{"id":3429,"date":"2026-08-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/an-okay-laptop-with-16gb-of-ram-is-better-than-a-nice-laptop-with-8gb-and-this-520-hp-omnibook-proves-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:00:00","slug":"an-okay-laptop-with-16gb-of-ram-is-better-than-a-nice-laptop-with-8gb-and-this-520-hp-omnibook-proves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/an-okay-laptop-with-16gb-of-ram-is-better-than-a-nice-laptop-with-8gb-and-this-520-hp-omnibook-proves-it\/","title":{"rendered":"An okay laptop with 16GB of RAM is better than a nice laptop with 8GB, and this $520 HP OmniBook proves it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe OmniBook 3 isn\u2019t a sweet treat, but it gets things done on the cheap. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Laptop prices are out of whack. $500 used to get you a tolerable laptop, and $900 got you a really good one. They often had similar CPU, RAM, and storage options because that stuff was comparatively cheap; the difference was often in build quality and screen rather than power. But RAMageddon has thrown everything off. Even laptops like the $950 Surface Laptop now start with 8GB of RAM, which isn’t enough. And on the lower end, where manufacturers are struggling to compete with the $700 MacBook Neo, they’re cutting corners on storage, CPU, and build quality too.<\/p>\n

However, one low-cost laptop has bucked this and genuinely surprised me. HP’s 16 \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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