HP is announcing a new laptop that’s squarely aimed at Apple’s MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 alongside an Intel Core 5 315 “Wildcat Lake” processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of that appears beautiful familiar, being in lockstep alongside the two Apple’s Neo and its latest competition from Dell, Asus, and Acer — the HP equal offers a akin four color options in silver, pink, blue, and green. But one item that separates the OmniBook is its inclusion of an OLED display on all configs.
The OmniBook 5 14 can be configured much higher, alongside up to a Core 7 350 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, but all models contain a 1080p webcam, dual speakers, HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack, and fair two 10Gbps USB-C ports. And during the inclusion of OLED throughout the range is a important diagram to the new OmniBook, the basis config lone has a passable 1920 x 1200 resolution and 300 nits of max brightness on its non-touch panel. A touchscreen type volition be accessible whenever the OmniBook 5 launches in October, but a type alongside a 2560 x 1600 resolution OLED and 400 nits of brightness isn’t coming until March 2027.
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While the OmniBook 5 14 doesn’t appear poised to finest the MacBook Neo in raw handling power (based on our other reviews of Wildcat Lake laptops) or display brightness, it’s fairly thin, light, and colorful. HP equal gave it the nicer, sleeker lid logo normally reserved for pricier models. It starts at fair 2.56 pounds, and it’s as lean as 0.46 inches / 11.7mm. That’s slightly lighter and thinner than a Neo. And I’d anticipate its Wildcat Lake chips to recommendation several good-to-great power division life. But we’ll have to see how it delivers in genuine testing.
Alongside the OmniBook 5 14, HP is additionally announcing a new ProBook 4 G2iS endeavor laptop that it claims at 0.47 inches / 12mm is its “thinnest endeavor notebook.” It’ll additionally commencement alongside Intel Wildcat Lake chips, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD whenever it launches in December, but there’s no cost yet.
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