HP OmniBook

OmniBook is a line of laptop computers developed and sold by HP Inc. since 2024. It is a single brand for all consumer-oriented laptops by the company, replacing the Spectre, Envy, Pavilion and Essential lines in the United States. A previous business-oriented line under the same name was marketed by Hewlett-Packard, HP Inc.'s predecessor, between 1993 and 2002.

OmniBook

OmniBook X (2024)
Developer	Hewlett-Packard (1993–2002) HP Inc. (2024–present)
Type	Laptop
Lifespan	1993–2002 (original) 2024–present (revival)
Marketing target	Business purpose (1993–2002) Consumer/Home purpose (2024–present)
Predecessor	1993 (original): HP Vectra LS 2024 (revival): HP Essential HP Pavilion HP Envy HP Spectre

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. It was discontinued in 2002 following the acquisition of Compaq that year,^[1][2] with the Compaq Presario, HP Compaq, and HP Pavilion laptops succeeding the OmniBook line.

The OmniBook brand was then revived 22 years later in 2024 as part of HP's rebranding of its PC product lines that year. The new "Omni" brand would be 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 replace the long-running Pavilion brand in use since 1995 among other brands in the United States.^[3][4]

Models

The current lineup of the OmniBook as of 2024 is made up of five different grades; Ultra, representing the highest-grade model, followed by X, 7, 5, and 3, with the last grade being the lowest-grade model. The other HP consumer series under the "Omni" branding (OmniStudio and OmniDesk) follows the same format.^[4]

Comparison table

OmniBook 800 (1996)

Pop-up mouse of the OmniBook 800CT

OmniBook 2100 (1998)

OmniBook XE3 (2000)

OmniBook 6100 (2001)

NOTE: This list includes the previous business-oriented models produced from 1993–2002, as well as the current consumer-oriented models 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	[5][6]
425	TI 486SLC/e	25	10 MB	Monochrome STN (reflective)	9 in, VGA	November 1993	[7][8]
430	TI 486SLC/e	25	10 MB	Monochrome STN (reflective)	9 in, VGA	February 1994	[9][10]
530	Intel 486SX	33	12 MB	Monochrome STN (reflective)	9 in, VGA	June 1994	[11][12]: 240
600C	Intel i486DX4	75	16 MB	Color STN	8.5, VGA	November 1994	[13][14]
4000	Intel i486DX2	50	32 MB	Color STN or Color TFT	10.3, VGA (STN) or 10.4, VGA (TFT)	November 1994	[13][15][16]
600CT	Intel i486DX4	75	16 MB	Color TFT	9.5, VGA	July 1995	[17]
5500CT	Intel Pentium	100 or 120	64 MB	Color STN	12.1, SVGA	May 1996	[18]
5500CS	Intel Pentium	120 or 133	64 MB	Color TFT	10.4, SVGA or 12.1, SVGA	May 1996	[18]
800CT	Intel Pentium	133	48 MB	Color TFT	10.4, SVGA	September 1996	[19][20]
800CS	Intel Pentium	100	48 MB	Color TFT	10.4, SVGA	September 1996	[19][20]
5000CT	Intel Pentium	133	48 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA	September 1996	[19]
5700	Intel Pentium MMX	150 or 166	160 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA	April 1997	[21]
2000CT	Intel Pentium MMX	133	64 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA	June 1997	[22]
2000CS	Intel Pentium MMX	150	64 MB	Color STN	12.1, SVGA	October 1997	[23]
3000	Intel Pentium MMX	233 or 266	144 MB	Color TFT	13.3, XGA	November 1997	[24][25][26]
2100	Intel Pentium MMX	200 or 233	160 MB	Color STN or Color TFT	12.1, SVGA	April 1998	[27][28]
3100	Intel Pentium MMX	266	160 MB	Color TFT	13.3, XGA	April 1998	[27]
4100	Intel Mobile Pentium II	233 or 266	160 MB	Color TFT	13.3, XGA 14.1, XGA	April 1998	[27][29]
7100	Intel Mobile Pentium II	266	288 MB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA	April 1998	[27][30][31]
Sojourn	Intel Mobile Pentium II	233	64 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA	April 1998	[a][32][33][34]
7150	Intel Mobile Pentium II	300	320 MB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA	September 1998	[35][31]
4150 4150B	Intel Mobile Pentium II	300	256 MB	Color TFT	13.3, XGA 14.1, XGA	October 1998	[36][29]
900	Intel Mobile Pentium II or Intel Mobile Pentium III	300, 360 or 400 (Pentium II) 450 or 500 (Pentium III)	160 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA or 13.3, XGA	January 1999	[37][38]
900B	Intel Mobile Pentium II or Intel Mobile Pentium III	300, 360 or 400 (Pentium II) 450 or 500 (Pentium III)	192 MB	Color TFT	12.1, SVGA or 13.3, XGA	1999	[38]
XE	Intel Mobile Pentium II or Intel Celeron	266 or 300 (Pentium II) 333 (Celeron)	256 MB	Color STN (HPA) or Color TFT	12.1, SVGA (SFN and TFT) 13.3, XGA (TFT)	February 1999	[39][40]
XE2	Intel Mobile Pentium II or Intel Celeron	300 (Pentium II) 333 (Celeron)	256 MB	Color STN (HPA) or Color TFT	12.1, SVGA (SFN and TFT) 13.3, XGA (TFT)	May 1999	[41][40]
6000	Intel Mobile Pentium III or Intel Celeron	700 (Pentium III) 550 (Celeron)	128 MB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA or 15.0, SXGA	May 2000	[42]
XE3	Intel Mobile Pentium III or Intel Celeron	933–1133 (Pentium III) 933–1066 (Celeron)	1 GB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA or 15.0, SXGA	September 2000	[43][44]
500	Intel Mobile Pentium III or Intel Celeron	700 or 750 (Pentium III) 600 (Celeron)	512 MB	Color TFT	12.1, XGA	November 2000	[45][46]
6100	Intel Mobile Pentium III	1133	512 MB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA or 15.0, SXGA	August 2001	[47]
xt6200	Intel Pentium 4 M	1700	1 GB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA or 15.0, SXGA	March 2002	[48]
vt6200	Intel Pentium 4 M	1700	1 GB	Color TFT	14.1, XGA or 15.0, SXGA	March 2002	[48]
X	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite	3400 (12 cores)	32 GB	Color OLED (touchscreen)	14, 2.2K (2240 × 1400 pixels)	May 2024	[49]

OmniBook 300

HP OmniBook 300 (1993)

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.^[50][51][52] 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 included both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word pre-installed in ROM, a practice that was and still remains unusual to this day.^[53] 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 is a notebook computer announced in May 2024 as the first model of the revived OmniBook line. It is powered by an ARM64-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor, has a 2240 x 1400 resolution touchscreen IPS display, 16 GB or 32 GB memory, and either a 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB PCIe 4.0 solid-state drive. It is marketed as an "AI PC" featuring Microsoft Copilot. ^[49][54]

Notes

1. Badge-engineered Mitsubishi Pedion

See also

• HP OmniGo

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External links

Official HP pages

• OmniBook search results on HP's website^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• OmniBook support page, with more extensive list of models here

Others

• HP OmniBook Information Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine by Kieran Garbutt
• HP OmniBook site by Sean McCreary