2011 Macbook Pros still causing grief for Apple

[Candlelight]

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/21/2011-macbook-pros-crashing-under-load/

A lengthy discussion thread on Apple's discussion forum reveals an issue that some new 2011 MacBook Pro owners have been having with their new machines. A MacRumors discussion thread also mirrors some of the complaints. Forum user lithast describes his situation:

Received a new 15" 2.2/6750M MBP last week and have been having some issues with the machine locking up under load.

For example if I boot up a VM using Fusion the temperature will spike up above 90 degrees and the machine will lock up most of the time. The machine appears locked (cannot move the mouse at all and keyboard is unresponsive). I can SSH into the machine still and it still is running however. This is one example but it will freeze under a number of circumstances where the CPU/GPU load is very high (rendering, DJ Software, compiling so far in my travels).

Apple discussion thread (currently at 70 pages!): http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2768351

This, allied with the flicker issue on external displays, is quite frustrating.

Damn, I'm planning on getting one of these soon but am hoping a fix comes out beforehand - I use VMware every day!

 

[Small White Car]

Yes, you should wait to buy, but I wouldn't worry too much.

This sounds a lot like the kind of issues they usually fix in 3-4 weeks with a software update. Seen it happen many, many times with new products and they generally whip up a fix. Should happen soon.

 

[Candlelight]

^ It's gonna be a company laptop to replace my 2006 model Macbook Pro, so I think I have to wait two months anyway for funding approvals, etc.

My boss asked if I wanted a 2010 model 2.66 i7 (like his own) instead.

I said we'd wait. Quad core i7 running properly would most likely eat his laptop for breakfast.

At least, that's the plan.

 

[Candlelight]

Funny, just spotted this on iFixit:

http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/45252/Thermal+Paste+-+MacBook+Pro+15%27%27+Unibody+Early+2011

Teardown: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Unibody-Early-2011-Teardown/4990/1

 

[Warp Coil]

Any time there is a new/updated model release, I always wait a bit because inevitably there will be an error, glitch or bug that hasn't quite been worked out yet. Eventually, some sort of software update is released to resolve the issues, and things seem to calm down. I love Apple products and I love my MacBook Pro, but the company isn't perfect.

 

[Canadave]

But remember folks, Macs just work.

 

[Candlelight]

Any time there is a new/updated model release, I always wait a bit because inevitably there will be an error, glitch or bug that hasn't quite been worked out yet. Eventually, some sort of software update is released to resolve the issues, and things seem to calm down. I love Apple products and I love my MacBook Pro, but the company isn't perfect.

Yeah but this one looks like hardware.