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Late 2011 MBP

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Aliascognito

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Nov 5, 2010
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Hi,
I recently bought a new 13" 2.8GHz i7 MPB (£1299) to replace my 2007 iMac and I was wondering are there many known problems with them? .i.e. Bad hinges, faulty resolution etc?
I know that it is a promiscuous question to ask as it may only affect a small amount of MBP's, but I just like to be prepared and able to look out for warning signs.

Also, it will be my first time using Lion and I heard that it was very buggy. Should I reinstall Snow Leopard or stay with Lion? If you say I should stay with Lion, can you please tell me any problems I may encounter?

Thanks,
Alias
 
As far as hardware goes, I think the current MBP are the best. After so any years with the same design, Apple must have aced it and solved any design problem.

As for Lion, it's not perfect. From my experience, graphical glitches are common.
 
every laptop line has it's lemons; assume the best, deal with an issue IF there is one.

basically, lion is fine;and, as with every mac os, there will be periodic updates (with bug fixes and enhances). i don't think your new mac can (officially) support ANY older OS (i.e. snow leopard).

get you mac, set it up, go to work...
 
If there is a problem it's probably software related, if it's hardware then you can still take it back to the Store and get it exchanged. There's only a handful of people that experience problems with the Lion OS, as for me none so far and i doubt there will be any. But i recommend for a top quality performance with your MBP i suggest getting your RAM upgrade since Lion DO use a little more memory.

GL and grats on your new MBP ;)
 
ahdickter said:
For the average user, Lion works flawlessly. Only users who are using specialized apps or legacy apps do they run into problems.
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The only problem I found was in using my Scanjet 4670 scanner, whose drivers apparently HP hasn't updated to support the unforeseen move to Intel processors. I for one will never buy another HP scanner, if Apple can't be bothered to tell them that they are now using Intel processors HP must be a pretty rinky-dink operation.

</sarcasm level=5>
 
Aliascognito said:
When you say graphical glitches, do you mean whilst watching videos? Gaming? Just casual use .i.e. Facebook, Word Processing?
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No, mostly the animations. They seem sluggish and not very smooth.

If you had an iPhone with iOS 4, then you might have noticed similar animation problems when opening and closing apps. In Lion, sometimes when using Mission Control the animation is jumpy and sometimes it lags.

ahdickter said:
For the average user, Lion works flawlessly. Only users who are using specialized apps or legacy apps do they run into problems.
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This is true. I notice it with Aperture 3, it has some problems that makes it slow at times. Very slow.

But yes, Lion is totally usable, and you will enjoy it. Things will just get better with the next updates.
 
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