05-15-2007, 08:06 PM
Seeing as how Core Image and Core Animation make such heavy use of the GPU to do a lot of their dirty work, I think the quality, performance, and capabilities of the video chipset is a valid concern even for the non-gamer. Having a better video chipset means the machine will age much more gracefully as system hardware requirements go up and up and up -- especially on a laptop where you can't upgrade the GPU later on.