When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The HP OmniBook 3 16 has good battery life and strong multi-core CPU performance in a light 16-inch chassis, but its design is a snooze and it's not great for 3D graphics. At risk of dating myself, I'll admit the word "omni" always reminds me of a particular nerdy reference: the OmniMech from the Mechwarrior PC games. Versatile yet all-around great, OmniMechs ruled the game's virtual battlefield. That sets a high mark for HP's 16-inch OmniBook 3 to hurdle, and while the laptop does have strengths, it also suffers from weaknesses that don't seem very "omni" to me.

At HP Amplify 2025, the company's big annual conference for showcasing its latest products and services, HP unveiled nearly the entire set of its new PCs for the year. I lost count at some point, but HP claims over 60 new models of laptops and PCs. While technically true, it's a bit fudged--the company counts some variants of the same computer as separate. For example, if the same laptop comes in Intel, AMD, and Snapdragon options, then each one is a distinct "model" even if everything else is the same. That also goes for screen sizes, 2-in-1 variants, and so on.