# HP OmniBook

OmniBook is a brand for a line of laptop computers originally produced by Hewlett-Packard and currently marketed by its successor, HP Inc. HP first introduced the brand as a line of business-oriented laptops and notebooks produced between 1993 and 2002.
Following a rebranding of its product lines in 2024, HP inc., the successor company of the original Hewlett-Packard, reintroduced the brand name as part of the Omni brand of computers that year, coexisting with (and succeeding) the previous Spectre, Envy, Pavilion and Essential lines, essentially becoming a singular brand for all consumer-oriented laptops produced by the company.
All OmniBook laptops made since 2024 featured artificial intelligence technology integrated into the hardware and software. The relaunched OmniBook line (as well as the HP Omni brand) is part of a new emerging platform called AI PCs, which are designed for the next generation of computing.

## History

OmniBook was introduced in 1993 as a line of business-oriented laptops and subnotebooks produced by Hewlett-Packard. It succeeded the prior HP Vectra LS models of computers. Following the acquisition of Compaq in 2002, the OmniBook line was discontinued in favor of the Compaq Presario, HP Compaq, and HP Pavilion laptops.
In 2024, HP (as HP Inc.) announced its rebranding of their consumer line of PCs, with the new Omni branding being used for all consumer PCs (aside from Omen), with OmniBook for laptops, OmniDesk for desktop computers, and OmniStudio for all-in-one PCs. It would coexist (and replace) the long-running Pavilion brand in use since 1995 among other brands. The new Omni brand tailors for the next generation of computers powered by artificial intelligence, featuring AI-powered hardware and software.
As part of the new Omni branding that year, HP repurposed the old OmniBook name that had been used for its former line of business-oriented laptops in the 1990s, reviving the historic nameplate that had been absent for 22 years for a new line of next generation AI-powered laptops manufactured by HP.

## Models

The original OmniBook line from 1993 to 2002 consisted of several different models of business notebooks and laptops produced in various sizes and configurations. Many generations of Intel Pentium processors were offered throughout the entirety of the original OmniBook brand, ranging from the original Pentium to the Pentium 4, with some models featuring 386, i486, and Celeron processors. Some OmniBook models from the early-to-mid 1990s also had a small pop-up mouse located on the right-hand side of the computer.
The current OmniBook line as of 2024 is made up of five different grades: 3, 5, 7, X, and Ultra. Ultra represents the highest-grade model while the 3 represents the lowest-grade model. Other HP computers under the Omni brand (OmniStudio and OmniDesk) follows the same format. Currently, only the X and Ultra models have been produced as of 2024, with the X featuring Snapdragon processors and the Ultra featuring AMD Ryzen or Intel Core Ultra processors. All models of the OmniBook line (as well as the OmniDesk and OmniStudio lines) are AI-powered computers, featuring processors with AI technology and dedicated NPUs for accelerating AI applications. They also featured Microsoft's Copilot chatbot software preinstalled with Windows.

### List of models

NOTE: This list includes the previous business-oriented models produced from 1993–2002, as well as the current consumer-oriented models with AI technologies from 2024–present.
| Model name | Processor | Clock speed (MHz) | Max. memory | LCD technology | LCD size and resolution | Release date | Ref(s). |
| 300 | AMD 386SX-LV | 20 | 10 MB | Monochrome STN (reflective) | 9 in, VGA | June 1993 | |
| 425 | TI 486SLC/e | 25 | 10 MB | Monochrome STN (reflective) | 9 in, VGA | November 1993 | |
| 430 | TI 486SLC/e | 25 | 10 MB | Monochrome STN (reflective) | 9 in, VGA | February 1994 | |
| 530 | Intel 486SX | 33 | 12 MB | Monochrome STN (reflective) | 9 in, VGA | June 1994 | $^{:240}$ |
| 600C | Intel i486DX4 | 75 | 16 MB | Color STN | 8.5, VGA | November 1994 | |
| 4000 | Intel i486DX2 | 50 | 32 MB | Color STN orColor TFT | 10.3, VGA (STN) or10.4, VGA (TFT) | November 1994 | |
| 600CT | Intel i486DX4 | 75 | 16 MB | Color TFT | 9.5, VGA | July 1995 | |
| 5500CT | Intel Pentium | 100 or 120 | 64 MB | Color STN | 12.1, SVGA | May 1996 | |
| 5500CS | Intel Pentium | 120 or 133 | 64 MB | Color TFT | 10.4, SVGA or12.1, SVGA | May 1996 | |
| 800CT | Intel Pentium | 133 | 48 MB | Color TFT | 10.4, SVGA | September 1996 | |
| 800CS | Intel Pentium | 100 | 48 MB | Color TFT | 10.4, SVGA | September 1996 | |
| 5000CT | Intel Pentium | 133 | 48 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA | September 1996 | |
| 5700 | Intel Pentium MMX | 150 or 166 | 160 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA | April 1997 | |
| 2000CT | Intel Pentium MMX | 133 | 64 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA | June 1997 | |
| 2000CS | Intel Pentium MMX | 150 | 64 MB | Color STN | 12.1, SVGA | October 1997 | |
| 3000 | Intel Pentium MMX | 233 or 266 | 144 MB | Color TFT | 13.3, XGA | November 1997 | |
| 2100 | Intel Pentium MMX | 200 or 233 | 160 MB | Color STN orColor TFT | 12.1, SVGA | April 1998 | |
| 3100 | Intel Pentium MMX | 266 | 160 MB | Color TFT | 13.3, XGA | April 1998 | |
| 4100 | Intel Mobile Pentium II | 233 or 266 | 160 MB | Color TFT | 13.3, XGA14.1, XGA | April 1998 | |
| 7100 | Intel Mobile Pentium II | 266 | 288 MB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA | April 1998 | |
| Sojourn | Intel Mobile Pentium II | 233 | 64 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA | April 1998 | |
| 7150 | Intel Mobile Pentium II | 300 | 320 MB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA | September 1998 | |
| 41504150B | Intel Mobile Pentium II | 300 | 256 MB | Color TFT | 13.3, XGA14.1, XGA | October 1998 | |
| 900 | Intel Mobile Pentium II orIntel Mobile Pentium III | 300, 360 or 400 (Pentium II)450 or 500 (Pentium III) | 160 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA or13.3, XGA | January 1999 | |
| 900B | Intel Mobile Pentium II orIntel Mobile Pentium III | 300, 360 or 400 (Pentium II)450 or 500 (Pentium III) | 192 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, SVGA or13.3, XGA | 1999 | |
| XE | Intel Mobile Pentium II orIntel Celeron | 266 or 300 (Pentium II)333 (Celeron) | 256 MB | Color STN (HPA) orColor TFT | 12.1, SVGA (SFN and TFT)13.3, XGA (TFT) | February 1999 | |
| XE2 | Intel Mobile Pentium II orIntel Celeron | 300 (Pentium II)333 (Celeron) | 256 MB | Color STN (HPA) orColor TFT | 12.1, SVGA (SFN and TFT)13.3, XGA (TFT) | May 1999 | |
| 6000 | Intel Mobile Pentium III orIntel Celeron | 700 (Pentium III)550 (Celeron) | 128 MB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA or15.0, SXGA | May 2000 | |
| XE3 | Intel Mobile Pentium III orIntel Celeron | 933–1133 (Pentium III)933–1066 (Celeron) | 1 GB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA or15.0, SXGA | September 2000 | |
| 500 | Intel Mobile Pentium III orIntel Celeron | 700 or 750 (Pentium III)600 (Celeron) | 512 MB | Color TFT | 12.1, XGA | November 2000 | |
| 6100 | Intel Mobile Pentium III | 1133 | 512 MB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA or15.0, SXGA | August 2001 | |
| xt6200 | Intel Pentium 4 M | 1700 | 1 GB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA or15.0, SXGA | March 2002 | |
| vt6200 | Intel Pentium 4 M | 1700 | 1 GB | Color TFT | 14.1, XGA or15.0, SXGA | March 2002 | |
| X | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite orQualcomm Snapdragon X Plus | 3400 (12 cores) | 32 GB | Color OLED IPS touchscreen | 14, 2.2K (2240 × 1400 pixels) | May 2024 | |
| Ultra | AMD Ryzen AI 300 or Intel Core Ultra 5/7/9 | 5000 or 5100 (AMD) 4500 or 5100 (Intel) | 32 GB | Color OLED IPS touchscreen | 14, 2.2K (2240 × 1400 pixels) | November 2024 | |

### OmniBook 300

The HP OmniBook 300 (OB300) is a subnotebook released in June 1993 as one of the first models of the original OmniBook line. It weighed only 2.9 pounds and measured 1.4 × 6.4 × 11.1 inches. It is powered by an AMD 386SX-LV processor, featured a full-size keyboard, a pop-up computer mouse (This same pop-up mouse would later be used in the OmniBook 800CT; see the image above), and a 9-inch VGA screen. It had two PCMCIA slots for additional memory, modem, network cards or other peripherals. It was sold in three storage configurations: no mass storage (F1030A at US$1,515), 10 MB flash memory disk (F1031A at US$2,375), or 40 MB hard drive (F1032A at US$1,950). Compared to the hard drive, the flash memory disk reduced the weight and storage capacity of the notebook with increased battery life. One of its outstanding features was a technology known as "Instant On".
The OmniBook 300 came with slimmed-down copies of MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1. Due to storage limitations, the OmniBook 300 includes both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word pre-installed in ROM, a practice that still remains unusual even to this day. The "International English" version of the OmniBook 300 used code page 850 (rather than the more common code page 437) as hardware code page.

### OmniBook X

The HP OmniBook X (14-fe000) is a laptop first announced in May 2024 as the first model of the current OmniBook line. Introduced as a next-generation AI-powered PC, it weighs at about 2.97 pounds and measures 12.32 × 8.8 × 0.56 inches in the front and 12.32 × 8.8 × 0.57 inches in the rear. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor with a dedicated NPU (Neural processing unit) powered by the Snapdragon processor for accelerating AI applications, a Qualcomm Adreno GPU, a 14" OLED IPS touchscreen display with a 2240 × 1400 display resolution, 16 GB or 32 GB memory, and either a 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB solid-state drive. It also features a built-in 5MP webcam, as well as a Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6E or Wi-Fi 7 wireless card. Battery life of the OmniBook X is rated at about 26 hours.
The OmniBook X came preinstalled with Windows 11 and includes the Copilot AI chatbot, Windows Studio Effects, and Poly Studio audio tuning. The OmniBook X is compliant with Microsoft's Copilot+ PC platform marketing brand, with also includes the addition of a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard replacing the menu key found in previous keyboards.