Q: New Macbook Pro Retina - Keeps freezing...

You have 14 days to return the computer w/no questions asked.  Plus you have 90 days of FREE phone tech support on top of your standard 1 year warranty unless you also purchased AppleCare which gives you an additional 2 years of coverage plus FREE phone support.

Strongly suggest that you take FULL advantage of the above before it runs out.  Let Apple deal w/the problems.

your not alone. I've got the same problem. It locks up with no reason and the only way is hold power button..

The same thing happened to me 4 times already within 2 days...

I had VMWare Fusion, Safari and an PDF file open when this happened.

Lets hope there will be a fix for this soon!

Yep, just like the others, mine has also freezed two times already. I hope Apple will solve this soon with an update.

Hmmm, I think it is related to OS X Mavericks and therefore a possible solution might just be days away. I read some stories of people with previous generation MacBook Pros who had the same problems after installing Mavericks. So, if it is software related (which I hope), it will probably appear again on your new MacBook. Let us know.

I have this problem too with my brand new macbook Pro retina 13".

Two times this has happened in the two days i have had it - first time i wast just clicking around in finder, second time was in Garage band. The screen just totally freezes and i need to doo a reboot with the power key!!

Hope it will get fixed SOON!!! :(

Amazing to see that all problems appear to be consistent. Your description is spot-on.

This thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5481839?start=165&tstart=0 has 172 posts on the same topic.

I haven't seen any new 15" rMBP owners report this problem -- appears to be a new 13" and new iMac problem caused by Mavericks.  Unfortunately, it doesn't appear there's anything to do until Apple pushes out a Mavericks update. 

Your new MBP should already come pre-installed w/Maverick.

Thanks for the link, I will also post there to increase the pressure on Apple.

@Boomer

Apparantly, that's exactly the problem.

                                                                           Brand New MBP Retina 13" froze twice in first day of use!                    

youre not alone!

I have had this brand new macbook pro retina 13" for about 4 days now.  Just started freezing today, and the only thing I have downloaded, is Microsoft Office.  I was in my Safari, twice, when it completely froze. The only way I could get out of it, both times, was by shutting down the whole computer.  This makes me pretty angry seeings how this has only been used a few times.  You save up to get a great computer, and it ends up letting you down. Seriously Apple, you make us pay so much money for a "great" product, yet all we are faced with are issues. Please fix this, or a lot of Apple enthusiasts, will start leaving.  So disappointed..and everything I own is an Apple product.  (This is my first Mac computer)

Seriously Apple, you make us pay so much money for a "great" product, yet all we are faced with are issues. Please fix this, or a lot of Apple enthusiasts, will start leaving.

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