glorious. It’s most engaging, although, at its sale costs.