I must admit that I have been pleasantly surprised at the ease I have experienced transitioning from my old computer to this one. I waited until the last minute to get a new computer because I was not looking forward to the change. One of the nice things I have noticed is that my hp printer works better with my hp Windows 11 computer. There have been some minor adjustments, like adding an app that will play my external DVD player. As usual, there were way too many choices. I made sure the computer had an HDMI port as I show videos from my external DVD player to a TV at home or at our church.
Basically, it's a good platform. I don't want the copilot and don't like the copilot key on the keyboard. I don't like that page up/down is buried in the numeric keypad, and would like another CTRL key. I find I'm constantly toggling the NUM LOCK key and that is annoying.
Two things: typing is very touchy as the cursor moves quickly up a line or three and before you know it, you are typing inside another sentence that you've already typed. And the other thing is the camera changing colors and foci on my zoom calls even though I've done everything possible on zoom video to enhance the camera. I am orange and then I'm green. I think I need to have this looked at under warranty.
This OmniBook X is the best laptop I have ever owned, most likely the best computer I have ever used. This is probably my tenth laptop, and my second HP model. I wanted something with a large screen, a fast processor*, a lot of storage*, several ports, the right software* for my needs and Bluetooth. I bought this model because of it's size and sale price. *I had a budget in mind and this was on sale at half price so I upgraded the unit with a faster processor, more storage and Microsoft Office For Home and Business. I have had this laptop for a few weeks so we are still getting used to each other, but so far I really like this laptop!
This laptop is so much faster than my old HP Envy and has more memory, which is great. However, there is less storage than I anticipated, and I’m not sure why. Am I supposed to pay for cloud storage? My other issue is the keyboard and how close the keys are to one another. I am constantly hitting the Caps Lock button instead of the a/A key, which rarely happened with my Envy because there was more space between the keys.
Haven't had this long enough to give it a through rating. However, the punctuation mark symbols on the keys are so small that it is hard to distinguish them particularly the comma and period.
Written by a customer while visiting hp.com
Customer Rating
5
The PC That Keeps Up With Life.
on December 16, 2025
Posted by: Anthonys-HP
from USA
We made a great choice purchasing these HP OmniBook X 173 LT AI. Fast, reliable, easy to set up and use. Copilot AI is the cherry on top. Honestly haven't had any thoughts for improvment.