On the Omen Max 16, HP is promising a faster OLED display that is brighter, and, with recessed borders, the panel should be less prone to glare. That system now goes up to 300W of total platform power and will come with a 460W GaN charger. In fact, HP is claiming that this system is the fastest gaming laptop that doesn't have external liquid cooling. We'll have to test it to see if that claim holds up.
The Omen 15, will have three different TPP options, topping out at 170W TPP. The Omen 16 will go up to 200W. These two systems are also getting HP's first keyboards with an 8,000 Hz polling rate.
(Image credit: Tom's Hardware) (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Perhaps what's most jaw-dropping is the wide variety of configurations HP is offering, though it's unlikely every option will be in every market. For instance, a datasheet for the HP Omen 15 references Intel processor options starting from 14th Gen Core, second-gen and third-gen Core Ultra, as well as next-gen Ryzen and Intel processors. The Max 16 datasheet doesn't mention Panther Lake chips at all. All three systems mention "next-gen" Intel processors, though HP hasn't said anything about Nova Lake coming to these machines yet.
In its press release, HP has only placed a vague Spring release date for the Omen Max 16, and said pricing will come closer to launch. An HP spokesperson told Tom's Hardware that the Omen 15 will be available "sometime this month" with the Omen 16 coming in the spring, but didn't reveal any pricing.
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