Comment Faulty drivers or faulty chips? (Score 1) 284
I haven't seen the kernel panics myself, but I have seen several 2010 MBPs come in with bad video cards. If you go to an Apple Authorized Reseller, not to an Apple Store, you may get to hear someone say "Yes, we know of the issue and will fix it for you." Apple Retail Stores are specifically told to never admit that there's a fundamental problem with an Apple design, even when there is (Like the old iBook's video card seating issue).
I'm just assuming Lion's hitting the card a little bit harder and the hardware flaws are showing up finally. Do all the kernel panics say "NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG" to start? If so, you better drag that computer in and force Apple to do something about it.