FWTW, Late 2013 15" MBP: daily use, no problems with High Sierra

CharlesW · on Dec 28, 2017

Also no problems here with High Sierra here on two daily-use machines, a MacBook Pro (13", early 2015) and a Mac mini (mid-2011).

Tip 1: Anyone with problems can use Apple Bug Reporter[1]. In my experience Apple really does watch these — I reported an issue with an old USB headset in Sierra and it was fixed in a subsequent release.

Tip 2: HN readers in Apple's developer program can use High Sierra betas to test if an issue still exists, and report that via Apple Bug Reporter or even open a Technical Support Incident (TSI). I think it's likely that Apple prioritizes (1) issues found in developer or public betas[2], and (2) issues coming from people in their developer program.

None of this is to say that anyone should have to do work to get a bug-free OS experience. This is just to suggest actions to take for people who have a bias for that.

[1] https://bugreport.apple.com/web/ [2] https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/

scarlac · on Dec 28, 2017

Same setup, different story: 2013 15" MBP, nVidia GT 750M, 16 GB RAM. After upgrading I got intermittent mini lock-ups (key presses, clicks, etc. would queue up). Happens in all apps regardless of what I'm doing. It felt like having a dying HDD instead of an SSD.

bluedino · on Dec 28, 2017

2010 13", 2013 15", and 2016 13", no problems here

boianmihailov · on Dec 28, 2017

same setup, no problem, I tend to overload it all the time. Dual displays, Several VMs at once, video conversions. Works pretty stable for me.

valuearb · on Dec 28, 2017

2015 MBP, no problems either

goldmouth · on Dec 28, 2017

2017, VMware fusion causes mine to constantly freeze.

valuearb · on Dec 28, 2017

Well, i think you’ve identified the problem. I consider vmware fusion skin to a virus and would delete it the moment my employer allowed.

chowyuncat · on Dec 28, 2017

It still has the most stable implementation for Linux development when compared to VirtualBox or Parallels. Docker for Mac is great for user space dev, but I haven’t figured out how to kernel debug yet.

Two recent showstoppers, when I tried to switch from Fusion:

The shared folder driver for VB will panic a Linux guest if a shared folder is accessed from a multithreaded compilation.

The shared folder driver for Parallels will panic a Linux guest if you load a kernel module from a shared folder.