Why do the new Macbook Pros have a AMD Radeon Card?

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kdubbs

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My work computer is a 13" Macbook Pro (2010). I had the now infamous pink screen of death when running an external monitor.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2439927&start=0&tstart=0

After a mobo replacement and RAM replacement, the issue finally went away. There was never an official explanation (a supposed firmware fix was released last fall ~6 months after initial reports of the problem), but nVidia graphics were suspected to be at least partially at fault. Perhaps this incident factored in to Apple's decision, but I would wager cost was the major determinant.
 
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