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Considering the 13" Pro doesn't have room for a discrete GPU, I doubt we're going to see a retina Air until a few more revs of Intel's integrated GPUs.
by ConstantineXVI 14y ago
Considering the 13" Pro doesn't have room for a discrete GPU, I doubt we're going to see a retina Air until a few more revs of Intel's integrated GPUs.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoHave you heard of the iPad?
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThe iPad needed nearly double the battery to keep up with the larger display+GPU's power requirements. The MBP still had to add 20% to keep up. There's no room in the current Air for extra battery, so even if the current GPU could keep up to Apple standards, running time wouldn't. Which means either becoming less Air-y or waiting for a more efficient part (likely Haswell)
- Andys 14y agoOne more revision, in fact. Ivy Bridge's 4K display support enabled the 15" macbook pro to exist with discrete GPU switching. Haswell will be faster enough to ditch the discrete GPU.
- sliverstorm 14y agoIf they had stuck an APU in the Air, we might not have had to wait [1] http://lenzfire.com/2011/11/reason-for-apple-to-reject-amd-llano-based-apu-for-macbook-air-43419/ http://lenzfire.com/2011/11/reason-for-apple-to-reject-amd-l...