The latest device to enter this fray is HP’s OmniBook X Flip, available in both 16-inch and 14-inch versions, the latter of which is what I was sent to review. Questionable ChoicesPhotograph: Chris NullAt first glance, it’s an unremarkable device, completely clad in silvery aluminum, interrupted only by understated HP branding on the lid. It starts, oddly enough, with the underside of the laptop, which looks like an angled pedestal upon which the keyboard rests. Rather than featuring the island-style keys ubiquitous today, the OmniBook X Flip has its keys all run together, with just a sliver of space between each of them. It also looks decidedly weird, a surefire love-it-or-hate-it retro appearance that distinctly reminded me of some computers from the 1980s.