The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones

Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by taigeair on Thursday October 24, 2013 @03:32PM (#6607360)

but the video is so loud!

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by rythie on Thursday October 24, 2013 @03:38PM (#6607396)

Yeah I know it's awful, if my Celeron 450Mhz could play DVDs at no effort, I don't know why this can't play videos on 5-10% CPU and not spin up the fan.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by felixfurtak on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:55PM (#6609504)

Most video encoding is mp4-type now (rather than the mp2-type used by dvds). Mp4 is typically a lot more processor intensive.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by ZoFreX on Friday October 25, 2013 @05:21AM (#6610556)

Any even vaguely modern laptop offloads mpeg 4 part 10 decoding onto a decoder chip or the GPU.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by voltagex_ on Thursday October 24, 2013 @05:54PM (#6608272)

The older Mac laptops had (SMCUtil?) a utility to change the threshold for the fan - I know lots of Wintel systems have this in BIOS/EFI.

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