MacBook Pro 15" Retina Late 2013 and Mid 2015 Screen Flicker/ GPU Problem/ Design Flaw

[OceanView]

The Apple event on the 7th is coming soon and there may be a new MacBook Pro and with the presence of another newer model, the model you are interested in may depreciate further and you may just grab a bargain by waiting a little while. Also, this issue can be remedied by setting the machine manually to use either the integrated or dedicated cards and you should see no flickering, but this does come with compromises and hopefully Apple will identify the issue and do a recall. The model linked above only has the integrated model and in theory should not be affected but I have heard that a couple of people have had issues, but the seller does offer a 60 days return policy just in case. Unfortunately the current MacBook's don't have the great advantage over the competition that they used to, and if MacOS isn't absolutely necessary, then I would suggest shopping around as you may find better value elsewhere.

Thanks for the info.
I will wait for the Sept 7th event and wait to see if there are any new offerings.
But if not, I'll probably get the used 15" laptop

 

[Sofian_26]

Unfortunately the new unit I was given seems to be flickering even more often than the old one and for some reason it seems that half of the screen flickers most often, whereas the old MacBook's screen flickered mostly in the top third portion and am unsure of any significance this has. The flickering occurs often when going on YouTube and even whilst watching the Apple event. I have informed the store of this and have been told that I could come back in and open a new one to see if it has an issue. Unfortunately I am not sure of how I can proceed from here as my previous case has been closed as I was issued a replacement meaning that the engineering team has ceased working on it and the manger dealing with my case is on holiday.