Little utility rescues a MacBook Pro with failing video

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/024626/macbook-pro620-620x199.jpg?hash=ATV4AGLjMz&upscale=1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Little utility rescues a MacBook Pro with failing video " border="0" height="199" src="http://cdn-static.zdnet.com/i/r/story/70/00/024626/macbook-pro620-620x199.jpg?hash=ATV4AGLjMz&upscale=1" style="border: 0px; display: block; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: auto;" title="Little utility rescues a MacBook Pro with failing video " width="620" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Early 2011 MacBook Pro has been having some video issues. Bad ones. Black bars, fuzzy and shaking images, crazy resolutions. These are all the signs of a failing video card. But the symptoms didn't happen all the time, the machine would be solid one moment and then bonkers then next.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is happening is the sign of a feature in action: automatic graphics switching between video subsystems. Most MacBook Pros since 2010 sport two GPUs: the integrated Intel video and the discrete GPU.  The switching technology examines the framework of the application being called upon and whether its performance will be improved by using the higher-performing GPU, then the system will switch to the better one for the document, app and content task at hand. </span></div> <figure style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></figure><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, this can mean a strain on battery life: The more-powerful GPU consumes more power. Apple admits this in a Support Note, since the switch may not reverse itself if the graphics programs are kept open.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #252525; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Via: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/little-utility-rescues-a-macbook-pro-with-failing-video-7000024626/">ZDNet</a></span></i></div>

Little utility rescues a MacBook Pro with failing video

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_7C-Q6B8jGUEyHH_GkFX6UnS2mUw3wULXz-0VRyDfPVtjFKqeGGJTelmePYs-U7VtxXb5mmR4l75WTRO9Az0yPa94GU34IJOXI7UP0zamdwQydOUn0YcTcdpwHdU_erKR0Uf3WyXmbEJ/s1600/Luzme_610x468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_7C-Q6B8jGUEyHH_GkFX6UnS2mUw3wULXz-0VRyDfPVtjFKqeGGJTelmePYs-U7VtxXb5mmR4l75WTRO9Az0yPa94GU34IJOXI7UP0zamdwQydOUn0YcTcdpwHdU_erKR0Uf3WyXmbEJ/s640/Luzme_610x468.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because you're a smart shopper, you know that different e-book sellers often have different prices. 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Then click Search Now.</span></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-none" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin: 10px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 400px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="Sorry, Barnes & Noble: Amazon and Sony have you beat by over four bucks." class="cnet-image" height="392" src="http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/11/15/Luzme_prices.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="400" /></span><div class="image-caption" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.133em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step three:</b> Review the results. Depending on the book, you should see prices from a number of sources: Amazon, Apple, Google, Kobo, and so on. Click any of them to jump directly to the sale page for that book.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step four:</b> If you're hoping for a lower price, click Add to My Watchlist. (This requires you to sign up for a Luzme account first, which is free.) From there you'll receive notifications if and when the site detects a lower price for that book.</span></div><div class="cnet-image-div image-REGULAR float-right" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: right; float: right; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin: 20px 2px 20px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 154px;"></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 19.9950008392334px; margin-top: 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You may also see a price-trend chart for some or all of the sellers; mouse over one to see past prices for the book. 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Needless to say, it's worth taking an extra minute or two to use Luzme's at-a-glance comparison tool.</span></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13.595999717712402px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image : Rick Broida/CNET</span></i></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 13.595999717712402px;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source : <a href="http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57612615-285/how-to-find-the-best-price-on-the-e-book-you-want/" target="_blank">CNET</a></span></i></span>

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