HP Announces Wildcat Lake Laptops for Consumers and Businesses

HP announced new affordable OmniBook 5 and ProBook 5 laptops powered by Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” processors.

“Today’s consumers expect technology that fits naturally into their lives – beautifully designed, easy to use, and powerful enough to support everything from collaboration and content creation to entertainment and everyday productivity,” HP senior vice president Samuel Chang says. “The new HP OmniBook 5 delivers exactly that, bringing together premium design and immersive experiences with a colorful OLED display in an incredibly portable package for work, study, and entertainment.”

The HP OmniBook 5 provides a 14-inch Full HD+ (1920 x 1200) OLED display and it’s powered by up to an Intel Core 7 processor, 8 or 16 GB of RAM, and 256 or 512 GB of PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2-based SSD storage. It has Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity and two 10 Gbps USB-C ports, and it comes in a variety of colors that include Smoke Silver, Starlit Blue, Peony Pink, and Soft Honeydew. Prices start at just $699.99 with availability this month.

As for the business side of this house, the HP ProBook 4 G2iS also offers delivers a 14-inch OLED display, though with a higher 2.8K resolution, up to an Intel Core 7 processor, up to 32 GB of RAM, and up to 1 TB of storage. This is now HP’s thinnest business notebook at just 12 mm and it weighs just 2.6 pounds. Pricing is TBD with availability in November.