PCWorld

Hands on with HP’s Omen X 2S 15: The world’s first dual-screen gaming laptop

Amid a growing crowd of super-thin, super-light and super-fast gaming laptops, HP’s Omen X 2S 15 just jumped above the noise. Sure this sub-five-pound laptop features an 8-core, 9th-gen Core i9-9880H CPU and a GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q GPU—those specs are a given on any high-end laptop. But all those other laptops don’t have a six-inch touchscreen in the keyboard deck. The Omen X 2S 15 does.

Dual-screen laptops aren’t new, but they’re rare. Lenovo tried it way back in 2009 with its beefy W700ds, from behind the main screen. Asus did it recently with the , which integrated a screen into the trackpad. Add in any, and it’s a pretty old concept.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from PCWorld

PCWorld3 min read
Lexar SL500 USB SSD: 20Gbps Storage Cut Thin To Win
Physically, Lexar’s SL500 portable USB 3.2×2 SSD makes its SL600 and SL660 stablemates look like chunky monkeys. Actually, measuring a mere 0.3-inches thick (less than 0.2 at the edges), by 2.1-inches wide, by 3.3-inches long, the SL500 make nearly a
PCWorld4 min read
Laptop Form Factors: A Complete Guide To Every Shape, Use Case, And Special Feature
Until about 15 years ago, the term “laptop” meant one thing: a portable PC that unfolds to reveal a screen on one half and a keyboard on the other. But with the launch of Apple’s iPad in 2010, PC vendors’ subsequent push into touchscreen designs, and
PCWorld1 min read
Tech Spotlight
Jeff Grubb from GiantBomb thinks Windows sucks on handhelds, but do Adam and Will agree? In this video they debate all the finer points of how Windows works on handheld gaming PCs like the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go in order to figure out if

Related Books & Audiobooks