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HP's Omen 15 is more desirable than ever. The gaming notebook ($950 to start; $1,659 as tested) has been redesigned with an eye-catching chassis; a clicky, responsive keyboard; and an easy-to-remove panel to upgrade the hard-disk drive, solid-state drive...
Good looks, Bright, colorful display, Booming sound...
Short battery life, Plastic instead of aluminum lid...
The HP Omen 15 is a good-looking gaming notebook with a vibrant display and powerful sound for immersive play sessions...
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HP went big with its Omen gaming machines last year, giving us some major VoodooPC flashbacks in the process. Unfortunately, the laptops felt like a downgrade from the slick Omen gaming notebook that HP launched in 2014. This year, the company decided to...
Perfect for 1080p gaming, Great keyboard and mouse, Gorgeous display, Attractive design (for gamers), VR ready (with the GTX 1060 model)...
Terrible battery life, Not powerful enough to actually play games in 4K...
The best thing about the Omen 15? It's clear that HP learned from its mistakes. This year's model looks great, offers more power and actually has a good keyboard and trackpad. While hard-core gamers might want to hold out for the even more powerful Omen X...
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Changeling. The Omen series by HP is not only known for its relatively good price-performance ratio, but also for its unique appearance. Thanks to a redesign in mid-2017, the gaming notebooks appear in completely new finery. In our test, you can find out...
120-Hz display with G-Sync, expressive design, good input devices, decent sound, high performance, Thunderbolt 3, PCIe SSD...
unnecessarily large power supply with very thick cable, Max-Q design hardly brings any advantages, low battery life...
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HP comes in strong with a brand new design, although the hardware of the laptop isn't all that different. Fortunately, pricing remains the same so we are eager to see what else, despite the design, has improved. Going across the specs sheet, the HP Omen 1...
Catchy design, rigid construction, Thin and lightweight, Updated input devices (now more gaming-centric and usable), Expanded I/O including mini DisplayPort and USB-C Thunderbolt, Excellent IPS panel (optional 120Hz screen is available as well), Good valu...
The interior surface gets a little warm after extended use (for the GTX 1060 Max-Q model only), The single-hinge design makes the lid a bit flexible...
The new HP Omen 15 proves that one generation is enough to drastically change our minds about the series. HP has definitely done its homework this time around and there aren't any apparent issues with the model like before. Build quality is good, the upda...
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An update, anyone? It has taken some time, but now HP has treated its 15-inch model of the Omen series with a performance upgrade. A Kaby Lake CPU and Pascal-generation Nvidia graphics card put fresh wind in its sails - but was it worth the wait...
good system performance, fast SSD, a lot of storage (SSD + HDD), 16 GB RAM, long battery runtime, good 3D performance (for FHD), smart port positioning, compact, keyboard backlighting, graphics switching, lightweight, slick design...
very audible under load, meagre choice of port (no USB 3.1 Gen2, no DisplayPort, ), average FHD display (brightness, color space, ), case creaks in some places, maintenance should be easier, poor sound...
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The HP Omen is the notebook for moderate gamers with matching budgets. Priced at $1,029 as a Best Buy exclusive, this iteration of HP's gaming strategy offers good gaming and overall performance and nearly 7 hours of battery life in a lightweight, 5-pound...
Head-turning design, Easy to program lighting and key configurations, Solid gaming and overall performance, Quick file-transfer speeds...
Shifted keyboard makes for awkward typing, Bottom gets hot while gaming, Speakers are quiet...
The HP Omen delivers good gaming performance and nearly 7 hours of battery life in a lightweight chassis, but the screen could be better...
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Omen II. Our second review gaming notebook from HP's updated 15-inch Omen series features almost the same hardware as the previous system, but it's equipped with a 4K display with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels. How the theoretically less frugal displ...
upscale, very bright 4K display, good gamut & colors, unique styling, good input devices, very acceptable performance, Thunderbolt 3 on board, dual storage (PCIe SSD + HDD)...
very short battery life, fairly warm and noisy despite Max-Q design, fan noise can get annoying, ridiculously heavy power adapter, flimsy display lid, noticeable screen bleeding / clouding...
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Back at CES a few months ago, I wrote that we were entering a golden age in lightweight gaming laptops. It started last year with NVIDIA's small, power-efficient Max-Q graphics, followed by Intel and AMD's surprising team-up on Core H with Radeon RX Vega...
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Price-performance stunner. HP's Omen series of affordable gaming notebooks has been on the market for many years. We took a closer look at their current 15-inch Coffee Lake gaming notebook - is it good enough to enter our budget gaming notebook top 10 lis...
great price-performance ratio, decent connectivity distribution, thin display bezels, compact power supply, long battery life...
mediocre display (PWM, response times, brightness, color space coverage), high temperature and noise emissions under load, poor SSD write performance, no Thunderbolt 3...
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Gaming laptops tend have a certain reputation in the design department. I guess that the teams that work on these systems do so in a vacuum, and they feed off of the designs of other gaming laptops in an attempt to one-up their competitors' audacity with...
Very good performance, Boots up quickly, Single-access panel allows for easy-ish upgrades, Quiet under load...
Terrible battery life, Dim screen, Limited key travel, with difficult visibility if backlighting is off, You really must learn to love the color red...
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