I'm not sure if they will dampen the interest in the tablet by updating the laptops but they make most of their profit from the Mac line so given that all eyes will be on this event, updating the products that comprise 70-80% of their shipping Macs would be a good idea.
I have an uneasy feeling that Apple will go Core i5 with Intel-only on the low-end and Core i5 with a Radeon 5650 on the models that currently have the 9600M GT.
Whether you get the higher end or the lower end, it's best to wait because the worst case is that you have to buy a 9400M model refurb in which case you get it cheaper. If you were going for the higher end model, the Core i5 + the latest GPUs will be 50% faster or more.
I will be very disappointed if Apple don't put dedicated GPUs in the whole lineup with the exception of the MBA but it's a step backwards they've made at least twice before.
Agreed. Disappointing. Integrated graphics suck. There's no nice way to put it.
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I'm not sure if they will dampen the interest in the tablet by updating the laptops but they make most of their profit from the Mac line so given that all eyes will be on this event, updating the products that comprise 70-80% of their shipping Macs would be a good idea.
I have an uneasy feeling that Apple will go Core i5 with Intel-only on the low-end and Core i5 with a Radeon 5650 on the models that currently have the 9600M GT.
Whether you get the higher end or the lower end, it's best to wait because the worst case is that you have to buy a 9400M model refurb in which case you get it cheaper. If you were going for the higher end model, the Core i5 + the latest GPUs will be 50% faster or more.
I will be very disappointed if Apple don't put dedicated GPUs in the whole lineup with the exception of the MBA but it's a step backwards they've made at least twice before.
Agreed. Disappointing. Integrated graphics suck. There's no nice way to put it.