HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2024) REVIEW - Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 + Radeon 890M!

[@ozermert26]

Hey Andrew, as a blind follower of you, I really liked that you've red the Benchmark results in this video, they usually are as a chart and my screen reader software cannot read it for me. I hope you keep doing it for upcoming videos, or you also may consider putting them in the description, that way you don't have to say them out loud but for people like me, we can always review the description. Thank you! I enjoy watching your reviews.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Great suggestion!

[@Aibao]

Can't tell if this is sarcasm 💀

[@maestro69hz]

I just got the Lenovo Thinkpad T14s Gen 6 Snapdragon, over six weeks after ordering. It is with the 2.8K display. Absolutely incredible unit, they have definitely improved the build quality since I had my last thinkpad: the X1 Carbon 2018.

[@kallaway1]

How's your battery life with the OLED display?

[@maestro69hz]

@@kallaway1 need to use it more to give an accurate answer. But it is not bad at all. Need more time to day if it is good or awesome.

[@deanthompson4381]

Thank you for the excellent review, Andrew. I am catching up on videos, as I am working on projects around the apartment. Great to see AI 9 HX 375, the numbers are very impressive. The Radeon 890M graphics are very good, would like to see a higher nit count, better coverage of the color gamut, better black level, better white point. I agree that the I/O is lacking at least two ports. The refresh rate, in 2024, needs to be at least 90 Hz's. The price point is decent, for now. 88 percent score is very fair. Thanks. Have a great week.

[@rafaelperez9652]

For the price point of this laptop, while it's not perfect and there are quite a few things missing, at the end of the day it's not really that bad if you're only going to be using it for emails, web browsing and the like. The webcam and the internal mics are good and so is the quality of the quad speakers. Unfortunately there's quite a few features that are noticeably missing on the HP OmniBook 14 (2024) but if you can live without it, then this laptop will suffice. Good to know that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 is giving Intel a run for the money! Thank you once again Andrew for your excellence!! 👏😁

[@mikealani1168]

Now this very impressive, informative review. Thank You!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks

[@Garyscott7]

I bought this model at $200 off open box from Best Buy. Coming from an old I5 Dell this is a race horse beauty. Yes you will want a dock ($100-$250) for it to use a monitor, wired ethernet and the extra thunderbolt/ USB stuff. I bought it because of Paul Thurott's review and to dip my toe into the AI world. For some reason initial setup was clunky getting Win11 running and updated. I almost returned it as defective. It seemed to be trying to do too many conflicting updates at once. But hey, what else is new with the Redmond stuff not acting right. But after all settled down it is a solid machine. Plenty of horsepower, so far impressive battery life and the 32GB & 2TB hard drive are very nice to have. IMHO if you are a road warrior gamer (I am not) it will do nicely, but for the hard core addict I would look at the HP with the upgraded OLED display. For the money you would be hard pressed to get this much and the Ryzen Ai 9HX 375 / 890M any cheaper. You will probably want to dump all the crapware HP throws in, but I have been doing that to new PC's since Win 3.1. My only complaint is with HP shrinking the vertical up/ down keys and learning to use their way of clicking "home". But I will be used to it soon enough. PS: Finally having some good speakers (4 of them) is icing on the cake.

[@williamcohen3351]

Nice pc. Camera and mics are good. Speakers sounded good. Display good. This appears to be a blend to the Spectre and Envy line. Screen wobble noticed. They should have put one of the USB-C ports in the upper left corner and add a micro SD card slot in place of the USB-C port on the right side. Battery life is good. I would still take this over any snapdragon processor because of compatability any day. Great review.

[@JBits-m9p]

am addicted to haptic touchpads now

[@zhenya2055]

PC manufacturers should stop with the diving board trackpads! Charging 1K+ and not having a haptic trackpad is an instant no-buy for me! Apple has it on a macbook air for under 1K. I'm sure HP can as well.

[@Noisy_Cricket]

Meanwhile, Think Pad users are still fine with the old fashioned buttons on the touchpad lol.

[@HassanAsif-yv8uq]

Plz bring more gaming laptop reviews buddy.Take love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️

[@gabennewell8494]

Love your videos! From your reviews so far would you say that these ryzen processors are more worth getting than the new lunar lake?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I think its too early to tell. But I really am liking the AMD Ryzen AI cpus so far. I need to see other lunar lake laptops before I pass judgment.

[@keyboard_g]

In general AMD has more power, Intel has longer battery life. Both are better than chips from last year.

[@berntlie6799]

Excellent video colors. Looks like a powerful laptop for my kind of use, but strange with no HDMI port. (To me, I need full sized SD card reader, so micro SD is not useful to me...)

[@dominic6150]

Also mention the low display brightness or the large display edges on the HP. It makes the device look clunky and the display smaller than it actually is. That's why I didn't keep the device. But the video doesn't mention this.

[@Noisy_Cricket]

The lack of ports on this thing is damn near criminal. You need to a least have an HDMI port. And they also need to add an SD card port for convenience. You shouldn't have to carry around a conversion hub for a $1K plus laptop. That's tablet behavior.

[@michaelxz1305]

all laptops have compromises and you don't need a hub, you can buy a tiny dongle which is shaped not to block the adjacent port (if there is one, I didn't pay attention on this viideo) .. but I have one for display port.. it's tiny.. usb c to displayport. all laptops have compromises, this laptop is the best thing in the 14" under 2000 euro class that I have seen for sale imo but sure I don't care about > 60hz screens. Anyhow all I'm saying is I'm glad this laptop exists.. hdmi port would be nice but it's such a minor thing - and I'm speaking as someone who carries around a 17" portable monitor connected by HDMI when I travel

[@dustydynasty802]

Hey Andrew! Great video. Is there any chance the Omnibook flip 2-1 comes in a 16 inch size like the Spectre? I can’t seem to find it.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Thanks. I have not heard anything about a 16" version.

[@norcalpacific]

@ 03:26 Reminder For people who make negative comments about Andrew's videos

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Exactly 🗡

[@gbagaskoro2]

There are people who make negative comments about Andrew? Those who do clearly don't understand art and creativity

[@fungkh1625]

Love your review, but do you have any lunar lake review?

[@JamesVPrice-]

HP Dragonfly Pro from last year is similar in many ways to this, but which came with haptic touchpad (so nice to use compared to mechanical). I was hoping this Ultra line would now offer Spectre-like top of the line options in a clamshell with AMD. Looks like HP still only offering premium screen/keyboard/trackpad/ports in the flip (360 hinge) model - but with intel instead - Bummer.

[@KarthikTexas]

HP confirms that this model support pen although it doesn't come with me, so HP recommended me to buy separately

[@dipankarbhandary1061]

Please review lenevo slim 7i aura edition

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Coming up. Stay tuned.

[@pixelpusher1393]

Excellent reviews, as alway coming from you! Looks like both Intel and AMD are hitting home runs with the new CPU generations. I´m curious about your opinion: What are the chances of Microsoft releasing a Surface Pro with the new Lunar Lake CPUs/iGPUs?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I wouldn't be surprised if an Intel Lunar Lake version of the Surface Pro is released at some point.

[@Burbanana]

364 nits is unbelievable on this device in near 2025... Price is pretty high up there too.. Thanks for the review Andrew. I have a question, do you have any info on the new XPS13 with Lunar Lake? Is it worth it?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I don't have the XPS 13 with Lunar Lake just yet. But stay tuned.

[@kallaway1]

As a Thinkpad user I've been really impressed with HP's keyboards recently. Is there a laptop keyboard that Andrew has rated a 10/10? Would be curious to compare.

[@junk3386]

I agree! I type a lot, and IMHO the HP Dragonfly G4 has the best keyboard on the market -- which was the reason I returned Lenovo's Carbon X1 with its overhyped keys...

[@GuillerMocasines]

Hi andrew, apparently all the lunar lake laptops are 14" size, will we have 16" laptops intel lunar lake CPU? I am very interested in a version of something like a vivobook s 16 with intel core ultra 200 and its incredible battery life

[@parijatbhamburkar]

Hey AMD! When you review the Aura, can you have an OLED ASUS side by side to a good comparison between the Aura IPS and Asus OLED screens? Thanks.

[@marcopn1174]

Would be great. Would like to know if it's suitable for working outside, other than the dim asus oleds

[@DawoodAl-Janaby]

its a bit too heavy based on today's standards but I would say the design of specter is the best for now

[@Games_and_Tech]

Hp really know how to screw a laptop... 60 hz... And lack of ports... And lying about brightness 😢

[@marcopn1174]

Yeah, a bummer. The design looks really slick

[@ozermert26]

Yeah, I have no idea for why they ditch the Specter line. I use the x360 2024 and it's a great laptop.

[@xmaverickhunterkx]

This is because **tel has a good business relationship with HP. Too good.

[@michaelxz1305]

for me this a dream laptop.. it's not meant to be a gaming laptop.. well ok not a dream laptop with only 32 gb but still the best laptop in its price class at 14".. although having a touch screen is kind of stupid, who wants to touch their laptop screen

[@Games_and_Tech]

@@michaelxz1305the smoothness at 120 hz is great, not for gaming, Ports are good for work... so

[@Games_and_Tech]

the $1,500 version is now $1,100... I believe I can live with that screen for that price xD

[@RobloxianX]

never knew there was an HX 375. It's wasted though, because the display is only 60hz.

[@michaelxz1305]

not wasted, that's a powerful cpu.. great for doing all kinds of things that you don't need a 60hz screen for. if you want more than 60hz better to look at gaming laptops

[@trungledinh5123]

can you make a video comparison between ROG Zephyrus G16 with Intel Core Ultra 9 and the one with AMD Ryzen 9 HX 375 please?

[@crazyelf1]

The new generation of AMD and Intel chips have begun to close the gap with Apple for battery life. There also isn't a compelling reason to buy the Snapdragon, especially if you use apps that have ARM to x86 compatibility problems. If higher end Windows laptops ship with speakers as good as the Macbook Pro 16 and as good a touchpad ( Sensel seems to be setting a good direction here), then we will have a great new generation of laptops.

[@Noisy_Cricket]

The lack of Arm support for Adobe products on Windows is weird because they clearly do an Arm compile for Mac and iOS, iPadOS. It shouldn't be that hard to port that Arm compile to Windows.

[@cbbbbbbbbbbbb]

I'm not sure I understand the usecase for good laptop speakers. If I'm at a desk, I'm either docked or plugged into a second monitor with headphones. If I'm travelling / working in a cafe, I'm definitely not playing music through my speakers.

[@SanchitK-j1j]

15:03 onwards - for the battery life graph, the M3 modern office equivalent graph is labelled 11h52m but the bar extends beyond the 14h52 for the Yoga. Maybe the label is incorrect? Great video otherwise!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Yes seems a mistake in the graph

[@NootNoot.]

Non-Asus Ryzen AI? Still waiting for more brands and options for Ryzen so this is a good sign.

[@AyyGin]

I wish they gave this laptop the 120hz OLED too. I personally don't care too much about the 2 in 1 feature of the Ultra Flip.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I will say that the LCD panel and 144 Hz is actually really good.

[@_Trakman]

Need this but with 120Hz refresh, OLED and wifi 7 and not ARM processor

[@michaelwinter5292]

kinda interested in why you rated it less than the zenbook?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Zenbook S 14 has better display, higher refresh rate, better battery life, better graphics, lighter and is better looking

[@Ithri67]

Thanks for the review, it's so useful ! Do you think these integrated graphics get to the point where they could be used for engineering work (solidworks, etc.) instead of having to buy a full discrete graphics card ?

[@cameronbosch1213]

If the program requires CUDA, then absolutely get a laptop with a dGPU. Even an RTX 4050 will destroy the best iGPU.

[@Ithri67]

@@cameronbosch1213 I don't even know, I'm a first year student in engineering school and I don't even know what they are requiring. But thanks tho I'll look into it. But for light solidworks usage is the dGPU still needed ? Bc the specs you can find on the SOLIDWORKS website are always with big professional cards but they never really give you the minimum or decent specs you'd need to run it

[@clemenceyi1058]

ryzen ai 9 max should be coming soon, it'll have something like the performance of a desktop Rx 7600 according to the rumors

[@Ithri67]

@@cameronbosch1213 I'm a first year student in engineering school and we haven't be given requirements for our personal computers but thanks tho I'll look into it. But do you think that for light solidworks usage the iGPU is enough or is the dGPU needed ? Because the requirements on the solidworks website always speak of big professional cards but they never really give the minimum or atleast somehow decent specs you'd need to run the app decently.

[@Ithri67]

@@clemenceyi1058 These look good but it looks like they will be only used in workstations, like the Precisions or the big Thinkpads, so you'd kinda lose the transportability the usual laptops have. But I guess we can't have everything can we...

[@andreaorsini752]

Off topics perhsps and if it's rhe case please forgive me. Which one to choose between a Pavilion Plus with 7840U and an Asus Zenbook with Ultra 155H? Asus is 300 bucks more and I also think the build quality is better but I'd like to know what You think. Thanks in advance

[@cameronbosch1213]

Personally, while I think this is a pretty good option, I would change a few things for a future iteration: 1. Give us a 64 GB of RAM option. I know some people (such as users of VMs) that can eat through 32 GB with just a few VMs, maybe just two! 2. Come on HP, give us another USB-A, USB-C, SD, microSD, HDMI, or another port; two Thunderbolt USB-C, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, and one USB-A isnt terrible, but it could be better. 3. 60 hz for the price? Really HP!? At least give us OLED or Mini-LED or an option for a higher refresh rate screen! And that's really it. Personally, while I liked HP's haptic touchpad on this year's Spectre 14 (and the MacBooks since 2015 have been also amazing in terms of touchpads), not all haptic touchpads are good. For examples, Dell's touchpads on the 2024 XPS laptops are among the worst I've ever used. Apart from the accessiblity nightmare from not having visual borders (such as a lit up surface) or one you can feel, the click feels really bad, like something you'd get on a cheap gaming laptop. So I'll take an excellent traditional touchpad over a terrible haptic touchpad.

[@pixelpusher1393]

Agree 100% about the 32GB RAM limit - there should be a standard 64GB option for all laptops with the Lunar Lake/AMD AI 9 CPUs. Among other reasons, the new iGPUs are no longer limited in their RAM usage, as was the case with older iGPUs. I´m pretty sure though it´s just a question of time until 32GB becomes standard, and 64GB the higher option.

[@Noisy_Cricket]

I think people who need 64MB of RAM on a laptop are too niche at this point for HP to put the effort in for this. Bringing back the concept of ramdisks but for virtual memory would get more milage here imho. Virtual ram via thunderbolt 4 could probably work. Thunderbolt 4's max data transfer rate (excluding video) is roughly equivalent to DDR @400 speed.

[@romeozor]

That 60Hz screen is what kills it for me. And no option to configure a better screen either? For a ProBook class laptop it would be fine, but this... Btw I don't think the CPU can support more than 2 usb4/tb4 ports, at least according to AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) specs.

[@ir1keren]

I thought I misheard on AMD with thunderbolt 4 support 🤯 But.. finally! Is thunderbolt 4 going to be license free?

[@adilrashid2838]

Do you think Hp spectre x360 is durable? hinge??

[@logicalpolice]

I've never had an HP that didn't have something break on it in less than 4 years.

[@nonko3551]

Can you turn on battery charge limiter to charge it to 80% max? Can you test this on intel version? Thanks

[@danerous8377]

Nice video 👍 Just the useless test of the day if you can open the lid with one hand becomes even more useless if you cheat with the other hand 😉

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Exactly

[@WaterlessWine]

I noticed in the pictures of the FLIP that there are no speaker grills. Does it still sound good? Better/worse than the Spectre x360?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

We will find out. It is expected to arrive today.

[@WaterlessWine]

@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks. Looking forward to the review! I just got the x360 a few days ago. Hadn't heard of this line unti lnow

[@Brycereigle2000]

Do you have a preference to AMD processors because of your initials? I've always wondered and just had to ask! Ha!

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I try to be as impartial so I really don't have a preference. That being said, I do like seeing my initials on the laptops. 😀

[@Brycereigle2000]

@@andrewmarcdavid Makes sense. And I can’t lie I’m jealous, that would be really cool! 😆

[@beomon3449]

is there freesync?

[@itsroshlol]

pls review asus vivobook 16 Flip

[@takinakajima]

Can you open this unit without taking the rubber feet off? Hate that with HP.

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Good news, no need to remove rubber feet.

[@raminpro9765]

MINISFORUM V3 REVIEW PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jootai]

are there still fanless laptops being made, regular clamshells with just no fan. No arm just regular X86. my old asus XU305( with served me incredible well, is needing a replacement)

[@SarthakNarnaulia]

just buy a laptop with low power requirement are remove fans from it. it will kinda fix you problem

[@jootai]

@@SarthakNarnaulia i mean yea bro but i mean factory ofc. Look my old thing, its a beast, it survived beach hollidays water spills, a 1 year old todler going crazy. That thing is just indestrutable.. but the ram is becoming a issue, its not upgradable.. so yea.. new one is needed.

[@Stiitchjones]

All these manufacturers need to reverse engineer a Macbook display hinge system. I can open my 15 inch air with one finger and no screen wobble.

[@fenriswolf-always-forward]

Why do we rarely see haptic touch pads?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

Probably due to cost.

[@isl0w3]

ryzen launched 375 .... when?😮‍💨

[@andrewmarcdavid]

With this video 😜

[@786cyan]

60hz in 2024 🗿

[@keyboard_g]

@7:07 looks at all that empty wasted space. Put a card reader HP!

[@Liltop911]

why dont you talk about apple Macs ?

[@andrewmarcdavid]

I do

[@blueeyednick]

its okay but its frustrating that they keep putting the same garbage keyboard layout with the squashed arrow keys, i wanna play my need for speed Most Wanted without feeling shitted on.

[@faithtoledo857]

acer swift go 14 ultra 7, 16GB RAM, 1TBSSD or hp envy x360 ultra 7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD

[@raminpro9765]

we want you only AMD. benefits not intel or others

[@JamainJohari]

HP too slow to market globally. Mm

[@PKperformanceEU]

13700H 105w CB2024 1079score. I just leave this here for context.

[@PKperformanceEU]

Efficiency of Zen 5 pretty good. Not amazing but noticeable

[@jimgargas2480]

Another great video!