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.
Sell the CEO private jet if they really need the money
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
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 3 weeks ago
Nah, that’s an NPU.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I shoulda looked it up, lol. Thanks for the correction.