02 Jul 09 Apple to Replace NVIDIA with Intel?
Now don’t get all scared/excited folks! This is just a rumor circling the web today. It seems that Apple is considering replacing NVIDIA chips in its future Macs as it looks like negotiations between the two companies have come to a halt. Is AMD/ATI stepping in? Are we going to see Apple work with Intel? Are the new Macs going to have Core i7 chips under the hood? Is that even possible at this point? Right now we don’t have any official position from neither Apple nor NVIDIA. We can assume that Apple is punishing NVIDIA for the recent chip defects spotted in new Macs. And considering the fact that the Cupertino-based company has been hiring lots of former AMD graphics employees we can also assume that something’s happening and the future of MacBooks might be totally different.
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Hmm this is a very hard decision.
Though NVidia GPUs were faulty and caused many of the problems in the Macs and Macbooks alike, NVidia is the only GPU creator that successfully markets both desktop and mobile GPUs. I’ve never heard of an AMD/ATi mobile GPU doing well.
If Apple is really going to throw NVidia away, it may have some problems with its Macbooks, because neither Intel or AMD has a history of successfully marketed mobile GPUs.
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