HP was among the initial batch of OEMs to release a Qualcomm Snapdragon PC with its OmniBook X 14. Fast forward four months later and HP is back with a new slate of AI PCs that are aimed at consumer, prosumer, and IT crowds.
For consumers, HP is delivering the OmniBook Ultra Flip that will soon replace its Spectre x360 line. The OmniBook Ultra Flip is a convertible that folds back like the Lenovo Yoga line and will be powered by an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor instead of Qualcomm’s vaunted X Elite chip. Thanks to some upgrades from Intel, customers will be the benefactors of longer battery life and CPU efficiency, according to HP.
As for the specs, the Ultra Flip will be adorned with a 3K OLED panel that can reach 500 nits of brightness, 9MP IR AI camera with temporal noise reduction and integrated dual array digital microphones, haptic trackpad, 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, 47 NPU TOPS, as well as Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 all starting at $1,450.
For the prosumer, there is the HP EliteBook Ultra sporting the newly announced follow up to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chip with the 8-core X Ultra SoC. The design of the EliteBook Ultra is identical to the current X Elite version that sports a 14-inch 2.5K anti-glare IPS panel under 3lbs and promising up to 26 hours of battery life for less. HP has pointed to a December release date with a price that is to be determined (TBD) around then.
In line with Lenovo’s testing CPU brand of the ThinkPad T14s, HP is replacing the customary Intel processor that comes in the EliteBook X, with the latest AMD chip as well as retooling the consumption profile of the laptop up to 40 W, equal to double the upper limit of its class-order competitors.
The last up is the HP EliteBook X aimed at the IT crowd with an AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300 series of CPUs and hardware accelerated 55 TOPS for AI experiences.
HP also managed to stuff a larger battery into the already slim chassis of the EliteBook X with a 74.5 Wh bank. As for the screen, HP will offer the same sorts of configurations as it had, that include WUXGA 1,920 x 1,200 IPS as well as a 2.8K resolute OLED panel that supports a 120Hz refresh rate.
With the intended audience aiming for IT admins, HP is not holding back on its feature list for the EliteBook adding configurations of up to 64GB of memory, 2TB PCIe Gen 5 SSD’s, three USB-C ports, full HDMI, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, support for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
Once again, HP is holding its pricing cards close to the vest with the EliteBook X and plans to release those numbers in December when it plans to ship this laptop.
