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HP only has one Computex announcement this year, a mid-tier consumer laptop called the OmniBook 5, something that probably would have been called a Pavilion in a past life. Starting at $799, it's a ...

HP’s Ryzen 4000-powered Envy x360 13 proves that you can get first-class features for coach pricing. Don’t believe me? Here are some of the goodies included: Decent 13.3-inch IPS panel with good ...

HP’s Envy x360 13 is an excellent convertible 2-in-1 for not a lot of money. It’s extremely flexible, well-built, and it provides solid productivity performance while being priced to undercut much of ...

The HP OmniBook 5 14 is a mid-range marathoner.

The Envy x360 13 starts at $700 (on sale from $900) for an Intel Core i5-1230U CPU, 8GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 13.3-inch 16:10 WUXGA IPS display. At the high end, which is the configuration that I ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brooke Crothers covers and reviews electric vehicles and autonomy. Both the HP Spectre x360 13 and Dell XPS 13 9300 are at the top ...