The OMEN lineup has been HP's gaming go-to for years, and it incorporates several tiers of PCs to accommodate all types of users. Last year's high-end OMEN Transcend laptops came at us with more premium features and a sleeker design than its standard OMEN siblings, but it sacrificed raw power to keep itself relatively thin and light.
HP seemingly identified this OMEN Transcend weakness and engineered a fix, resulting in the new OMEN MAX 16 announced at CES 2025 that the company is calling its "most powerful gaming laptop." That's not hard to believe, as it's shipping with NVIDIA's next-gen laptop GPUs and the latest Intel or AMD processors. With prices expected to start at about $2,699 when it launches in the coming months, it's also going to be the most expensive gaming laptop from HP's stable.
