MacBook, MBP owners cry foul
April 15th 2008
Among a chorus of complaint from around the web, comes APC Mag (Oz) which reports that Apple's latest MacBook and MacBook Pro models suffer display corruption and flickering issues:
There are two distinct issues: one is graphics corruption with lines of text repeating themselves and graphics scrolling incompletely. It occurs when scrolling documents or web pages, and is most pronounced in Apple Webkit-based applications such as Safari and Mail ... The other problem is flickering in any area of the screen where there is animation or screen refresh, and it is particularly pronounced when watching videos...
There's an extensive Apple Discussions thread on the topic [u] that has now, according to MacFixIt, been acknowledged by Apple.[u]
Apple has received reports similar to the behavior you are describing and we are investigating those reports. Further information will come in the form of a Knowledge Base article, Software Update or Software Release.
The good news is that OS X 10.5.3 apparently addresses these issues. The bad news is that the update likely won't be released for at least several more weeks.
Editor's note: OK, there's a fix that's part of OS X 10.5.3. Why not break it out and ship it separately?
What's your take?
