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Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

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dogma1138 ◴[29 Nov 16 15:32 UTC] No.13063617[source]▶
The amount of hardware issues with the new MBP are kinda staggering....

USB-C issues, GPU issues, image corruption, now this.

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slantyyz ◴[29 Nov 16 15:49 UTC] No.13063747[source]▶
Has there been as contentious a Mac release as there has been with the new MBPs?

I've been using Macs since the mid 80s, and I'm trying to think of some, but am drawing a blank.

The only possibilities I can think of are the two processor switches (680x0 -> PPC followed by PPC -> Intel) or maybe the first release of OSX (but that's not necesarily hardware related).

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dogma1138 ◴[29 Nov 16 15:51 UTC] No.13063762[source]▶
GPU issues plagued some previous models also but not this early, usually after 1-2 years due to less than optimal thermal design, but Apple usually had an extended warranty program for those.

I don't remember a release with so many weird issues, that honestly should've been picked up pretty early during the design and acceptance phases.

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slantyyz ◴[29 Nov 16 15:56 UTC] No.13063802[source]▶
Yeah, the GPU issues - but like you said they didn't manifest themselves right away.

I got hit by the 2011 MBP issue a year or so in. I had to buy a new laptop because Apple didn't issue the repair order until well after my AppleCare expired and I wasn't going to pay $500+ for the repair not knowing whether Apple would eventually pick up the tab.

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valine ◴[29 Nov 16 16:12 UTC] No.13063916[source]▶
I had my 2011 MacBook Pro graphics fail earlier this month, which apple kindly fixed. Just today apple announced they consider the 2011 MacBook Pro obsolete and will no longer provide hardware support. I imagine anyone who hasn't been lucky enough for their graphics to fail will soon have nothing but a giant aluminum paperweight.
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1. slantyyz ◴[29 Nov 16 16:24 UTC] No.13064000[source]▶
In a way, you're lucky because of timing.

There was a gap of several months where 2011 MBP owners' AppleCare had expired before the Repair Order was issued - and people like me whose machines had failed were faced with a hard choice - pay >$500 for a fix or buy a new laptop.

Prior to the repair order, the logic board replacements had the same GPU defect. I had my logic board replaced once already under AppleCare, and it got GPU glitches within 3 months of the repair. There was no point in replacing it again and again only to get the same problem over again.

The GPU problem is genuinely fixed with the post-Repair Order boards though.

I imagine the situation was even worse for people who did not buy AppleCare.