Nobody can call the new Macbook Pro "best in class" when they don't even ship with the best in class GPUs from Nvidia.<p>These machines are essentially build beautiful traps. So, please don't give Apple your money. You don't need the most recent Macbook Pro. Just wait 6 months and buy a used one. Please don't support a company that actively works against you in order to secure their infamous 40% profit margin for doing nothing more than severely limiting your choices.<p>I always buy used or third-party refurbished Apple equipment and I avoid buying apps from either of their app stores. I hope you do the same.
I purchase one (MBP 15). I did have some issues when using a external video card adapter (using DisplayLink drivers) that was then plugged into a USB2 hub that was then plugged into a USB-C to USB adapter. But since removing the driver (and the video card adapter), I haven't had any issues.
Hijacking the thread: was the cause of the GPU glitch with mid 2011 iMacs (<a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203787" rel="nofollow">https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203787</a>) ever determined?<p>Mine had this problem. I've been obsessive about keeping all temperature readings below 50C ever since it came back from repair.
That's horrible PR for AMD, whether it's their fault or not.<p>I don't really care about Apple losing some money over this, they are ridiculously rich, they will be fine. AMD, on the other hand, is the only company that forces the CPU and GPU prices down. Though recently they have fallen quite far behind Intel.
As a side issue to the current crop of first-adopter issues (I'll wait till this model is on its second generation - then I'm sure it will be a great piece of kit). I was thinking about the outrage concerning the denomination of 'Pro' on these models - with people crying that they're no longer suitable for 'Pro' use but I think I've come to the conclusion that the 'Pro' user of 5 years ago is a dying breed - Apple sees a future where they no longer exist.<p>Think about it - music production, video editing, photo editing, graphic design, coding.. These are all things which used to be considered extremely difficult but have now been made easier with fantastic, accessible software. Huge amounts of specialist hardware are no longer necessary or indeed desirable in these fields and the new MacBook Pro recognises this - software development (and other areas) are moving increasingly to the cloud and a huge development machine is no longer a necessity..<p>I'd suspect that Apple sees the future of its products and services in the cloud and the machines it provides will be slightly different gateways to that future.