Overview
- HP’s Intel‑equipped OmniBook Ultra 14 goes on sale in January starting at $1,549.99, with the Snapdragon X2 version slated for spring and pricing to follow.
- The refreshed Ultra 14 adds a 14‑inch 2880×1800 120Hz OLED, up to 64GB RAM and 2TB SSD, a compact vapor‑chamber cooler, and battery claims up to 20 hours or up to 30 hours on some Qualcomm builds.
- HP rates the Snapdragon X2 Elite’s neural processor at 85 TOPS, a step up from the company’s previous AMD‑based OmniBook figures.
- Dell brings back XPS in 14‑ and 16‑inch Panther Lake designs with tandem OLED or a 1–120Hz LCD option, available in January at $2,049.99 and $2,199.99 to start.
- Other CES debuts reinforce the AI laptop pivot, including MSI’s Stealth 16 AI Plus due in March with RTX 50 GPUs, Acer’s Swift 16 AI featuring a record‑size haptic touchpad, and ROG’s claim that a Flow Z13‑KJP can run a 70‑billion‑parameter model locally.