Best Buy is selling HP’s OmniBook X Flip 2 in 1 for $999.99, down from its listed $1,649.99 price, putting a fairly loaded convertible Windows laptop under the four-figure line.
The configuration in Best Buy’s listing includes an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X memory and a 1TB solid-state drive. The more unusual part at this price is the display: a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 OLED touchscreen. OLED panels can produce deeper blacks and quicker pixel response than the LCD screens still common in laptops around this range, though the usual caveat applies: display quality is more than the panel type.
HP built the OmniBook X Flip as a 2-in-1, so the screen rotates around a 360-degree hinge. That lets the machine work as a laptop, fold into a tablet shape or sit in tent mode for video. The screen uses a 16:10 aspect ratio, giving it more vertical room than a 16:9 panel with the same general footprint.
What is in the discounted model
Best Buy’s listed specifications put this OmniBook in the current Copilot Plus PC category. In practice, that means the machine includes a dedicated neural processing unit, or NPU, for workloads Microsoft and PC makers are pushing toward local AI acceleration. Examples cited for this class of machine include faster file search and live video transcription.
The NPU does not make the laptop magically useful, and buyers who do not use Copilot features are still mainly buying the usual parts: CPU, memory, storage, display and ports. On those basics, the configuration is more complete than many thin-and-light machines that cut corners with smaller drives or weaker port selections.
According to the Best Buy listing, the OmniBook X Flip includes:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 processor
- 16GB LPDDR5X memory
- 1TB SSD
- 14-inch 1920 x 1200 OLED touchscreen
- 360-degree convertible hinge
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports
- HDMI 2.1
- Two USB-A ports
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0
The deal is available through Best Buy. For buyers comparing Windows laptops by spreadsheet, the appeal is straightforward: HP and Best Buy have paired a modern Core Ultra configuration with a 1TB drive, current wireless support, proper ports and an OLED touch panel at a price where one of those pieces often goes missing.
This story draws on original reporting from The Verge.
