HP will launch the 2026 OmniBook 5 14 at a $699.99 starting price, slotting an Intel Core 5 315 from the new "Wildcat Lake" family into a thin-and-light chassis aimed squarely at Apple's MacBook Neo.

The base configuration pairs the Core 5 315 with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, matching the entry-level memory and storage tier used across the current crop of MacBook Neo competitors. HP also ships the laptop in silver, pink, blue, and green finishes, a palette that mirrors Apple's recent Neo colorway.

What is Wildcat Lake?

Wildcat Lake is Intel's latest low-power mobile processor family, and the OmniBook 5 14 is among the first volume systems to use it. The Core 5 315 handles the entry SKU, while buyers can step up to a Core 7 350 with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. The same silicon appears in Dell's refreshed XPS 13, Asus's Zenbook 14, and Acer's Swift Air 14, all of which are positioning against the Neo in the sub-$1,000 segment.

How does the OmniBook separate itself from the MacBook Neo?

Price parity is no longer enough. HP's answer is an OLED panel on every OmniBook 5 14 configuration, not just the high-end SKU. OLED remains a step-up option on most competing Windows notebooks and a premium add on Apple's Pro line, so standardizing it across the $699.99 entry point gives HP a tangible spec-sheet advantage over a Neo buyer weighing the same money.

The strategy also closes a long-running criticism of entry-tier OLED laptops: inconsistent panel quality and dim HDR. By committing OLED across the entire stack, HP signals to channel buyers that panel supply is now stable enough to absorb volume at the low end.

Why does the silicon choice matter here?

The MacBook Neo runs Apple's A18 Pro, an Arm-based SoC built on a 3nm-class process. The OmniBook is one of the first x86 counterweights at the price Apple has defined, and the Wildcat Lake footprint will help determine whether Intel can defend sub-$1,000 share against Apple's efficiency story. HP, Dell, Asus, and Acer are now selling the same Intel family into the same price band, and the OmniBook 5 14 is the OLED-tinted entry in that lineup.

What's the competitive picture through year-end?

Four Windows vendors now have Wildcat Lake notebooks in the same price band, all chasing the same $700–$1,000 MacBook Neo buyer. Component commonality — same Intel family, same 8GB/256GB floor, same general OLED/IPS split — means brand and display quality will do most of the differentiation work.

HP's bet is that an OLED on every config, in four colors, at $699.99, is enough. The OmniBook 5 14 ships into a market where Apple has already trained buyers to expect Arm-level efficiency at this price, and where Dell, Asus, and Acer are lining up behind the same Intel silicon. Whether OLED-as-standard shifts share will depend on retail sell-through, not on launch-day reviews.