The Omen Transcend 16 with its approach, clearly with gaming right at the core, gets that. A little bit of extra thickness doesn’t hurt portability that much. Making the keyboard a strong gaming-friendly proposition doesn’t seem to be a huge priority, nor does the need for enhanced battery life if you’re going to do any gaming (or demanding creative work on the go). Yes, these devices tout gaming as a capability but it’s been drowned out in the design and build. But, one of Windows biggest benefits, that being broad access to gaming, is taking a back seat. They’re being marketed as high-end creative machines with plenty of portability, just like the MacBook Pro. If you’re any manufacturer other than Apple, why wouldn’t you want a slice of the MacBook Pro pie? Especially, brands like Samsung, Asus, Lenovo, Acer and others all make a ton of laptops already and it appears to be now skin off their back to expand the line even further.īut, from my experience, with a couple of these devices and the components they wield, they’re shooting for an unattainable goal.

But, they look doomed to fail, so HP is trying something different.īefore I get to the intriguing HP Omen Transcend 16 laptop, let’s dive into the problem I think it might solve.

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