For gamers, this certainly doesn't suck on either front, especially since there's a rather tasty bit in the Dell-centric press release that says, "the Dell Studio XPS 13 eliminates the typical notebook compromise between performance and battery life by offering two GeForce GPUs to give users the option of running one GPU for longer battery life, or combining both for greater performance."
SLI? On MY laptop?
To quote the great Federation philosopher J.L. Picard, "Make it so." (h/t to one of my WoW guildies, from whom that line was shamelessly appropriated). Admittedly, the benchmark figures cited (Futuremark and, the not-precisely-cutting-edge 3Dmark06) are a little bit cherry-picked (they're anything but apples-to-apples). Light snark aside, there's certainly no shortage of interest in having a potent but portable rig, especially if your budget dictates that you're going to have to choose either a desktop, or a desktop replacement.
This news also continues the iFolks' trend of using fewer proprietary components, which has been generally met with celebration in the marketplace, and could be seen to represent something of a minor coup for Nvidia. A little press release cut-and-pastry (wait, that should be "cut-and-pastery" - pastry is vastly moister and more delicious, even when the confections are a prevarication), along with some of BI's instant reactions (snark levels may vary).
Apple's entire Mac lineup now features GeForce GPUs to provide a superior computing experience for Mac users.
"We know our previous stuff was getting you laughed at by the other gamers. We're sorry."
Apple today introduced new versions of its iMac and Mac mini which are now equipped with the award-winning GeForce 9400M GPU, the same groundbreaking NVIDIA GPU with integrated system core logic introduced with the MacBook family. In addition, the 24-inch iMac can now be configured with a GeForce GT 120 or GT 130 GPU to provide extra graphics horsepower and exhilarating gaming experiences.
All MacBook and iMac computers available from Apple retail stores will feature GeForce GPUs exclusively. Apple also introduced a new Mac Pro today equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, a high-performance graphics card with nearly three times greater performance when compared to the previous generation system.
This is an across-the-board upgrade from the Ati X1600 that was in every iMac for the current Intel-based generation. For folks who, like BI, were initially thinking, "100-series Nvidia? Huh?" that's just a rebranding of some of their behind-the-curve chips from the 9000 series, as follows:
G100 - 9400 GT
GT120 - 9500 GT
GT130 - 9600 GSO - 8800 GS
"We know our previous stuff was getting you laughed at by the other gamers. We're sorry."
Apple today introduced new versions of its iMac and Mac mini which are now equipped with the award-winning GeForce 9400M GPU, the same groundbreaking NVIDIA GPU with integrated system core logic introduced with the MacBook family. In addition, the 24-inch iMac can now be configured with a GeForce GT 120 or GT 130 GPU to provide extra graphics horsepower and exhilarating gaming experiences.
All MacBook and iMac computers available from Apple retail stores will feature GeForce GPUs exclusively. Apple also introduced a new Mac Pro today equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, a high-performance graphics card with nearly three times greater performance when compared to the previous generation system.
This is an across-the-board upgrade from the Ati X1600 that was in every iMac for the current Intel-based generation. For folks who, like BI, were initially thinking, "100-series Nvidia? Huh?" that's just a rebranding of some of their behind-the-curve chips from the 9000 series, as follows:
G100 - 9400 GT
GT120 - 9500 GT
GT130 - 9600 GSO - 8800 GS
So, they're not going to set the world on fire, but this definitely represents a fairly robust upgrade from the last generation of Apple's included and/or integrated graphics offerings.
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