On Mar 22, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > I have to ask though with the > X86 Mac what on earth was Apple thinking with Intel integrated > graphics. Intel integrated GPUs were considered a joke on the Wintel > side long before Apple made the switch so why got with a graphics > platform that many consider to be an oxymoron especially given who > Apples clients tend to be.
Only one Mac uses Intel graphics and in that one it's the secondary graphics card... Mac Mini: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory4" iMac: "ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory, ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory or ATI Radeon HD 5750 graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory" depending on the model Mac Pro: "ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory or ATI Radeon HD 5870 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory" depending on the BTO options. MacBook: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory" Macbook Air: "NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory" MacBook Pro: "AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR5 memory on 2.0GHz configuration; or AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory on 2.2GHz configuration AND Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory" (so you can switch between them for better performance or better power savings.) Finally, I can speak from a position of some experience on hardware issues, as we support hundreds of systems, both Mac and PC. If you buy a quality system to begin with, your hardware issues pretty much vanish. If you buy consumer-grade crap, you get consumer-grade crap. Go for the 'business' grade systems from reputable vendors (HP is our current favorite, Dell is a very distant second) and you'll have decent reliability. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
