Laptop does not have MPEG?

[ChinamanatNCSU]

A friend was looking at laptops, and asked me what it meant when a laptop does not have MPEG.

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I always thought MPEG was merely a file type. Does this mean that the laptop can't play mpegs? That doesn't sound right...An explanation would definitely be appreciated.

 

[Shalmanese]

It has no hardware MPEG decoding.

 

[fr]

I can still play MPEGs just fine.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

Thanks for the answer Shalmanese