<story><title>The early 2013 retina MBP 15” have faulty firmware/hardware</title><url>http://aniggler.tumblr.com/post/44586267125/the-early-2013-retina-mbp-15-have-faulty</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ComputerGuru</author><text>The 2012 15&quot; rMBP had considerable bugs in the SMC and UEFI that took half a dozen firmware updates, several dozen OS X seeds, and the better part of a year to resolve. I had a particularly nasty bug where any time I unplugged my Mac from the charger, 5 seconds later it would go to sleep &lt;i&gt;though it was still open and I was actively using it&lt;/i&gt;. You&apos;d have to shut the lid and re-open it for it to wake again.&lt;p&gt;I also had the infamous ghosting issues, though my LG panel was decent enough that I put up with it for a few months. Luckily, when I took it in to get the entire upper clamshell replaced, there was a new part number in stock literally the day before that had apparently resolved the problem.&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve purchased a dozen or so MacBooks since the original Unibody and countless iPhones, iPads and other minor Apple products — it is my opinion that engineering quality has gone down over the past two years considerably.&lt;p&gt;As for the issue TFA refers to - it does not plague my 2012 rMBP and I&apos;m sure Apple will, sooner or later, issue a patch to fix it. It&apos;s just a question of whether you believe they still have their shit together or not.&lt;p&gt;(awesome song, btw!)</text></comment>
<story><title>The early 2013 retina MBP 15” have faulty firmware/hardware</title><url>http://aniggler.tumblr.com/post/44586267125/the-early-2013-retina-mbp-15-have-faulty</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>irollboozers</author><text>I just spent 1 hour today at the Apple store and talking to Apple care getting my brand new (2 days old) 15 Retina MBP replaced. It kernel panicked on me and bricked itself. The only sign of life is a slight hum of a fan when I try to power it on.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s the first Apple product I&apos;ve bought but I can&apos;t shake the feeling that this frequency of bad hardware is becoming normal.</text></comment>