A balance? What balance? We are talking about the machine having either software or hardware issues or both. Nothing has been confirmed as of the writing of this post. That is a fact. Not fiction. And it does not go away with "balanced reporting" attempting to downplay it. And a workaround? Why? I paid ~$5k for this machine. I expect it to work as advertised, as-is. Simple stuff, really.
Does not fix the corners.
A balance of "this computer is a POS and I can't use it" with "It's fine. It doesn't interfere with my work and there are several completely reasonable ways to mitigate it or, if you've been planning on using dual displays, you won't even be affected".
That is just your personal opinion. Am I not entitled to mine? In a public forum? I am 100% certain that anybody reading this thread is capable of drawing their own conclusions as to whether to purchase a machine or wait.
It doesn't have to because that's not what most people are concerned with. I don't know anyone who wastes any time worrying about a 10 square pixel corner (100 pixels in total) on a screen with almost 15 million. The rest of us should be able to find a support group.
These posts -- as posted by all of us here -- automatically and by default form the correct balance we are all seeking.
You do not know anyone? I worry about it. Because what is that an indicator of? I guess I will go find that appropriate support group. Thanks for the tip.
You and quagmire are quite a pair! Reminds of a couple of children stomping their feet. You both are acting like gatekeepers expecting everyone to think like you do and react like you do. It’s pathetic. Let people be themselves and stop being control freaks.
I was responding to this, just to clarify:
We are not overblowing anything in this particular thread. Certainly not any more than you are overblowing this not being an issue.
Como what? Sorry but Apple called me. I did not call them. They called me twice in fact. Gasp! Asked for details!? Are you suggesting I report that as harassment?
Does not fix the corner issue, suggesting the problems do not go away. Again, why would I purchase a machine for ~$5k and employ workarounds for it to function as it is supposed to? What!? And Windows?! What? What is that? I bought this machine specifically to run macOS. People still use Windows? Why? To suffer? To induce migraines?
Thus far, everybody with the corner issue seems to have the white lines issue and vice versa. While the white lines issue is more random, both issues seem to be related to how the interface is layered and how alpha or transparency is used to render those components.
Yes. Maybe something in the Metal driver is "asking" the card to render something it should know how to do but does not. And maybe it is the first instance of such a request. Or an accumulation of such requests.
This could be. Again, could be simply software. Or could be hardware. And certain types of draw calls introduce a hardware level bug. We simply do not know yet.
Fair enough.
You simply do not know. Neither do I. Windows does not utilize Metal drivers to render its UI. If something about the hardware is not 100% a certain type of draw call (originating from software) may expose a hardware bug in macOS only. That is why saying "does not happen in Windows, must be a software only issue" is misleading at best.
Apologies for not being useful enough to you. I have researched this issue any way I can and posted my findings in this thread. I have also reported all of the same information to Apple when they called and asked me to provide details to them. While that is not enough for you, I hope it is of some value to others and Apple. As I am sure you will encounter everywhere, you will have to find what is useful to you and navigate through the noise.
Again, you are assuming way too much by saying it is software. We do not know yet.
It certainly occurs multiple times per day. I tend to get the lines in clusters... several in a brief period of time and then nothing for a long time. If you have not seen them at all, then this could be a clue for the rest of us. Maybe you mentioned this already but when did you order or get the machine? Very recently? Mind posting a screen shot of your System Report > Graphics/Displays?
Because this more data - I've never had the corner issue while I have seen the white line glitch.
That's how retina screens work. While your maximum screen resolution is 5120 across, the UI itself is scaled up to render the same as it does on a 2560 screen. That way the UI components remain the same predictable size across various machines. You can change this with Scaling (or Skaleret). Most people leave it at default, afaik.
You have an external display attached, correct?
