MBP16 Pixel Rendering Issue

[turbineseaplane]

I really really wish Apple would back off the annual release cycle on major software versions.

Both iOS and macOS would really benefit from a slower and more solid release cycle.

 

[duorou]

I really really wish Apple would back off the annual release cycle on major software versions.

Both iOS and macOS would really benefit from a slower and more solid release cycle.

• ~10.15.1 | Apple: We are aware of the "popping" sound issue;
• 10.15.2 | Apple: you should not hear the 'popping" sound now;
• 10.15.2 | Apple: one more thing, we introduced a new bug in this build, it's called dGPU Artifacts;
• 10.15.2 | Me: you know what Apple, I'd like to exchange my artifacts for the "popping" sound....

Sigh....

 

[Nacho98]

Clearly a software/firmware/driver issue, and not a hardware issue.

People are so quick to jump the gun and blame the hardware.

 

[iMacDragon]

Hi cmaier,

I am using the More Space option...
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The issue gets even more significant when using the native resolution:

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Just to note that Default for display is no longer native on mac laptops, which does somewhat annoy me. ( as much as not truly upping PPI to the level they want to be using now and just scaling it instead.. )

 

[Sanpete]

• ~10.15.1 | Apple: We are aware of the "popping" sound issue;
• 10.15.2 | Apple: you should not hear the 'popping" sound now;
• 10.15.2 | Apple: one more thing, we introduced a new bug in this build, it's called dGPU Artifacts;
• 10.15.2 | Me: you know what Apple, I'd like to exchange my artifacts for the "popping" sound....

Sigh....

Just fyi, Apple hasn't said or implied the popping sound has been resolved, or even addressed yet, and it continues. And as far as I know, the artifacts you're concerned with aren't new with 10.15.2.

 

[faust]

The Carbon lineup has iGPUs.

I’ve been on the verge of returning/selling the 16’’ MBP for multiple times.

ya, my GF has an X1C that I loaded up with Fedora, or was it Manjaro? I forget. But the X1C series is legit. I'd be using one if not for my need for a discrete GPU. 😅

 

[duorou]

ya, my GF has an X1C that I loaded up with Fedora, or was it Manjaro? I forget. But the X1C series is legit. I'd be using one if not for my need for a discrete GPU. 😅

Oh sounds tech-savvy man, i just use the pre-loaded Windows 10 Pro for my daily tasks, and it works fine.

 

[duorou]

Just fyi, Apple hasn't said or implied the popping sound has been resolved, or even addressed yet, and it continues. And as far as I know, the artifacts you're concerned with aren't new with 10.15.2.

10.15.2 fixed the "popping" issue at least for me.

 

[bennyprofane]

I really really wish Apple would back off the annual release cycle on major software versions.

Both iOS and macOS would really benefit from a slower and more solid release cycle.

Yes, just when one OS gets really good and everything works, they abandon it for the next one.

I would have stayed on Mojave for a long time if the 16" hadn't forced me to to go to Catalina.

 

[buran-energia]

This really sucks, I'm kinda forced now to use my X1C (7th-gen 2019) instead and realize how beautiful it is:

- 10th-gen 6-core Intel i7 CPU w/ WiFi 6 support packed;
- 4K 500-nit screen panel w/o any glitches;
- 4G LTE always-on Internet connection;
- Way better keyboard (than scissors mechanism);
- Super lightweight;
- Compact form factor.

Oh man the parallel universe has been stellar....

But Windows...

 

[eclipxe]

This issue isn't fixed in the .3 Developer Beta

 

[MacBookGamer]

See if it happens in Bootcamp.

 

[eahyndman3]

FYI - on 16 inch MaBook Pro native resolution is not the "Default for display" option but the scaled 1536 x 960 option (the 1st one left of Default option). The screen is 3072 x 1920.