Lisa Gade reviews the redesigned 2016 HP Omen 15, a budget-oriented 15.6” gaming laptop that's also available in a 17.3” size. Gone are the unibody milled aluminum casing and high quality aspirations for the Omen line, the Omen 15 and 17 are now plastic chassis laptops with a faux carbon fiber finish and red backlit keyboard that set it apart from the otherwise very similar (in terms of specs) HP Pavilion 15 high end configuration. The 15.6” model weighs 4.85 lbs. (2.2 kg) and the 17” weighs 6.3 lbs. (2.83kg).
The Omen 15 and Omen 17 start around $1,000 and the highest end configuration is under $1,500. Both have the Intel Core i7-6700HQ quad core 6th generation Skylake CPU, 8 to 16 gigs of RAM, an optional boot SSD, 2.5” 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD and a matte, non-touch display (1920 x 1080 and 4K are available). They're available with NVIDIA GTX 950M, 960M and 965M dedicated graphics. The Omen 15 competes with the Lenovo IdeaPad Y700, Dell Inspiron 15 7559 Gaming Edition and HP's own high end Pavilion 15.
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