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late 2011-2012 era machines myself (from what I've gleaned from this board the early 2011's and earlier can be prone to logic board QC issues).
It was actually the late 2011-2012 models and some 2013s that had the problems, bad enough that there was a class action suit and Apple issued a recall. I was one of those affected.
I'm just going to C&P what I said in another thread about this:
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Everyone who owns a MBP has had success
Tell that to "everyone" who owned a 2011 and was part of the very large crowd of people who had video issues until a class action lawsuit finally got Apple to acknowledge it.
I'm one of those people, I believe 6 had some graphics problems a while back (correct me if I'm wrong 6 because I remember a post, but don't know if it was resolved and if it was related)
www.macrumors.com
www.macrumors.com
www.apple.com
www.google.com
Now I'm sure I'll get the inevitable "well mine works flawlessly, I do x amount of gigs, it works for me etc," but that doesn't change the fact that it was so bad for models spanning 2 years that a class action suit had to be filed.
You don't even want to know about the BS you have to go through to actually get Apple to do the replacement which doesn't guarantee a long term fix anyway.
To be safe JD, stay away from 2011 models. Stay away from 15" retina models between 2011-2013
The problem with the 2011's is the dual GPU, when they switch from Intel to AMD it causes problems and you either get distorted display, crash, and eventually horizontal bars on start up (which won't allow you to even boot the thing and then you're in real trouble)
To anybody reading this that has had the problem, get GFX card status app, stop it from dynamic switching and get to an Apple repair center before Feb 2016 (when the recall program ends) if they deem you worthy, they'll replace the logic board (which seems to be their "fix" for everything even though it doesn't fix the design flaw) and then you can cross your fingers and hope it doesn't happen again. If it does, look into getting it "reballed" (resoldering the contacts for the GPU)
