
Having iPhoto open and managing your library will call the dGPU to action for absolutely no understandable reason. If you stick entirely to Apple's own apps, it behaves somewhat reasonably. If you require a future proof laptop, don't buy something with soldered in RAM & a proprietary storage solution, you will be SOL anyway. Further, Intel has bridged the gap between integrated & discrete so well over the past three years that unless you are playing the newest games you'll never notice the difference, besides how much cooler your lap is.įorget the future. I have learned time and time again, that I do not use the dedicated video as often as I thought I would. My Thinkpad had that in the 90s, but better late than never I guess. it actually has small side vents to take in air now, which is a step forward.

The retina cooling system seems far better than what they've had in the past.

If you want it to just work and aren't going to run 3DMark competitively - GET THE IRIS MODEL! If you want to figure out if Apple finally got cooling systems for dedicated graphics chips in laptops right after eight years of failure, and wish to be SOL when your warranty is up - GET THE NVIDIA MODEL. Ok, I can make this a super simple decision.
