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Calling all rMBP owner's late October and November

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jack2wai2

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:apple: Everyone of us seem to beleive that 15 rmbp is the test run for future retina macbook pro family. However, it has various issues like bleed, Image retention, stuck pixels, and all sorts of problem about the display. Now, the problem is, Apple announce 13'' macbook pro with retina display. So, did Apple do a silent tweak to the screen or what to make the corporate dare to try again?

Please post the condition of rmbp on tis screen purchased late october or early november. Opinions are much appreciated.
 
2.6 Ghz/ 16 GB Ram / 512 SSD/ LG Screen / Week 46 Build - LP154WT1-SJA1

Ordered October 31, shipped November 13th. No imagine retention, no scroll lag, no issues whatsoever.

EDIT: ran the test again today, two days of use since getting it. Faint IR starting to appear when doing the checkerboard test.
 
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I ordered a 15"/2.6GHz/16GB/512GB model on October 23, got a Samsung screen, and from what I can see over the past 2 weeks, my screen is perfect. I haven't done any specific tests for it, nor am I going to, but I did load a different colour profile to make the colours better.
 
Ordered November 5th. Picked up on November 15th. 2.6GHz i7/256SSD/16GB Ram Manufactured week 45 (last week) Samsung display, no problems/issues.
 
October for me

2.6ghz / 16Gb Ram / 256Gb SSD / LG Screen

I seem to suffer from the following (which I am putting down to ML bugs but I could be wrong

1. Screen saver freezes and only a hard power off fixes it

Since the latest update

2. Very laggy on coming out of screen saver on occasion and screen doesn't display properly for about a minute

3. Youtube sound stops (only a reboot cures this) but system sounds are fine

4. Bootcamp partition not always visible
 
Sorry for that

*Sonic* said:
October for me

2.6ghz / 16Gb Ram / 256Gb SSD / LG Screen

I seem to suffer from the following (which I am putting down to ML bugs but I could be wrong

1. Screen saver freezes and only a hard power off fixes it

Since the latest update

2. Very laggy on coming out of screen saver on occasion and screen doesn't display properly for about a minute

3. Youtube sound stops (only a reboot cures this) but system sounds are fine

4. Bootcamp partition not always visible
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did your rmbp come preinstall lion or mountain lion? I came across other said a fresh install can help. Me personally do not like screen saver function. Instead, i use hot corner function to turn off the display whenever I can
 
jack2wai2 said:
did your rmbp come preinstall lion or mountain lion? I came across other said a fresh install can help. Me personally do not like screen saver function. Instead, i use hot corner function to turn off the display whenever I can
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ML Preinstalled

I have since swapped the 256gb ssd for a 512gb ssd pulled from a Mac, and did a fresh install of ML from the internet recovery option and I haven't experienced any of the previous issues upto now, but I also haven't applied the latest update either
 
15" rMBP "ultimate" purchased Nov 6, samsung panel, no problems at all, came with ML 10.8.0, updated to 10.8.2, Graphics Update 2, play games in bootcamp, never seen the SMC bug. This thing smokes.

edit: built week of Oct 15.
 
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2.3 GHz/16 GB/ LG Display. Built in week 35. Got all the latests software.

Got image retention and the screen sometimes partly freezes or starts flashing what previously was there, sometimes lags like hell and in games sometimes having 2fps in places I usually have 120fps, power nap doesn't work.
 
my 15" rMBP is two weeks old, LG screen and no problems whatsoever. I only have scrolling lag on facebook and its a dream on every other site. It's the best thing I've ever purchased.
 
apple has not solved the problem. look at the discussion forums at apple.com.

there are still users complaining on the screens. we know for a fact that the problem persists even on week 44 laptops.
 
I received my 2.7/16/512 in October with an LG screen. It had no issues for a month or so and then started having bad image retention. The Apple Store (North Michigan Ave, Chicago) would not do anything about it. So I sold it and went back to a 17" MacBook Pro for the time being.
 
I ordered one from the Apple website a few weeks ago and got the base model. It came with an LG screen, which was fine with me, but what was not all right was the creaking bottom case. I exchanged it for a new one which came with a Samsung, and this one is perfect (except there are scratches inside the thunderbolt ports).
I gotta say, I really prefer the toned down Samsung screen compared to the super saturated one that the LG had. Overall I'm pretty happy.
 
2.6/16GB/256SSD 15" Ordered 11/4/2012

Mine has an LG screen with two dead pixels on the far right side (which I cannot even see sitting at typing distance). No image retention and the screen looks great. It takes me a long time to shut down, and I cannot figure out how to wake from sleep in clamshell mode (besides opening and shutting the lid). Other than that everything is great. Runs one 2560x1600 and two 1200x1600 monitors without any hiccups, distributes work over 8 threads no sweat.
 
Kyleptrsn1 said:
15" rMBP 16GB, 2.7, 768GB purchased October 25th. LG screen. No problems whatsoever.
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I've got this exact machine, purchased six days earlier...10/19. LG screen as well. No IR. No lag
We've also got the base model-Samsung. No issues
Adobe CS 6--AE, PS, Premier, LR, Illustrator, and In Design. Maya, FCP7/X, Compressor, Logic, Aperture and Avid/ProTools. Both machines eat our '09 MacPros for lunch. Amazing performance. Couldn't be happier--and much easier to take 'work on the run' for sure.
 
I've got a week 45 machine. Samsung screen. Power nap is non functional on mine. Tried reinstalling OS, tried it under different wi-fi connections to no avail.
 
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