HP Gets Back Into PC Gaming With OMEN Notebook

[exfileme]

Hewlett Packard is jumping back into the gaming laptop business.

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[Merry_Blind]

OMEN? BLOOD OMEN? Damn now I just want a new Legacy of Kain game...

 

[Merry_Blind]

Regarding the article lol, this is one sleek laptop! Also, personally, I'm glad to see they ommited the NumPad!

Anyone knows if those speakers are good or if it's just marketing gimick? Laptop' speakers always suck. Would be really great if this one has great speakers because of that Beats By Dr.Dre thing.

 

[TomTchikofski]

Running Windows-8? No thanks

 

[red77star]

Better than Surface 3 Pro for smaller price.

 

[hoofhearted]

I am hoping that razer refreshes soon to compete with Alienware. Mainly Thunderbolt 3 and a graphics amplifier and maybe even a 970m.

 

[srap]

If they decide to do an AMD graphics counterpart, I am all in.

 

[Mac266]

I have a HP laptop. They better get the damn cooling right in this one.

 

[dovah-chan]

Here we go again with everyone trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

 

[silverblue]

If $1500 is "the lowest common denominator", I'd hate to see a true gaming spec.

 

[Christopher1]

This sounds good at first until you realize that 15.6" screen...... even considering it is a touchscreen, 15.6" screen on a 1.5K computer = dealbreaker. It should be at least a 17" non-touch screen.
Yes, I know.... size over screen size (they would have to widen the computer to accommodate a bigger screen) but it is still something that I really like to have. You do not realize how much better a 17" screen is compared to a 15.6" screen until you do not have access to one anymore or put two of the same resolution screens side by side.

 

[AnUnusedUsername]

Awfully weak specs for something bearing the OMEN name...

(Yes, I realize HP bought VooDoo and they can do what they want with it, but still...)

 

[Zeroplanetz]

I really like the full name spelled out on this. Now bring this with a new 970m or 980m and a higher screen res and I might actually look at this when I'm ready. Again the name just looks nice to me. Better than the usual HP.

 

[Unizzy]

HP can't even get their Envy line right... horrible quality control and even worst customer support... I own the Envy 15 3XXX, what a horrible experience it was... no, just no...

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

This seems like it'll be a pretty nice little rig. And the option to go up to 16 gigs is definitely nice. Not that I have the luxury of owning a Razer Blade laptop but it is the one thing I wish they would change on it by going up to 16 gigs RAM.

 

[BulkZerker]

@ dovah-chan

You mean apple product owners? Won't work. There's no white option.

 

[gggplaya]

Tom's forgot to mention the 3200 x 1800 resolution on the 14" Razor Blade laptop. Makes a huge difference for some people.

 

[frank the tank]

I'm wondering if the blued trim below the monster is from the heat output of this thing. The last hp I had was equipped with a sandy bridge i7 and it couldn't even use it to its full potential because it got so hot. Also they locked down the driver for the AMD 6770m as well.

Good to know they are bringing back voodoo PC but I hope they learned their lesson with heat output, locked drivers and bad build quality.

 

[Pherule]

They call it a gaming laptop yet it has no number pad. What a fail.

 

[larsjj]

With an 860m or 870m I think "Gaming-laptop" is a bit of a stretch.