Our Picks Best HP laptop overall HP Spectre x360 14 View details $1,465 at HP View details Best HP laptop with long battery life HP OmniBook X 14 View details $1,200 at HP View details Best HP budget OLED laptop HP Pavilion Plus 14 View details $650 at HP View details Best HP big-screen midrange laptop HP Envy x360 16 View details $850 at HP View details Best compact HP laptop for gamers and creatives HP Omen Transcend 14 View details $1,600 at Best Buy View details Best HP laptop for business HP Dragonfly G4 View details $1,400 at HP View details Best HP laptop with a foldable display HP Spectre Foldable PC View details $4,500 at Best Buy View details Table of Contents This year will mark a big transition for HP laptops as the company shutters longtime brand names like Pavilion, Envy and Spectre and fills out its new OmniBook line of consumer laptops and its new commercial EliteBook series. (The Omen gaming line will continue into 2025.) I liked the first OmniBook I reviewed and look forward to checking out the new EliteBooks that HP announced at CES 2025. While we await the release of new OmniBook and EliteBooks this year, now is a great time to find a deal on models from the outgoing lines.What's the best HP laptop overall?HP's new OmniBook X 14 set a new high-water-mark for battery life, but our favorite HP laptop remains the HP Spectre x360 14. It was one of the first laptops with Intel's new Core Ultra CPU that promises AI capabilities that will become more important in the future with improved performance that you can feel today. It also boasts a gorgeous OLED display wrapped in a beautiful and durable all-metal chassis. Even better, HP is discontinuing the Spectre line and offering the Spectre x360 14 at a deep discount. Even more of these models see major discounts during Cyber Monday laptop sales. Back to the OmniBook X 14: It's HP's first Copilot Plus PCs based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon X mobile processor. It lacks the striking design of the Spectre x360 14 as well as its OLED display, but what it does offer is unprecedented battery life. Thanks to its Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite CPU, it can literally run around the clock on a single charge.Year after year, we have reviewed every type of HP laptop, performing benchmark testing under controlled conditions in the CNET Labs and conducting extensive hands-on tests to thoroughly evaluate each product. With decades of experience, CNET's laptop experts have done the testing and research to find the best laptops that HP has to offer. And here they are.Best HP laptops of 2025 Photo Gallery 1/1 $1,465 at HP Pros CPU delivers good performance and future-proofing Intel Arc GPU offers performance bump Beautiful, all-metal chassis Strong AV output with OLED display, quad speakers Super-sharp 9-megapixel webcam Cons Always-on LED on power button gets annoying GPU upgrades not offered Limited port selection Battery Life/Runtime 595 minutesWeight 3.2 poundsDisplay size/type 14-inch 2,880x1,800 120Hz OLEDProcessor tested Intel Core Ultra 7 155HGraphics tested Intel Arc Graphics Full Review Read full review 9.0