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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [S] 46 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The real key is buried in the middle, where they say hardware decode capabilities are going to be restricted to models with discrete GPUs... Meaning they can make a $500 upsell mandatory for the most basic of capabilities.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Both HP and Dell are partnered with Microsoft, and have been for decades. Isn't a discrete GPU one of the things required for Microsoft Recall ready machines?

    There's NO way they broke HEVC just for 4¢. Something else is paying them a lot more, and Recall would be one of those things.

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