I have an opportunity to purchase my old work laptop for around $500 (they're sending me a more modern replacement as soon as the M2 pros are released). It's a 16" 2019 i9 MBP with 16GB / 1TB. I've been the only user so far, and the only notable problem I've had with it is sometimes having to unplug/replug a USB hub a handful of times before the webcam on it is recognized.
It's not the computer I would buy if I were in the market now, for a number of reasons (Intel, memory, touch bar, weight). But it does seem like a pretty good price (it looks like they're currently going for around $1200-1400).
I do like that it's got more ports than my current MBA (2019 / 16GB) and struggles less driving a 4K monitor. But it's way too heavy for a small person like me to use as anything besides a desktop replacement. I travel mostly on foot/transit and wouldn't want to have it on my shoulders for extended periods with any frequency. At home I carry my personal laptop from one room to another a couple times a day. It's really nice to be able to lift the MBA in one hand even when open and carry a drink or book or whatever in the other. No way that's possible with the 16" MBP.
Fwiw, my next planned purchase was going to be a 14" 32GB/1TB M3 MBP whenever those come out (presumably 12-24 months from now), with the intention to use the new one for at least 5 years and repurpose the MBA for a side project. I also have a couple other older Macs hanging around that get very infrequent light use (the 11" MBA is so incredibly portable!) on the order of once a year. So I don't particularly need another computer.
Should I get this and sell it? Get it and use it as primary and the MBA for the side project? Something else?
It's not the computer I would buy if I were in the market now, for a number of reasons (Intel, memory, touch bar, weight). But it does seem like a pretty good price (it looks like they're currently going for around $1200-1400).
I do like that it's got more ports than my current MBA (2019 / 16GB) and struggles less driving a 4K monitor. But it's way too heavy for a small person like me to use as anything besides a desktop replacement. I travel mostly on foot/transit and wouldn't want to have it on my shoulders for extended periods with any frequency. At home I carry my personal laptop from one room to another a couple times a day. It's really nice to be able to lift the MBA in one hand even when open and carry a drink or book or whatever in the other. No way that's possible with the 16" MBP.
Fwiw, my next planned purchase was going to be a 14" 32GB/1TB M3 MBP whenever those come out (presumably 12-24 months from now), with the intention to use the new one for at least 5 years and repurpose the MBA for a side project. I also have a couple other older Macs hanging around that get very infrequent light use (the 11" MBA is so incredibly portable!) on the order of once a year. So I don't particularly need another computer.
Should I get this and sell it? Get it and use it as primary and the MBA for the side project? Something else?
