Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 16th Oct 2008 17:40 UTC
In our coverage on the Apple press event earlier this week, where Steve Jobs introduced a revamp of all the company's notebooks (as well as a new Cinema Display), an error leaked into our story. We said that the new dual-GPU MacBook Pros used Hybrid SLI so you could use both graphics chips at the same time for better performance, but as it turns out, this isn't the case. This was my fault since Jobs didn't actually claim any Hybrid SLI being used. To detail the matter further, Apple has released a support document explaining the features of the dual GPU architecture.
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2006-02-12
There were quite a few articles on the subjects already on the web well before you wrote even a word. Just read what other people say and you might avoid blunders like this one in the future.
In the name of fairness GPU switching works only in Vista and OS X so people should stop dumping on Apple. I also doubt that it is Apple's fault that you cannot use both GPUs at the same time. They simply did not have another year to wait until Nvidia figures out a way to keep both gpus without draining the battery in under 30 minutes. I really fail to see what the point of switching from geforce 9600 to a 9400 is unless the next version of OS X really requires you to have a good GPU. To me it would have made a lot more sence to have a powerful gpu that can turn off some of the processing units when they are not needed or when the user chooses to do so. Of course such technology does not exist atm and unfortunately noone is officially working on anything like that.
Edited 2008-10-17 20:16 UTC