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http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
i.e. going from less powerful to powerful requires shutting down]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/14/macbook-pro-requires-logout-to-switch-graphics-modes/]]>Oct 15th 2008 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
The allegation here is that the Windows implementation has Hybrid SLI. That, I would believe.]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
also, since you only need a logout to switch between the two, maybe that could be fixed by software? the whole benefit of hybrid power was that it switched on the fly without closing anything.]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
This is looking more and more like my next computer...]]>Oct 15th 2008 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243

" Question
Does the Apple Macbook Pro (Late 2008) support NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI® technology?

Answer

No. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology for notebook computers allows a motherboard GPU and a discrete GPU to work together for extreme multi-GPU SLI performance when needed (called GeForce Boost mode), or use just a single GPU for low power consumption and long battery life (called Hybrid Power mode).

Apple's Macbook Pro (Late 2008) does feature both the NVIDIA® GeForce®9400M motherboard GPU for everyday computing and the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT discrete GPU for high graphics performance. You can switch between the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU (called energy saver mode) and the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU (called performance mode), but you cannot use both GPU's at once in this implementation.

Apple's hybrid graphics technology is supported under the MacOS X operating system version 10.5.6 and higher only. When running Microsoft's Windows XP™ or Microsoft's Windows Vista™ using Apple's Boot Camp, the system locks into performance mode which uses the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU for all graphics related tasks and can not be changed to use the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU for low power mode."

Investigative reporting at its finest. Found with a google search. ]]>Oct 16th 2008 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2243

" Question
Does the Apple Macbook Pro (Late 2008) support NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI® technology?

Answer

No. NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology for notebook computers allows a motherboard GPU and a discrete GPU to work together for extreme multi-GPU SLI performance when needed (called GeForce Boost mode), or use just a single GPU for low power consumption and long battery life (called Hybrid Power mode).

Apple's Macbook Pro (Late 2008) does feature both the NVIDIA® GeForce®9400M motherboard GPU for everyday computing and the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT discrete GPU for high graphics performance. You can switch between the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU (called energy saver mode) and the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU (called performance mode), but you cannot use both GPU's at once in this implementation.

Apple's hybrid graphics technology is supported under the MacOS X operating system version 10.5.6 and higher only. When running Microsoft's Windows XP™ or Microsoft's Windows Vista™ using Apple's Boot Camp, the system locks into performance mode which uses the Geforce 9600M GT discrete GPU for all graphics related tasks and can not be changed to use the Geforce 9400M motherboard GPU for low power mode."

Investigative reporting at its finest. Found with a google search. ]]>Oct 15th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
"Since windows was not design for this type of machine"

Other PCs actually aren't that different; if you think that an Apple computer and a 'PC' are different things, you are woefully incorrect.

I (and everyone who has ever installed Windows OS on a Mac) can vouch for it running just as good (if not better) as on any other PC (because it is one). The only difference between Apple computers and PCs is that Apple computers can run Mac OS X. Apart from that they are just PCs.

You can even choose to only install Windows on a Mac if you want to, and it will work just like a Sony, Dell, or HP laptop. If you want to run Windows on it, you shouldn't have any problems (at least not any more than usual, hehe).]]>Oct 15th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
i was referring to integrated + dedicated set up, but then i read somewhere else that a couple laptops already have it!

But thanx, its good to know that windows isnt bogged down by boot camp (or primary install if thats what you were saying, im not sure how that works). Also, i wonder how this trackpad will work in windows. I know there wont be any multitouch, but...]]>Oct 15th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
The trackpad will work fine, but Microsoft doesn't support multitouch in their OS (maybe there's a program somewhere).

On the other hand, the trackpad itself is a button (or buttons, based on how you set up the preferences) and there is no reason it would work for right/left/middle/whatever you set it for clicking.]]>Oct 15th 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/can the 2 cards be used individually simultaneously? could os 10.6 use one card for video and the other with opencl to, say, run live sound of multiple midi and sound processing programs at a gig for guitar, keys, bass and drums, with no latency?
]]>Oct 16th 2008 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/You look just like Justin Long ?]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
Take That!

OR

I can give every single American a $2,000 MacBook Pro and on top of that give 1 Mcdonald's Apple pie to 47 million of those Americans who have no health insurance right now for all their troubles.

*Estimates based according to the CIA U.S population and amount of Health care uninsured government estimates.]]>Oct 15th 2008 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/I am a university student but i'm still using PC~
I should be the only who "think different" :
http://9gag.com/read/entry/id/1373/Apple+-+Think+Different/
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On an HP Blackbird 002, yeah I can.]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/so u hate Mac.]]>Oct 16th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 16th 2008 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 17th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
Will be interesting to see if this is whats happening :)]]>Oct 15th 2008 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
Though i would say this seems to be priced close to that of PC laptops in this spec. DDR3, LED backlit, Nvidia 9600gt etc. :)]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/
Also it didn't mention if it was the 256 or 512 one. If it is running SLI I might just opt for the cheaper one. Since that should definitely get it done. ]]>Oct 15th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 17th 2008 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/new-macbook-pro-running-hybridsli/Oct 15th 2008 4:13PM