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HP OmniBook

line of business-oriented laptop personal computers

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ5635705 ↗
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OmniBook is a line of laptops originally produced by Hewlett-Packard and later by its successor, HP Inc. Originally introduced in 1993, HP has used the name for business laptops from 1993–2002 and for consumer laptops featuring AI technology since 2024.

After acquiring Compaq in 2002, HP discontinued the OmniBook brand for its business laptops in favor of other brands, but was reintroduced in 2024 for its consumer laptops as part of a restructuring plan that year to gradually succeed former consumer-oriented brands such as the Spectre, Envy, Pavilion and Essential with the Omni brand (consisting of the OmniBook, OmniDesk and OmniStudio brands), which are designed for the next generation of computing.

History

In June 1993, Hewlett-Packard launched the OmniBook line of business-oriented laptops and subnotebooks. It succeeded the prior HP Vectra LS models of computers. Following the acquisition of Compaq in 2002, the OmniBook line was discontinued in favor of the Compaq Presario, HP Compaq, and HP Pavilion laptops.

In May 2024, HP (as HP Inc.) announced its intentions on restructuring their lineup of consumer PCs in preparation for the next generation of computers with artificial intelligence, stating that most of its PC models (except Omen) would adopt a new branding nomenclature under the new Omni brand, which consisted of the OmniBook, OmniStudio and OmniDesk models. It would coexist alongside the long-running Pavilion brand in use since 1995 among many other brands. The new Omni brand of computers would feature AI-powered hardware and software.

As part of the new Omni branding that year, HP repurposed the old OmniBook name that had been used for its former line of business-oriented laptops in the 1990s for a new line of next generation AI-powered laptops manufactured by HP, reviving the historic nameplate that had been absent for 22 years.

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