HP announces a new laptop aimed directly at Apple’s MacBook Neo. The HP OmniBook 5 14 2026 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 “Wildcat Lake” processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of this looks pretty familiar, being in line with Apple’s Neo and recent competitors from Dell, Asus, and Acer – the HP even offers four similar color options in silver, pink, blue, and green. But one thing that sets the OmniBook apart is the inclusion of an OLED display on all configurations.
The OmniBook 5 14 can be configured much higher, with up to a Core 7 350 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, but all models include a 1080p webcam, dual speakers, HDMI, a 3.5mm audio jack, and just two 10Gbps USB-C ports. And while the inclusion of OLED across the lineup is a major draw for the new OmniBook, the base configuration only has a passable 1920 x 1200 resolution and 300 nits of peak brightness on its non-touch screen. A touchscreen version will be available when the OmniBook 5 launches in October, but a version with a 2,560 x 1,600 OLED resolution and 400 nits brightness won’t arrive until March 2027.
While the OmniBook 5 14 doesn’t look set to surpass the MacBook Neo in raw processing power (based on our other Wildcat Lake laptop reviews) or screen brightness, it’s quite thin, light, and colorful. HP even gave it the prettier, sleeker lid logo that’s usually reserved for more expensive models. It starts at just 2.56 pounds and is as thin as 0.46 inches / 11.7 mm. It is slightly lighter and thinner than a Neo. And I would expect its Wildcat Lake chips to deliver good to excellent battery life. But we’ll have to see how it works in real-world testing.
Alongside the OmniBook 5 14, HP is also announcing a new ProBook 4 G2iS business laptop which it says, at 0.47 inches/12mm, is its “thinnest business laptop.” It will also start with Intel Wildcat Lake chips, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD when it launches in December, but there’s no pricing yet.
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