If, like many of our readers, you work from home, then you’ll know all about the temptations of buying one of the best laptops ever and getting some solid work hours in at the local coffee house or from the sofa at home. But there’s always something with those laptops, isn’t there? That’s why we investigated the best work from home laptops in the first place. Now, one of those laptops is on sale for $500 off its normal price. The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip is usually $1,450 but you can now get it for a cool $1,000. Tap the button below to start shopping (and customizing your laptop) or keep reading to see what our thoughts were on this 2-in-1 laptop and why it’ll be great for your gig.
At its base, the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip has an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage, though all of these are upgradable. Its screen is 14-inches, OLED, gets up to 120Hz, and is (to quote our HP OmniBook Ultra Flip review) drop-dead gorgeous.
So why did this laptop make the cut when it comes to WFH laptops? Firstly, its Intel Core Ultra Series processors gives it a great battery life due to their processing efficiency (over 11 hours of web browsing, for instance). Next, the 9MP webcam gives you a better-than-1080p headshot during those dreaded digital meeting hours. And, finally, it does have that 180-degree hinge that makes it a tablet, so you can curl up in a corner and read that PDF in a cozy spot when necessary or even use the included active pen to do some notetaking or contract signing as required.
If you like the features of the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip, now is a great time to buy it while it is $450 off, making the base model $1,000 instead of $1,450. Just tap the button below to do so. Alternatively, if you’re looking for something just a bit bigger, be sure to check out our listing of the best 15-inch laptops.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Google DeepMind's AI world model Genie 4 can now build interactive worlds that you can explore and reshape as they run. It also generates ambient sounds, music, and dialogue that respond to your actions.
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Apple has an incredible talent for making me admire its products while simultaneously questioning what on earth it's thinking with the pricing. This isn't even something as bizarre as a monitor stand, but the audacity for starting a new laptop lineup from $2,000 doesn't surprise me.
The newly announced 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is just the latest to showcase this. The funny thing is, I already know that it's going to be a reliable workstation. You get a powerful new 2nm M6 processor, a gorgeous Liquid Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. We were impressed by the M5 MacBook Air, so the high-end M6 powered MacBook Pro definitely won't let us down.