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I spent an embarrassing amount on a lackluster early 2019 MBP. It's fine as a general purpose laptop but is just a little too slow for serious dev work, a littl
by pc86 4y ago
I spent an embarrassing amount on a lackluster early 2019 MBP. It's fine as a general purpose laptop but is just a little too slow for serious dev work, a little too heavy as the main travel laptop, battery life a little too short for my liking.
I got an M1 for my work laptop maybe 4 months ago and it might honestly be the best laptop I've ever used.
- importantbrian 4y agoI have a 2019 pro and my wife got an M1 air and every time I use her computer for anything I kick myself for not waiting a year and getting an M1 for myself.
- tokamak-teapot 4y agoThe resale value of that 2019 will be high. I don’t know the safest place to sell them though. Recommendations welcome! EBay just fills me with dread.
- arvinsim 4y agoI sold mine at 60%. That's how fed up I was with my 2019 16" MBP after having the M1 Air for about 3 months.
- dubeye 4y agoyou just gave me flashbacks :( worst purchase ever!
- Pulcinella 4y agoIn a somewhat similar situation with the 2019 16 inch Intel MBP. I wouldn't say it's too slow, but it does get embarrassingly hot during regular use. Enabling low power mode disables turbo boost and keeps it much, much cooler, but plugging into an external monitor enables the discrete graphics card and the laptop gets hot again. Going to try to get a few more years out of it hopefully until Imagination Tech's hardware accelerated ray tracing solutions can make it to Apple's GPUs.
- tomduncalf 4y agoYeah I ditched my 2019 16" for an M1 Max. Was an expensive move but honestly, I couldn't bear to use that thing as a laptop, especially once I knew there was an alternative which doesn't get hot enough to fry eggs on. For me it was worth it, because I now enjoy using my laptop as a laptop on the sofa or whatever, and do a lot more creative stuff on it than I did with the old one. But definitely not a cheap move!
- drcongo 4y agoMine's gone in the cupboard and never been used since the M1 Pro arrived.
- kayoone 4y agoI had the same issues with a 2019 16" MBP. Annoying fans as soon as I connected an external display, getting very hot, okay performance. Switched to a M1 Pro 14" and couldn't be happier, as far as work laptops go it's the best I ever used since switching to macs in 2009.
- robbintt 4y agoI use these with few or no problems. The heat dissipation is pretty much solved by charging on the right side. My life is full of usability hacks, I don't mind one more. The biggest frustration for me with a mac now is that it's becoming a toy OS like windows. It becomes more and more cumbersome to run programs that aren't in the app store. As a result I've been cultivating an ubuntu/plasma(kde) practice on a gaming desktop outside of working hours.
- tails4e 4y agoI switched from windows/dell to a 2019 16inch MBP Intel for work as I wanted everything MBPs promised, especially battery life. I was very dissapointed that I get about 2 hours on battery, but I suspect its mostly due to the MS office apps. Is this improved on the M1 versions? Surely high cpu usage there will still waste battery pretty quickly?
- rootusrootus 4y agoThe 16 inch Intel MBP was a machine I wanted to love. Big lovely screen, should be fast and capable, I was stoked to get it. But on the occasion where I have to take it off the charger and attend a zoom call, it gives me maybe 90 minutes of battery life, fan going full speed the whole time, trying to melt the desktop. Fortunately I also have a 13 inch M1 MBP that has no such problem, and is easily my favorite MBP in many years.
- loeg 4y agoI'm still stuck on a 2019 MBP from work. What garbage hardware. Up for a refresh in December.
- throwaway894345 4y agoJust to put things into perspective, the 2019 MBP might be worse than M1 Macs, but it's still way better than anything I've seen in the PC world (which is why Macs have been able to coast through bad decisions regarding keyboard, ports, and touchbar for so many years). That said, I'm very excited for these new ARM devices.
- loeg 4y agoI don’t believe it’s better than non-mac products.
- maccard 4y agoCurious what you'd buy instead?
- pleb_nz 4y agoI had a Lenovo P15 before my current M1Pro. That thing was a machine. I got roughly the same battery life through day of dev work, got to choose my OS, it did everything perfectly. Only thing it lacked on imo was looks. So yeah, in my experience, there are other laptops out there that are as good.
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- smoldesu 4y agoI used to work on the similar P51, definitely a nice device for Unix work. I also keep a maxed-out T460s around as a handy little notebook for programming and photo editing. Not as powerful as the P51, but the design feels like a refinement of the "manila envelope" Macbook Airs. Lenovo hardware is starting to find it's footing again, though there's still a number of really Lovecraftian devices they made in the early 2010s (T440p, anyone? How about an X240?).
- michaelchisari 4y agoI got the M1 iMac with only 16gb RAM when it came out and it's incredible how fast it is. My previous machines were top-of-the-line intel Macs and the M1 blows them out of the water, performance-wise. I can buy the lowest-end M-series models from now on and feel confident I'll have more than enough power. Gonna save a lot of money going forward.
- pc86 4y agoYeah, basically same here. My work M1 is 16GB and the '19 Intel is basically maxed out, and I'd take the M1 any day.
- mbesto 4y ago2016 MBP gang rise up! I switched over to the Air M1 a year ago (I think?) and it's faster, lighter and smaller. Best laptop ever.
- Forgeties79 4y agoMy M1 Mac mini is, hands down, the greatest computer deal I’ve ever nabbed. 1TB SSD, 16tb memory (I do media production 8gb is a non-starter), all for $1450.00. It’s even a solid gaming machine which I wasn’t expecting. No complaints at all except the 2 monitor cap.