The Sandy Bridge GPU even gives some of the entry-level discrete graphics cards a run for their money.

It's not a cancellation in the sense that Intel is throwing in the towel on discrete graphics, because that's definitely not the case.

The use of graphics- and processing-intensive software was indicated to be a challenge, because of the lack of discrete graphics.

If this were a game of chess I'd say Apple's next move is a quick redesign to use discrete graphics in their Macs.

The desktop offered options for both integrated and discrete graphics.

Wouldn't the MB Pro just be a MB Air with discrete graphics then?

Actually the APUs are discrete graphics, that is, they are separated from the MB!

The main plus point is that Apple worked out how to fit decent discrete graphics into the Mini.

Atom + discrete graphics versus Bobcat is very likely cheaper and just about as low power at slowest clock speeds.

The integrated graphics processor and the discrete graphics processor work in parallel to drive multiple displays.