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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs (arstechnica.com)
submitted 17 hours ago by empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 45 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't for a second believe this is about the rising cost. It raised by $0.04. Someone below said that works out to a savings of $600,000.

Alright, but for an individual, it's $0.04.

Just increase the final price by $0.25. You made back your $600,000. Plus whatever $0.21 would equate to as GAINS.

Fuck guys. You suck at business. This is what happens when companies replace their CEO with AI.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 10 hours ago (1 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.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago (1 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.

[–] planish@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, that's an NPU.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I shoulda looked it up, lol. Thanks for the correction.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The HP 16" EliteBook 665 G11 Notebook costs $1500. That means this $600k "cost cutting" measure starts to decrease revenue if only 400 people buy a laptop from a different brand.

Or even a single person. Someone tasked to purchase 400 laptops for a company, reads this news and decides to get ThinkPads instead...

Sell the CEO private jet if they really need the money