Some Retina MacBook Pro Users Experiencing Display 'Ghosting'

[jamesrt2004]

image retention isn't ghosting -sigh-!

 

[Asclepio]

There is absolutely no image retention on my MacBook Pro with Retina Display.

There was none of the half dozen I looked at in-store.

If it comes up, I'll let you know.. but for now, a non-issue and non-starter, at least for me.

wait a couple of weeks, dont be so hasty.

 

[ericinboston]

Funny how when retina displays were announced, everyone was claiming how innovative Apple was and didn't want to give any credit to Samsung and LG. And now that there are some defects, folks want to assign the blame to Samsung and LG?

You fanboys can't have it both ways.

Spot on!!

 

[Sackvillenb]

I laugh when I buy hardware that still ships with floppy disks. I call the manufacturer and demand I be able to download or get the driver on CD/USB flash drive.

Do you really still get hardware that actually comes with floppy disks?? That's insane!

 

[doelcm82]

Funny how when retina displays were announced, everyone was claiming how innovative Apple was and didn't want to give any credit to Samsung and LG. And now that there are some defects, folks want to assign the blame to Samsung and LG?

You fanboys can't have it both ways.

That's not how I remember it. I remember people saying that Samsung or LG deserved the credit. I don't think I ever heard anyone say that Apple made the screens.

Just stay consistent. If you insisted on giving LG and Samsung the credit for the display, then give them the blame now.

If you insisted on only giving Apple the credit, give Apple the blame.

And "fanboys" are not a monolithic group with a single opinion on every issue. To see them that way shows a lack of perception. If you see one "fanboy" say one thing, and another "fanboy" say something contradictory, it's because they are two different people.

My Retina MBP display hasn't shown any ghosting, er... image retention, that I've noticed. So Apple and Samsung/LG are all fine in my book.

 

[AidenShaw]

there are three simple reasons for this:

1. Apple releases attract more attention.
2. Non-Apple users tend to care less about such flaws.
3. Many HP/Lenovo/Dell/Sony/etc.. come with screens with terrible quality to begin with, and people don't care because the laptop was cheap.

And a 4th reason is that Apple's secrecy code means that devices aren't widely field-tested.

I bought the first unibody MacBook Pro upon release, and it has worked without flaw until today.

What happened today?

 

[doelcm82]

Thank you for beta testing the Retina display on the Mac. And you too, iPhone 4s users!

Happy to be of service! Fools rush in, and beta-test the newest stuff.

I was a Commodore 64 beta tester, too. I had to return it four times before they figured out that it was the DataSette tape drive that kept frying them.

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Speak for yourself. Just because you do not need one does not mean hat someone else does not. That is why, "one size fits all" does not really work. With enough models & choices within those models there can be enough choices for everyone. Apple needed a few more base choices. But rather than expand their meager number of model choices they have cut some out & limited others. Cut out models are things like no new or old 17" Mac laptops. The limited item is the premium priced Mac Pro. Just as it had been rumored by all appearances the Mac Pro was not scheduled to be carried any more.

Apple still sells new computers with built in optical drives, for now. For those that don't have them built in, there is an external drive available. How is that "one size fits all"?

You have a choice which model to buy, and whether or not to buy the external drive. Why do you want to take away my choice to carry a slim, powerful notebook?

 

[innerpurpose1]

repairable

This is why they need to make these screens repairable and not an entirely disposable laptop

 

[SpyderBite]

This is why they need to make these screens repairable and not an entirely disposable laptop

I dunno. Apple Care + Carbon Copy Cloner seem like a relatively painless solution.

 

[alfistas]

What happened today?

It blew up... lol!!!

To the point: Rev C is the one to go for usually. When i got my first mac a powerbook G4 back in 2004 it was a rev. C and it still works flawlessly despite being used non stop for the last 8 years!! The same goes for my 2008 blackbook!

If I were to buy a mac today I'd go for the 15" unibody with a high res screen and the bloody SUPERDRIVE. ...as for the Retina? I'll buy one in 2016.

 

[G51989]

I dunno. Apple Care + Carbon Copy Cloner seem like a relatively painless solution.

You've clearly never had to deal with Apple customer service

 

[iObserver]

And this is why I learned not to be an early adaptor since iPhone 4's antenna gate

I know many, many people who have had an iPhone 4 for well over a year and never has one complained about the antenna.

 

[HowEver]

"Dr. it hurts when I do this."

"Don't do this."

under regular usage the ghosting issue will not be seen. there are specific instructions in this forum setting the wallpaper to dark grey and leaving an image on for 30 mins, then the issue presents itself.

 

[Big-TDI-Guy]

I know many, many people who have had an iPhone 4 for well over a year and never has one complained about the antenna.

Funny, as I know many, many GSM iPhone 4 owners who actually DO have this problem, myself included. Maybe our hands aren't magic and/or radio transparent like the lucky ones?

 

[53kyle]

My iPad 2 has something like this but instead, when I go to the home screen or lock the iPad and turn on the screen, the top bar shows on the wallpaper but nothing else. Is this ghosting?

 

[divinox]

It is a shame this is happening.

It is strange, Screen issues seem to always be Apple's weak point. I don't know why this is. You would think after year of screen issues on earlier Apple products, and the fact that it's the screen that is, by it's very nature, in your face, they would do everything they can do to make sure future products do not suffer any noticeable flaws.

And yet, screen problems are almost guaranteed now on a new product.
It's a shame.

People keep buying and ignore that Apple are increasingly cutting corners, as it doesn't fit their view of what Apple is. Until that changes, things will only get worse. My MBA has had a failed i/o-board, and now a failed microphone in a couple of months. Pretty much half of my near-colleagues using MBPs have had to replace their trackpads. Add ghosting, keys that stop working, machines that are dead on arrival, etc. Not a pretty picture.

 

[unplugme71]

Do you really still get hardware that actually comes with floppy disks?? That's insane!

Yeah, even on newly released 2011/2012 model devices. Its a joke!

 

[G51989]

Yeah, even on newly released 2011/2012 model devices. Its a joke!

Where the hell are you finding them? I haven't even seen a floppy drive in any store in a LONG time.

 

[Tadros]

I know many, many people who have had an iPhone 4 for well over a year and never has one complained about the antenna.

Do they have a case on the phone? If so, then the reception is not effected. Do they have the Verizon version? If so, the problem was fixed. It's only AT&T iPhone 4's that aren't in a case that have diminished signal strength when holding the phone.

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Hmmm... my 4 that I've had since day one still works just fine

As long as you have a case on the phone, it works perfectly. It just sucks that if I take the case off, my signal strength goes down to nothing =/

 

[htfung]

Method to get Apple to replace your faulty LG Screen

If you bring your computer to Apple they will do a screen test for you. If your MBP fails the test, they will replace the screen. To make sure your MBP will fail the test, put the following image on your MBP at full screen at full brightness for 30 mins before going to meet with the tech support at Apple:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/796y6tkn93qz7t2/test.png