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Originally Posted by Zebulunite
As far as hardware H.264, it is only available on the Radeon X1800, X1600 and X1300. While I wouldn't mind a X1300 (or greater) powered Powerbook, I doubt that Apple would move to that after announcing a media-centered iMac with only a X600.
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I only pointed it out as a possibility but I really don't see it happening either, although there's always separate H.264 decoding chips. (I think the days of using hardware-based decoding for one codec in particular are over for laptops and desktops. Such features are essential for embedded setups, but not for a 12-inch PowerBook. With increased performance, it may well be fast enough to decode H.264 at its screen resolution anyway.)