The OmniBook 3 isn’t a sweet treat, but it gets things done on the cheap. | Photo: Antonio G.
Di Benedetto / The Verge 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.
However, one low-cost laptop has bucked this and genuinely surprised me.
HP's 16 … Read the full story at The Verge.