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My new laptop is the buggiest Apple product I've owned.

Programs are always crashing, has issues waking up, and has connection issue with the new LG monitor.

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Is your LG monitor the new 5K display? If so, you'll probably want to read about the shielding problems[0]

[0]https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/apple-lg-5k-display-...

Thanks, that sounds like some of the issues I'm having. Sometimes the LG monitor will glitch out for a few seconds (or half the screen will show green).

Oh yes, my 15" tMBP is the same - not as much monitor issues, but TouchBar is buggy as heck. Randomly not waking up after sleep, buttons not being properly repainted, it froze a few times....

Before 10.12.2 I also got random kernel panics and graphical corruption. By far one of the most buggy laptops I've owned - it seems that Apple really rushed the software part.

10.12.3 did fix most of the issues though.

I had to disable sleep on my macbook + 5k monitor to prevent it from having a kernel panic every time I wanted to use my computer first thing in the morning. Seems to be fine for now, but of course that also means I'm running nonstop.

I have a new MacBook Pro, got two new LG 5K monitors with it and ran into this issue:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/271120/connect-2-lg...

I haven't had any issues so far with crashing/instability except it once didn't wake from sleep properly and restarted its self. Still trying to work out if it was anything I did.

I've had no issues, and am pleasantly surprised by how happy I am with the new keyboard.

yes, I'm the same (15" MBP). I think it's the nicest laptop I've ever owned. It's thin, light, incredible battery life, very powerful. I really like the keyboard, the travel once you get used to it makes other keyboards feel heavy. Trying to use the touchbar but maybe it will become useful as time goes by. I use it for swift coding and I can't fault it.

I also like the keyboard. The hardware is lovely to use, it's just the software letting the experience down.

My macbook pro is having problems waking up lately--very annoying. It's a 2015 15" model... I think they must have something screwy going on with a recent update.

If you're experiencing programs crashing at a rate of more than 1/day, it is almost invariably a hardware defect.

I only have issues with SizeUp and Notational Velocity crashing. SizeUp just released a new update that fixes that issue. NV will probably never have another release :(

(nvALT isn't as pretty)

I'm surprised you're downvoted.

Implicitly attributed to user error probably.

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