I was discussing this with a friend of mine. 640M LE? 640M? 650M? Probably with 1 GB of VRAM?
Built in power supply and fan take up significant room. Add in whether you want a fusion drive or 2 SSD and I'm not sure there is much room left over.
They did it last year. This year they dropped the configuration, which probably means they think integrated will be good enough going forward. If they didn't improve it this year and Haswell's happens to outpace discrete graphics options in terms of percentage improvements, it's unlikely that they'd go back on this. Just my thoughts anyway...
So you are probably right, either because Apple thinks integrated are good enough or it is a way for Apple to cut costs?
The Radeon 7750 would be the best option. It is the smallest 28nm GPU available with very low TDP and faster than the Nvidia's with similar TDP (650M), it is similar in speed to the GTX660M. It would produce slightly more heat than a Radeon 6630, yet it is more than 3 times as fast, and you could still put a dual core Ivy 3Ghz i7 or 2.3 quad with HT next to it and stay under the TDP of the previous 2.5 i5.
Before you attack others, read the title of the thread:Seriously man. Do you just make stuff up or what?
Yeah, 0.1 GHz difference is really important, especially in the christmas season! It is good to know, that people have no other problems.Second, there is no Dual Ivy 3.0ghz Mobile processor. There is a 2.9 (with a 35Watt TDP), but no 3.0ghz.
Before you attack others, read the title of the thread:
Hypothetical:...
Yeah, 0.1 GHz difference is really important, especially in the christmas season! It is good to know, that people have no other problems.
Yeah sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I meant of the current specs available, would you be able to slide out the Intel HD Graphics 4000 for a discrete card and if so, which card would be possible?
Would you have to go down to a dual core and what would you add?
I am going to make this a bit more difficult and say you can only use nVidia being that it is about consistency.
Yeah sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I meant of the current specs available, would you be able to slide out the Intel HD Graphics 4000 for a discrete card and if so, which card would be possible?
Would you have to go down to a dual core and what would you add?
I am going to make this a bit more difficult and say you can only use nVidia being that it is about consistency.
How did they do it last year then? Did they separate it or just add the Radeon 6630M?
Ah yes the i7-3520M. I expected that in there because that was what was in the higher tier 13" MBP along with the 640M LE with 512 MB. Having the 640M with a full 1 GB would be ideal.13.
Umm what? 13" MacBook Pros haven't had a discrete GPU in years (if ever?). Even the Retina MacBook Pro relies solely on the Intel HD4000....
Seriously man. Do you just make stuff up or what? This whole post is a big bag of fail.
Seriously man, what a hairsplitting on something totally hypothetical. Calm down.
If Apple wants dual core Ivys at 3 Ghz, Intel makes them (I'm not going to look up every fact sheet on Intel to see which 0.1 ghz versions exist).
If Apple wants to dissipate 70 watt from a Mini, they will find a way to do so (in fact, they did before in the white ones).
And TDP's are most of the time not equal to power usage. Remember the TDP of a E8400 C2D (65)? Well, it used just 35 watts max. Apple wil search the limit, and ignore TDP numbers put on chips by Nvidia or Intel. The Radeon 7750 is still one of the most capable and still small 28nm GPU's. It has the best performance/watt. You can also underclock them a little if they use too much heat, that does not alter the fact that it is a damn fine GPU design.
Umm what? 13" MacBook Pros haven't had a discrete GPU in years (if ever?). Even the Retina MacBook Pro relies solely on the Intel HD4000....
I like the fire paul though you are spewing it in the wrong direction. I want to see the passion into what you would personally like based on the options available.
Personally I think Apple can probably find a way though let's say without changing anything of what they have now, it would seem philip is right with the 640M. 1 GB seems to be the most appropriate with the max memory being 2 GB.
I still shudder when I remember the day Apple started to sell the MacBook "Pro" with integrated graphics.