Apple will act within the framework of the defendant class action MacBook Pro users produced in 2011, accuses the companies of selling laptops with defective graphics card. It is learned that the suit against the American giant computer electronics users also joined the MacBook Pro from Canada.
The first complaint on video "Pro" came in February 2013. Owners of 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro with AMD graphics began to complain that the screen after turning on the HD-video or video card of the loading of software packages appear distorted. A number of users, or double vision disappears completely - when you start the laptop displays a blue or gray screen.
Sometimes it helps to reboot or reinstall the operating system, but after a while the problem returns. Some people use the utility to force the use of graphics controller Intel - it blocks the switch to digital adapter.
In the MacBook Pro 2011 edition installed GPUs AMD Radeon HD 6490M, Radeon HD 6750M and Radeon HD 6770M, depending on the configuration, along with integrated graphics Intel HD. Members suggest that the problem lies in the gradual deterioration of consumer properties of graphics cards under the influence of heat.
In October defective MacBook Pro users in the United States went to court with a collective lawsuit against Apple. Now joined by the Canadians. Represents plaintiffs law firm Lex Group Attorneys from Montreal, according to court documents and the problem is the use of lead-free solder, because of the destruction that could violate the exchange of data between the graphics subsystem and motherboard notebook.
Earlier, about 20 000 users have signed a petition to the Apple MacBook Pro to replace defective. Despite the huge number of complaints in Cupertino has not officially acknowledged the problem. Does the company plan to run the program for the replacement of faulty laptops after numerous complaints of users is still unknown.