Why new MacBook Airs don't come with discrete graphics?

VinegarTasters · Nov 24, 2012, 02:35 AM

Why?

Moshe1010 · Nov 24, 2012, 02:52 AM

1. Additional weight
2. Takes more battery power
3. The display is crap comparing to Retina, so there is no need for it at the first place
4. Apple should distinguish somehow between its laptop lines - the discrete graphic card is one factor to do so
5. There is not space to put it; thus, the physical size of the air would increase.

m00min · Nov 24, 2012, 05:04 AM

To build a laptop that thin they've got to make sacrifices somewhere. It's got nothing to do with the screen (crap or otherwise), if that was the case the rMBP 13" would have a discrete card; it doesn't.

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Nov 24, 2012, 05:04 AM	#3
m00min macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2012	To build a laptop that thin they've got to make sacrifices somewhere. It's got nothing to do with the screen (crap or otherwise), if that was the case the rMBP 13" would have a discrete card; it doesn't. __________________ Obligatory dick waving: 2012 i7/8GB/256SSD MBA; 2010 i7/8GB/256SSD MBP; 2006 Mac Mini; iPhone 4S; iPad 3
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Nov 24, 2012, 02:52 AM	#2
Moshe1010 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2010	1. Additional weight 2. Takes more battery power 3. The display is crap comparing to Retina, so there is no need for it at the first place 4. Apple should distinguish somehow between its laptop lines - the discrete graphic card is one factor to do so 5. There is not space to put it; thus, the physical size of the air would increase.
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