You can force YouTube to use H264 instead (via extensions like H264ify), that should reduce the processing load.
Were there actually Pentium M chipsets that could decode anything but MPEG2?
The CPU will be struggling with most modern video formats including h.264.
Good point. Though too late in this particular case, since the battery was also busted, I ended up e-wasting the machine.
Were there actually Pentium M chipsets that could decode anything but MPEG2?
The CPU will be struggling with most modern video formats including h.264.