Look at the stacking circumstantial eveidence. But the end result is that the company that once led with “It just works” as a motto for its hardware and software is slowly acquiring a very different reputation, particularly with regard to how it treats its professional customers.And I for one agree with you. Given what it pulled with the iPhone 6 Plus, either is possible.

Assuming that’s true, it would mean Apple either didn’t perform due diligence on its own equipment or it knew and shipped the hardware broken. These audio issues appear mostly or entirely unique to Macs with T2 chips. But the downside to building your own equipment is that when things fail, the problem lands squarely on your own doorstep. The conversation around Apple hardware in 20 has been dominated by problems to a degree that I genuinely don’t recall being true in previous years dating back to at least the company’s mobile GPU problem with Nvidia a decade or so ago.Īpple, for years, has benefited from the advantage of being a custom hardware designer - namely, that you can slap a shiny badge labeled “Custom-built” on the equipment you sell. And now, there’s yet another audio bug, this time related to a piece of custom silicon that Apple built and designed for itself. The wires that connect the display to the GPU are prone to breakage, requiring the replacement of some $600 worth of screen rather than a $6 cable. There have been at least two separate problems with audio issues causing actual physical speaker damage. It reduces, but does not solve, this problem. But in the months since, we’ve had reports that the third-generation keyboard on the MBP still can’t prevent a single grain of dust from breaking the keyboard. Almost as soon as these systems appeared, there were reports slamming their heavy throttling. (Each word is linked to a separate report).Īpple’s 2018 Mac refresh cycle, particularly the 2018 MacBook Pro, genuinely appears to be one of the worst refresh cycles the company has ever kicked out the door.

Bug reports and documentation are available at multiple sites online. By redesigning and integrating several controllers found in other Mac computers-such as the System Management Controller, image signal processor, audio controller, and SSD controller-the T2 chip delivers new capabilities to your Mac.” The issue appears to be related to the way the system handles audio when synchronizing the system clock. According to Apple, the T2 processor “is Apple’s second-generation, custom silicon for Mac.

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