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.

OmniBook

OmniBook X (2024)
Developer	Hewlett-Packard (1993–2002) HP Inc. (2024–present)
Type	Laptop
Lifespan	1993–2002 (original) 2024–present (revival)
Operating system	Windows
CPU	i386SX i486 Pentium Pentium II Pentium III Snapdragon X Ryzen Intel Core Ultra 5/7/9
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
Related	HP OmniDesk, HP OmniStudio

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, being a line of consumer-oriented laptops with AI technology. It coexists with (and succeeds) the previous Spectre, Envy, Pavilion and Essential lines, becoming the sole brand for all consumer-oriented laptops produced by the company.^[1]

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^[2][3] 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.^[4][1]

As part of the new "Omni" branding, 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.^[4][1]

Models

The former OmniBook line from 1993 to 2002 consisted of various models of business notebooks and laptops of various sizes, configurations, and the like. Many different generations of Intel Pentium processors were also available throughout the lifetime of the original OmniBook brand, ranging from the original Pentium to the Pentium 4. Some OmniBook models from the early-to-mid 1990s also contained a pop-up mouse on the right-hand side of the computer.

The current OmniBook line as of 2024^[update] is made up of five different grades: 3, 5, 7, X, and Ultra. Ultra represents the highest-grade model of the OmniBook while the 3 represents the lowest-grade OmniBook model. Other HP computers under the "Omni" branding (OmniStudio and OmniDesk) followed the same format.^[1] Currently, only the X and Ultra models have been produced as of 2024^[update]. 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 as well as featuring the Copilot chatbot software.^[5]

List of models

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

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.^[51][52][53] 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 remains unusual even to this day.^[54] 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 notebook computer that was announced in May 2024 as the first model of the revived OmniBook line. Introduced as a next-generation AI-powered PC, the laptop 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.^[5][55] 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 laptop came preinstalled with Windows 11 and includes the Copilot AI chatbot, Windows Studio Effects, and Poly Studio audio tuning.^[5][55] It is compliant with Microsoft's Copilot+ PC platform marketing brand, with includes the addition of a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard replacing the menu key found in previous keyboards.

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
• HP OmniBook X landing page
• HP OmniBook Ultra landing page

Others

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