How's it going? This is my first Intel

Core Ultra Series 3 chip that I'm

reviewing, the Intel Panther Lake, and

I'm really excited about this one. This

is probably one of the best laptops to

review this chip in, but this might not

be the best laptop for most people, and

I'll get into that in this video. This

is the HP Omnibook X 16in. As far as I

know, this is a brand new laptop for

2026. I don't know if this design is

being reused, but let's get into it. I

know you guys are probably interested in

hearing my opinions on this new Panther

Lake chip, but I'm going to treat this

as a review of this laptop because this

is one of the few 2026 laptops that are

available just in general. It's really

hard to find stuff right now. I mean, as

of this recording, that could change. If

you're watching this later on the

summer, maybe there'll be some sales,

etc. But right now, if they are

available, they're really expensive.

When I bought this, this was $1,600.

$1,599.

Now it's up to 1,899.

And off the bat, I'll tell you for what

you're getting, I don't know if it's

worth it. But anyway, let's just jump

right into the review. So, first, as

always, I do like to tackle the build

and the design. And HP knows what

they're doing. At least in terms of the

build material. Fantastic build. All

metal. Really high quality metal. So,

good quality aluminum in the front and

at the back. And even when you open it

up, the keyboard deck is also metal. So,

really happy about that. In terms of the

actual design though, and I I think it

is a nicel looking machine, but I don't

think this is HP's best work. I almost

feel like this chassis is used for their

business line and they just kind of

crammed this in to their consumer laptop

to try to rush out a laptop with the new

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 because it's

way more efficient. You don't need a

laptop this thick. I really wish HP

spent some time developing a product

from the ground up for this chip the way

that the new Galaxy Book is designed and

the way the new Dell XPS 16 is. And

also, it's heavy. This thing is 4.4 lb

and it doesn't have a dedicated GPU. The

Razer Blade 16 with a RTX 5090 and that

goes up to 160 watts just on the GPU

plus 45 watts on the CPU. That laptop

weighs 4.4 lbs as well. And I find that

to be one of the main reasons why I'm

just having a hard time wanting to keep

this. It's just way too heavy and it's

just way too thick. The whole point of

Panther Lake is it's you're supposed to

get a lot of performance and a smaller

package. This isn't quite doing that.

Another thing I don't like is the ports.

Um all of the ports are on the right

side. I like when one is on the left. So

with my setup here, my laptop's to the

right and and my cable doesn't go far

enough. So, it becomes really difficult

to dock in my docking station the way

this setup is behind me. So, not

perfect, not the end of the world. Might

be a bigger deal to some people, but I

just thought I would mention that you

are getting one USB typeA port on the

left, which I am happy to see. I'm not

ready for that to go away yet. Anyway,

let's just open this guy up. And you are

greeted to this keyboard deck. So, this

is kind of another con and I think I

could eventually get used to it, but

it's going to be a little bit difficult.

You can probably see maybe what I'm

talking about. I, you know, got you guys

know I love having a number pad. I am a

number cruncher by day. I am an

accountant. I I do like to use my

laptops for my day job and for some of

my side projects. Love to see a full

dedicated number pad. And if you notice,

the keys here are the same size as the

regular keys. The ones that usually do

it well are the Lenovo keyboards. You

But what you may not notice are the the

actual switches and key caps are

smaller, the number pad. So, while it

does work and it does allow for a more

comfortable layout, having a full-size

number pad is nice to have. And also

having the plus and minus on the right

side, it's not to the top or anything

like that. If you deal with numbers all

day long, you know what I'm talking

about. If not, then you're probably

bored. I apologize. But the main reason

why I bring that up though is it ends up

bringing the keyboard way more to the

left than I am typically used to. So you

like there's these little knobs on the F

and the J key. It's on every single

keyboard and that helps you position

your fingers. So you could type without

looking at the keyboard. If I'm in my

regular typing position, I'm right here.

So as you can see, my left hand is kind

of dangling off of the keyboard itself.

And now I'm not able to look directly at

the screen like the like if I'm looking

at the dead center of the screen, it's

like around here, not the actual center.

So it took some time to get used to. You

either have to like type properly on a

desk or you just have to adjust the way

you type by straightening your left hand

and bending your right arm a little bit

more just to get it done. The reason why

I'm spending more time on this is

because I thought I would get used to it

and I quite haven't yet. I probably

will. I have done some work on this

laptop and it was fine, but my brain

just never really got used to it. I just

want to let you guys know that trackpad

is nice. I believe it is a plastic

trackpad. At least that's what it feels

like. Not the highest quality trackpad

I've ever used, but it is fine. I do

find it to be very fast and precise. If

you were going to do precise work with

your trackpad, I think you'll be okay

with that. Next is the display, and it's

mixed. This is a unique resolution. It

is 2048x

1200p and you can already see some of

this in the camera. At least that's what

I'm able to see right now. You can see

like these little dots throughout and

that is the touch layer. This is a

touchcreen so you may like that which is

nice for those of you who care about

that. But this is one of the worst touch

layers I have ever seen. And what I mean

by that is you can see like little dots

where what are essentially like little

digitizer so that your touch input can

be recognized and it is incredibly bad.

They call this the screen door effect

and this is the worst I've ever seen.

I've used lots of touchscreen laptops

and touchscreen devices that didn't

really suffer from this the way this

does. So that is unfortunately a bit of

a disappointment. But on the plus side

though, the touch response is really,

really good. Like tabletlike, like iPad

like, which is nice. You don't always

get that, but at the expense of a really

bad screen door effect on this laptop.

And for me personally, I would have

rather them not include a touchcreen so

you could get a more pristine screen.

And on top of that, the sub pixel layout

is incredibly unusual. So text just does

not look as sharp. and even find details

in games and videos just as does not

look as sharp as it should. And no, the

issue here isn't necessarily the

resolution. I've used 1080p screens on a

16 in that looks sharper than this. This

actually is the perfect resolution

because you're able to run everything at

100% scaling and everything ends up

being the perfect size. It's not too

big, not too small. So, when it even

comes to spreadsheets, man, you're

golden. So, really happy about that. But

overall, I just don't think that this is

a great quality OLED panel. And again,

it's mostly because of the digitizer on

the touchscreen and also the weird sub

pixel layout. But I think HP did a good

job choosing this panel because it does

help with battery life because you're

not pushing 4K. another thing, you know,

but speaking of speaking of efficiency,

when it comes to the panel, it

unfortunately does not support

variable refresh rate. So, if you're at

120 Hz, there's no dynamic refresh rate,

which will significantly save on battery

life. So, because I love 120 Hz and

these days, it's really difficult for me

to go back to 60 Hz, I've been just

dealing with the 120 Hz on all the time.

There is a very big power draw

difference when running in 60 Hz versus

120 Hz. And speaking of efficiency,

that's the core of what makes this chip

great. And that's and let's just talk

about battery really fast. It's I hate

doing I hate saying like how long the

battery will last cuz every day is

different. If I'm playing a game, it'll

last like 4 to 6 hours, which is pretty

incredible on a laptop on battery. If

you're watching a YouTube video, it only

uses like 1.75 watts, which is like

MacBook Pro levels, which is amazing.

That's like that. That's Apple. That's

like Apple M series level, which is

unbelievable. So, Intel really did it.

And video looks really good on this

screen. I know I I should have tackled

this in the video, but it's handled

really well. Gradients are handled

awesomely. The Intel chips does a good

job representing content on this laptop

or on any laptop. One thing with

displays, the a big portion of it is the

panel and the other part is how it's

being handled by the actual processor

itself. Intel supporting full 10 bit

color with amazing gradients looks

amazing on this. And HDR seems like it's

well handled here, too. Anyway, too many

tangents in this video. I apologize.

This is my first video of the year and

I'm a little bit rusty. I was talking

about efficiency and if you're in idle,

you're only using like 1.3 watts or

sometimes it it'll bounce around. But

once it settles down, it's like 1.2 to

1.3 watts. It's not doing anything. But

then if you start scrolling around in

the background, it'll start to go up. If

you start scrolling on a website, it'll

go up to like seven or eight watts.

Almost double that if you're in 120 Hz.

That's why having a variable refresh

rate would have really helped. So

really, really interesting with this

chip. And then if you start getting into

things a little bit more, you will start

to push like 15 or 20 watts. It does go

up to 45 watts, but that only happens

when you're playing a game or if you're

doing video editing or if you're running

something like Cinebench or things like

that. Speaking of which, now is a good

time to get into the performance. First,

I want to talk about gaming because

that's the main reason to get the X

series of these Intel Core Ultra Series

3 chips, Panther Lake as it's also

called. The X means that you get the

better GPU. It's it's their newest Arc

series. fantastic results. It destroys

any other iGPU except for the AMD Ryzen

9 AI 395 processor. And I and I still

hate that naming convention. But what's

interesting to note here, and I'm going

to look at Cyberpunk first. If they're

both running at 40 to 45 watts, they are

fairly equivalent. the the only time

that the Ryzen 395 Max starts to pull

ahead is when you feed it 60 watts or 75

or even 85 watts. So, that becomes a

very different machine. The Intel Core

Ultra Series 3 processors, at least

these line of chips, are meant to be

thin and efficient. They're not meant to

really be pushed more than 45 watts. So,

I almost don't even feel comfortable

comparing them. though. Again, coming

back to how thick this laptop is, they

probably could have put a part that can

go up to 85 watts and still be fine. So,

that's why I feel more comfortable

comparing this to the Ryzen HX 370 or

the new 470 and it destroys it and even

the RG Liix and and the RG Libox. And

it's a big deal if you're playing a game

on your RG Alli or your Legion Go, which

uses those Ryzen chips. Like let's say

if you're only getting like 27 FPS and

that's the best you could possibly do in

that game. And yeah, there are a few

games where it's pretty much unplayable

even at the lowest settings on those

systems. If you're getting 27 to 28 FPS,

you're going to get like 40 45 FPS on

this chip while using the same amount of

power. So, it is a generational leap.

But again, if you do want more power,

then you have to go up to the Ryzen 395

or you just got to go with the dedicated

GPU. I personally would just prefer to

just also have like a 5060 if you wanted

like a thinner and lighter package. But

the whole reason why you would want a

machine like this is efficiency kind of

starts to go out the window. And then I

don't know, I don't want to spend too

much time on the performance. I know

this is a new chip, but I did run a lot

of my laptops or whatever I did have at

that moment in time in the new Cinebench

R26, and I found the scores to be fairly

surprising. So, if you're just looking

at single core, this is pretty much

leading the charts in the type of

thinner and lighter laptops that I did

test, but your eyes are probably drawn

right to those MacBook chips. And yes,

we're not quite there yet. Windows isn't

ready to tackle Apple's custom silicon

in terms of single core and single and

and single thread. Single core is very

important in terms of the overall

performance. When you go to multi-core,

the winner is still the MacBook Pro. But

coming back to what I said about the

Ryzen 395 Max, those MacBook chips when

you're running Cinebench will push all

the way up to 80 watts. So, probably not

really comparable to what this is able

to do. If this Intel chip was designed

to push 80 watts plus, then I would feel

more comfortable comparing it. But I

just know that a lot of people will be

crossopping max with Windows laptops.

So, I just wanted to th throw these out

there. And I like Cinebench because it

is a good indicator of how the laptop

performs overall. Lots of numbers, lots

of charts, lots of objective findings.

Overall, how do I feel about this

laptop? I I do like it. I I I but the

only thing I just can't do a 4.4 4.5

pound laptop if I'm not getting a

dedicated GPU. I feel like if this was

under the Omen line and they put a 5070

or 5070 Ti in here and managed to keep

the price around the same then this

would be a gamecher in terms of laptops.

HP really did a good job with this

overall package. And also again coming

back to the display, not the best, but

as much as I critique that display, it

is something I was able to get used to

and I lived with and I ended up enjoying

it. But the moment I would switch over

to another laptop with a better screen,

it was immediately apparent. I know HP

can make great laptops. I reviewed some

of their best laptops out there. I

really think that they need to put some

R&D into designing a laptop specifically

for these new 2026 chips. Anyway,

that'll do it for this video. If you

have any questions, let me know. And

I'll see you guys in the next one. Thank

you guys.