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Beats audio will keep banging in HP laptops through 2015 despite Apple buy |
May 29, 2014
There are many reasons Apple is buying Beats for $3 billion, but integration with HP computers isn't one of them.Still, Beats has its contractual obligations to fulfill, and so HP will continue to produce laptops and desktops with Beats integration through 2014. As CNET reports, HP will sell these PCs through 2015, at which point the two companies will dissolve their partnership.HP and Beats have been teaming up since 2009, when the first HP Envy Beats Edition laptop launched. The two companies worked to tune the audio drivers on HP's laptops and to protect against interference when using external speakers or headphones. They also launched a Beats Audio control panel with more equalizer settings than Windows' built-in sound panel software. In some cases, HP even threw in a pair of Beats headphones.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2241986/beats-to-stick-around-on-hp-laptops-until-next-year.html#tk.rss_all
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