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Users Find Some New MacBook Pros Suffer From Major Graphics Issues

I'm not surprised, disappointed nor critical that a first generation model has issues. However, I expect Apple to stand behind the product and do right by the customer without stonewalling or half-ass efforts. This is a premium product with premium pricing and it deserves a premium response.
 
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andy.ringwood said:
Comment of the day for funniest post. These are AMD GPU's.

It's like people saying it's Apple's fault when they haven't shipped Skylake when Intel themselves say they aren't ready for prime time.

All blame Apple because it's the easiest thing to do. Bless.
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It's not the first generation of apple laptops with amd gpu card that acts up though
 
Digital Dude said:
Had I not ordered a MBP (minus the BS Pro) BTO that's now somewhere in production I would most certainly cancel it! I really was debating the MS Surface Studio but I went for the Mac, and boy do I ever have a case of buyer remorse! what a complete POS!!!!
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There is not MS product that I would consider over a Mac. Zero. I doubt it's a complete POS. It has first generation issues which will no doubt be resolved. I always thought that Apple's return policy allowed you to return any product, including BTO. If so, you've only lost a little time and somewhat of a hassle.
 
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bruceosx said:
I had graphics issues like these on my iMac 2015 with radeon graphics for ages. BUT the same hardware runs just fine with Bootcamp Windows. I'd bet my ass this is Apple's terrible OSX graphics driver at work again. You know, the same graphics driver that is responsible for rendering 3D content at least 30% slower than Windows or Linux. The graphics driver that supports only outdated OpenGL versions and Apple's own Metal that nobody cares about.
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Nope. I get the glitches in Windows 10 running their BootCamp drivers on a 2016 MBP with Radeon 460.

I also had a loud pop from the awful Bootcamp audio driver they did zero QA on and which likely damaged my speakers. I need to test them more when I get back into the office but it sounded pretty bad.

This MacBook Pro has not gone through proper testing. It is disgraceful.
 
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So you pay a big premium for a high performance Macbook Pro but you receive a 15" Macbook Air with Touchbar which has hardware issues with Bootcamp and demanding GPU Tasks.
Apple, please bring back the top end Macbook Pros.
 
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So sad to hear its happening with 3 week old computers. Also im tired to hear that Prosumer focused computers need to be thinner and thinner. We need to have upgradeable hard drives, upgreadable memory and no having a computer that is half of previous generation. Hopefully apple will fix this issues soon.
 
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MrZebra said:
It's not the first generation of apple laptops with amd gpu card that acts up though
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It's funny, some point at AMD as if NVIDIA didn't fail as well, my 2008 machine using gt 8600m cracked the board due to heat, tons of youtube videos from people out of warranty baking their boards trying to re-solder the chip desperately, which apple washed their hands by that time, I had to sell the unit without drive for 350 bucks to a re-seller only to find out 3 years later a free replacement program (which of course by that time It would costs less than a quarter for apple to replace outdated components).

This kind of practice has been going almost for a decade, there were 6 more laptops from the office affected as well, not even 1 survived graphic issues, some newer models with AMD some with Nvidia, OSX graphics driver state is dreadful just like metal, but this goes beyond GPU brands, they act like they fix stuff but it happens over and over and over.

What does people do? they go out and buy them day 1... face-palm?
 
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Wow.. so this is what £3000 buys you nowadays at Apple. Oh how the mighty are falling.

My love for Apple products is slowly but surely being pummelled to death by Tim, Jony and Phil.
 
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Déjà-vu. Seems like an Apple tradition. MacBook Pro's with GPU issues. I feel sorry for those that bought these and now run into these issues. Don't buy rev. A models unless you have to. Early adopters again pay the price.
 
They are charging this high price to fund the repairs and replacements. You are not paying for quality and performance anymore.
 
Glad I didn't get one. TouchBar is pointless......its time for the WHOLE screen to be touchscreen. Not just a little bar. In the same motion we could touch the screen. Now the video issues. My 2015 rMBP is looking better all the time.
 
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Asarien said:
A few defective MacBook Pros...

Along with investing in Chinese ridesharing companies, failing Apple Car initiatives, AirPort product termination, focusing on watch bands, emojis, protruding iPhone lenses, stagnating computer lineups, nonsensical computer branding (Why is the MacBook Air bigger and heavier than a MacBook? Why is a MacBook Pro lighter and smaller than a MacBook Air?), and the list goes on and on and on.

Apple's a multi-billion dollar conglomeration that doesn't need your lackluster defense.
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Sigh. You forgot "Planet of the Apps." ;)

Well this is pretty damned depressing seeing it all spelled out that way. I don't want my post to be another pithy slam on Apple. But it was hard to resist the temptation, because it's so frustrating to see the one company that my family and I and my husband's business team counted on for years get like this.

The one thing they sold me this year that I thought was perfection, namely my iPhone SE, is sitting unused for awhile, while I wait for them to get iOS 10 together. I do not fully like iOS 10 right now. It makes my beloved SE annoying. I won't have it on my iPad mini 4 at all, no matter how much nagging for updates they push off on me. :(
 
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Apple makes beta hardware now, too because beta software was not enough. Just for only 5000 $ for a notebook with the highest disk space. That is awesome and brilliant at the same time! Only Apple is able to deliver this awesomeness!
 
dumastudetto said:
This almost certainly affects a tiny, tiny minority of people. Probably less than 0.01% of all purchases. Let's not blow things out of proportion, and we all know Apple will make things right for the unlucky few.
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A few defective MacBook Pros doesn't change a single thing.
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Did not take long for me to find an Apple apologist..
 
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