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That said, Apple has demonstrated they're not averse to new product lines eating into other existing ones, as with the iPhone 6 taking some sales away from the iPad family, and in turn, the iPad mini away from the full-size iPads.

I doubt anyone expects them to actually come through with an external GPU option, of course, but it'd certainly be of interest to me, given Second Life's stiff requirements for long draw distances with all the lighting options enabled.