Integrated GPUs with shader support (Intel HD graphics, not GMA) are fine for web browsing and programming work, which is what I spend most of my time on. In la

Integrated GPUs with shader support (Intel HD graphics, not GMA) are fine for web browsing and programming work, which is what I spend most of my time on. In laptops with switchable graphics, sticking with integrated graphics can save power consumption. And additionally they're not anywhere near as scalped/overpriced as discrete gaming GPUs, or as horrible value as low-end GPUs (I suspect some of the price comes from the cost of a display adapter and media decoder/encoder). Though integrated graphics are subpar for gaming or compute for sure.