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Best Buy 15" MacBook Pro doesn't have NVIDIA video processor?

post #1 of 6
1/5/13 at 10:20am
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I went to a Best Buy store to confirm this---the Best Buy 15" MacBook Pros don't have the NVIDIA video processor that comes standard in a MacBook from an Apple store. Wtf? Anyone else confirm this or have a problem with it?
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post #2 of 6
1/5/13 at 10:32am

Total lies? What would… oh, do some companies do that? Does Dell only give Best Buy certain models or something?

It's bull honkey. Best Buy has nothing the Apple Store doesn't. The dedicated GPU comes on if you're doing something graphical with the computer. Under light loads, the dedicated GPU is turned off and the integrated one takes over.

 

About This Mac, More Information, System Report, Graphics/Displays. It'll show you both GPUs.

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post #3 of 6
1/5/13 at 1:13pm
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It didn't.
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post #4 of 6
1/5/13 at 1:16pm
Originally Posted by iwarriorpoet View Post
It didn't.

 

*blink* What did it show?

 

You're sure it was a 15", you're sure it was the most recent model, and in going here:

 

1000

 

you didn't see anything Nvidia related? 


Edited by Tallest Skil - 1/5/13 at 6:37pm
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post #5 of 6
1/5/13 at 6:31pm

Also look for the Model Identifier in System Report > Hardware Overview > Model Identifier.

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post #6 of 6
1/7/13 at 11:32am
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Found it. Yeah, it is there. Thanks.
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