HP 14″ Ultra Thin Copilot Laptop Review — Best Portable All-Purpose Laptop

Quick specs

Specs sourced from the Walmart listing and HP support documentation.

The HP 14″ Ultra Thin Copilot is the daily-driver pick from our best all-purpose laptops roundup. At about 3 lb with the 14″ footprint, this slides into a small bag and disappears in a way the 15.6″ picks never quite manage. The 2025-generation Intel N150 chip pulls real 8–9 hour battery life — a full work or school day off-charger.

The N150 is the headline. It’s a modern efficiency-tier CPU with Core i3-equivalent single-thread performance and meaningfully better power efficiency than the older Celeron chips it replaces. For everyday productivity — Office, browsers, video calls, light photo editing — it has more than enough headroom. For creator workloads, programming, or sustained CPU-heavy tasks, it’ll feel slow.

The Copilot key on the keyboard is HP’s marketing headline. It’s a one-button shortcut to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant. For users who already use Copilot, it’s a small convenience. For users who don’t, it’s an unused key. Don’t make a buying decision based on it; treat it as a freebie.

HP’s keyboard quality holds up at the 14″ size. Proper key travel, consistent feel, no obvious flex on the keyboard deck. The trackpad is competent — not best-in-class, but free of the ghost-touch issues that plague some budget brands. Wi-Fi 6 is included, and the bundled webcam is the standard HP 720p with a privacy shutter.

The trade-off versus the 15.6″ picks is screen real estate. 14″ is small for spreadsheet-heavy work, and there’s no numeric keypad — the form factor is too narrow. For mobile work, those trade-offs are easy to take. For desk-bound productivity, the 15.6″ Touchscreen is the better pick at the same brand.

Verdict

The HP 14 Ultra Thin Copilot is the right pick for daily-carry users — students, commuters, traveling professionals, anyone who actually moves with their laptop. The combination of N150 efficiency, 3 lb chassis, 8–9 hour battery, and HP’s keyboard quality makes it the best portable under $400. For desk users, the HP 15.6 Touchscreen is the better buy.