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This laptop is for PC gamers with MacBook envy and it's just got a $630 discount, putting it at $1,200 for Cyber Monday

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Probably my favorite laptop I've used.

An HP laptop on a blue Cyber Monday background.
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HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming laptop from various angles
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That 14-inch form factor actually comes in very useful for working and everyday use, because the extra real estate is great but you're still getting a pretty small machine that you can lug around easily.

The version I had was rocking an RTX 4060, and this one's rocking an RTX 5060; so, same thing, different generation, really. The GPU is power-limited, but that's to be expected for such a small and thin laptop.

I use an RTX 4060 mobile gaming laptop these days, and I find it getting by just fine with the RTX 4060 version even in modern UE5 games like Killing Floor 3. The RTX 5060 has the benefit of, well, performing a bit better than this, plus it has all the new upscaling and frame gen gubbins Nvidia has to offer.

This particular version for $1,200, I think, sits right. The more powerful and more expensive versions beg the question why not go for a more power-oriented and less stylish laptop, but dropping down to a still-capable RTX 5060 and Core Ultra 7 255H nails the use case, I reckon: light or moderate gaming with a side of work, study, or everyday browsing. There's a reason this thing doesn't look out of place in a coffee shop: such things are part of its intended use case, in my view.

So, this one's for the more refined amongst us PC gamers, I suppose. I'll tip my hat to that. Quite.

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