I have not been following mobile processor development for a few years. Now both AMD and Intel CPU's and APU's have hardware decoding of h.264. I suspect that some of the low-end processors still cannot play back streamed 1080 video smoothly without some choppiness. Where in the product lines does the playback of 1080 streaming video become smooth?
At the $300 price point, for example, the popular ASUS x200-series uses Intel's baytrail N2815 (2 core 1.86GHZ) while Acer and Levono use the AMD E1-2100 (2 core 1.00GHZ). Can these systems provide smooth 1080HD viewing?
Why do I care? 1) curiosity, 2) I want a cheap "carry around" laptop for my son, who now lugs around a heavy gaming laptop and its big power supply (poor battery life).
At the $300 price point, for example, the popular ASUS x200-series uses Intel's baytrail N2815 (2 core 1.86GHZ) while Acer and Levono use the AMD E1-2100 (2 core 1.00GHZ). Can these systems provide smooth 1080HD viewing?
Why do I care? 1) curiosity, 2) I want a cheap "carry around" laptop for my son, who now lugs around a heavy gaming laptop and its big power supply (poor battery life).