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    Windows 7 on 15" MBP, does switchable graphics work?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by screes, Jul 20, 2010.

  1. screes

    screes Notebook Consultant

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    I had read in a review that if you put Windows 7 on one of the new 15" MBP's that you lose the ability to switch the dedicated graphics card off to utilize the integrated graphics on the i5 CPU. Is this true, or has a new driver been released that fixes this?
     
    screes, Jul 20, 2010
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes it's true.
     
    jackluo923, Jul 20, 2010
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    older models that had switchable graphics never got drivers for Windows to let you use the lesser graphic card... I don't expect there to ever be an update to allow the current ones to work in Windows either.

    I don't see a problem with that either.

    If your running a Windows app that isn't graphic intensive, you can do it in a virtual machine, where you don't lose access to all of OSX just to run a program or two.

    If you are running a Windows app that is graphic intensive, then you'd probably want the better graphics enabled anyways...

    If your running Windows all or most of the time, you probably should have bought a machine designed for Windows in the first place.
     
    doh123, Jul 21, 2010
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