2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

I had the same issue. Instantly cured it by disabling the "Automatic graphics switching" option. Hopefully there will be a better fix forthcoming, but for now it's pretty easy to solve. Even with that headache, this is by far the best laptop I've ever owned. Amazingly fast.

They're STILL replacing the old Macbook Pros with the dodgy Nvidia graphics cards from years ago, for free.<p>I wouldn't be too worried about this.

Somewhat off-topic, but I trust the judgement of those here. I'm in the market to buy one of these. I was wondering whether current owners feel the extra 2MB of L3 cache justifies the price-bump of the 2.3GHz processor.

Same issue here. Just got a MBP a few days ago, and I've had this happen twice while compiling in Xcode. It's not your average crash though. It's not a kernel panic. iTunes streams keep playing, so I know the wifi card is still working fine. It wouldn't surprise me if it's an ATI issue.

My 2010 17" model will get corrupted graphics and eventual a full kernel panic due to issues with automatic graphics switching that are usually triggered by Safari+Flash. Uninstalling Flash, turning off automatic graphics switching, or just using Google Chrome for Flash sites fixed that.<p>My first-gen 2006 Macbook Pro used to crash under heat/load as well, which was suspected due to misapplication of thermal paste. I sent it into Applecare a couple of years later and they took care of it (even replacing my scuffed up shell).

I had the 13" 2010 version and got bumped up for the free exchange since i was in the one month window and got the new 2011 version.<p>I noticed that when i started Parallels and opened my second windows VM instance everything came to a stand still and i had to restart. I also saw someone in the Apple discussion threads mentioning a similar issue while running Vmware fusion. I will try the 'Automatic graphics switching' and hopefully it gets better, else back to the Apple store!

You used to be able to trust Apple for manufacturing quality. I now build my own for any work machines and only keep an iMac around for casual browsing/music/video. How the hell did this slip past basic TESTING ? This isn't the first manufacturing blunder that has been swept under the table with Apple, and it won't be the last. If you put down over $1000 for a computer, it should work.

I have a 13-inch 2011 MBP, i7 Model with 8gb of RAM.<p>I am running 3 simultaneous video encodes that takes 3 Apple Keynotes and encodes to .mp4, .3gp and .ogv from a terminal + Playing 3 other Keynotes in Quicktime + Random music in iTunes + Playing The Social network all at the same time for the last 35 minutes and I am running fine.<p>Can I run any test for anyone to help out?

Is this just the new MBPs (the ones with Thunderbolt) or does it also apply to the batches of the previous model that shipped in early 2011?

I just got my 2011 15" - opened it up to put a new SSD in it and found that the heatsink/fan combo off to the back corner was missing all the screws that would have secured it. I bet this doesn't help. I have yet to run into any issues but haven't done anything to stressful with it.<p>Anyone else with issues going to pop theirs open?

I already replaced this model once. Got the replacement and and had 1 freeze so far but none after I switch to discrete only

They could try downclocking for temp fix.

Im having the exact same problem though with a 2007 mbp though so it could be a software update that I installed

Mine is 2009 model and I have yet to face this issue. Although my Optical drive died this January and it throws out DVDs when inserted but that is the only problem I have faced so far.<p>EDIT: Was just stating that 2009 MBPs have no such issues IMHO.