HP OmniBook 5
Shares rank 53 of 63 laptops by recommenders
People recommend it as a laptop with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and an aluminum build. Critics say battery life and build quality trail MacBooks.
People recommend it as a laptop with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD and an aluminum build. Critics say battery life and build quality trail MacBooks.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 8
- approval share
- 43%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
More RAM and storage than rivals
“This HP laptop also has 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD and is an excellent machine overall. I'm speaking from experience.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In” “It has a better CPU, 16 GB RAM (double), and 1 TB SSD (double).”
Comment from 4 Mar 2026 in “MacBook Neo” “faster, more RAM, feels great to use”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “MacBook Neo Review: No Other Budget Laptop Can Compete” Fast and pleasant to use
“This HP laptop also has 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD and is an excellent machine overall. I'm speaking from experience.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In” “faster, more RAM, feels great to use”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “MacBook Neo Review: No Other Budget Laptop Can Compete”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Battery life trails MacBooks
“The bargain HP laptops don’t compare at all to MacBook build quality or battery life.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In” “That $650 laptop has a real-world battery life of ~8 hours.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In” Preinstalled Copilot and bloat
“There's nothing special about an 'AI PC'. It's just a regular PC with Windows Copilot”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades” “I don't want this garbage on my laptop, especially when its running of its battery!”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades”
Other laptops people recommend
The four most recommended other laptops, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Pro | 928 | 688 | 57% | 13 | 5 yrs248 owners | — |
| Apple MacBook Neo | 707 | 355 | 66% | 9 | 1 mo8 owners | — |
| MacBook Air | 633 | 209 | 75% | 12 | 5 yrs130 owners | Approved |
| Apple MacBook | 499 | 348 | 59% | 12 | 9 yrs77 owners | — |
| HP OmniBook 5This page | 6 | 8 | 43% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I have a Windows laptop with touchscreen and pen support and I like it”
“had a great aluminum build, though the value wasn't quite as good”
“don't be fooled by the bolted-on specs like "more RAM" when less of it is available to the user”
“The model you cited sounds better if you are planning to use Linux and are computer literate.”
“It lives long enough not to get bothered by charging.”
“faster, more RAM, feels great to use”
“you now own an HP laptop. That is a problem.”
“That $650 laptop has a real-world battery life of ~8 hours.”
“This HP laptop also has 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD and is an excellent machine overall. I'm speaking from experience.”
“The bargain HP laptops don’t compare at all to MacBook build quality or battery life.”
“It has a better CPU, 16 GB RAM (double), and 1 TB SSD (double).”
“But the rest of that machine is hot garbage.”
“HP OmniBook 5 16 with an Ryzen 350 for 439$.”
“There's nothing special about an 'AI PC'. It's just a regular PC with Windows Copilot”
“I don't want this garbage on my laptop, especially when its running of its battery!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.