If you were scouring the CES 2025 announcements for the best business laptop, look no further than the HP EliteBook Ultra G1i. In our review of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite-powered HP EliteBook Ultra G1q last year one of our few concerns with the EliteBook Ultra was the potential software incompatibility due to the ARM-based Qualcomm chip.

The EliteBook Ultra G1i looks particularly compelling, and we also get our first glimpse at HP's new OmniDesk PCs.

HP’s announcements spanned across two major areas—business-focused devices to boost productivity and gaming solutions designed to deliver unmatched performance. Both lines reflected HP’s drive to meet