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Video playback is no longer a benchmark with Hardware video decoding units that let CPU practically shut down 80% of die space. People actually expect to USE th
by rasz_pl 10y ago
Video playback is no longer a benchmark with Hardware video decoding units that let CPU practically shut down 80% of die space. People actually expect to USE the laptop like a computer, not like a movie watching on a toiled tablet. As the last test shows using CPU shows new laptops to be worse than the 2015 models.
Btw Did this macworld.com writer run out of bytes on the page? was that the reason he had to split this article in two? or was it just for additional ad impressions?
- kalleboo 10y agoYeah, I'd say video playback is no longer a benchmark because if I'm going to watch video, I'll be doing it on my iPad, not on my laptop. Or if they're going to make video watching a benchmark, at least make it use modern streaming services like YouTube and Netflix. Who downloads a movie to their drive and watches it from there anymore?