HP OmniBook 7 16", Core 9 270H, 32GB, 512GB SSD, Silver

Gorgeous OLED screen and a beastly CPU, but the integrated graphics and tiny SSD hold it back. Buy it for work, not for play.

The Core 9 270H is the real deal for CPU-heavy work. With 14 cores and 20 threads boosting up to 5.8GHz, it lands in the 83rd percentile for laptop CPUs, which puts it ahead of plenty of last-gen i9 chips. Our database shows it chewing through compile jobs and multitasking without breaking a sweat. The 32GB of DDR5 at 5600MHz helps a ton too. But that integrated Intel Graphics is the bottleneck. It's fine for driving the display and light photo work, but the gaming score of 19.5 out of 100 tells you everything. Don't expect to run anything more demanding than Minesweeper at full res.

The OmniBook 7 sits in an awkward middle ground. The Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro has a similarly gorgeous OLED panel but is lighter and more portable. The ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 absolutely destroys it in graphics performance while still being a solid work machine, though you'll pay more. And the MacBook Pro M4 Max is in a completely different league for creative work, but it's also way more expensive. For pure CPU productivity per dollar, the OmniBook 7 holds its own, but it's not the best at anything except maybe screen quality at this price.

At $1,199, this is a solid deal if you want a big, beautiful OLED screen and serious CPU muscle for work. You're getting a lot of laptop for the money, especially with 32GB of RAM and Wi-Fi 7. But you're also paying for a screen and CPU that the integrated graphics can't fully exploit. If your workflow is code, documents, and video, it's worth it. If you need any GPU power, save your cash for something with a discrete card.

The HP OmniBook 7 is a weirdly specific machine. It's got a gorgeous 16-inch OLED touchscreen, a surprisingly beefy 14-core Intel Core 9 270H, and 32GB of RAM, but then HP paired all that with integrated Intel graphics and a cramped 512GB SSD. This thing screams 'productivity and media machine,' not 'do-everything laptop.' If you're a developer or someone who lives in spreadsheets and streams a lot of video, this is a compelling package. If you want to game, keep walking.

If you want to game or do any GPU-heavy work like video editing or 3D rendering, this isn't it. Go grab an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 or a Lenovo Legion Pro instead. You'll sacrifice a bit of screen quality but gain a massive graphics upgrade.

The HP OmniBook 7 is a great laptop for a specific person: someone who wants a big, beautiful screen for work and media, needs serious CPU power for compiling or multitasking, and doesn't care about gaming. For that person, it's a strong buy at $1,199. For everyone else, the integrated graphics and mediocre reliability scores are real red flags. Know what you're getting into.