Update - 1 week later

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well. It’s been a week since I’ve gotten my 2019 MacBook Pro 16”. Here’s what I’ve learnt so far

Firstly, i saw a lot of comments asking about the price and the specifications

2019 MacBook Pro 16” 2.4 GHz 8 core i9 (boosts to 5 GHz) Radeon Pro 5500M 4 GB 32 GB RAM 1 TB SSD 274 Cycles ₹45000 | $520

Here’s what i think about this machine so far

The screen is literally perfect. So crisp, so bright. I do miss my 144 hz refresh rate, but it’s not a massive dealbreaker (for me at least, my roommates think otherwise)

The speakers are the true highlight. I have never heard such insanely loud noises coming from a laptop this thin, to the point where this laptop has replaced the 10w JBL speaker that we used to listen to songs on. (Enhancer for youtube did help out quite a bit)

The battery life is actually not as bad as I thought considering the stuff I heard about it here. Tbf i was just using it for Studies so, opened a few tabs of safari and Powerpoint, and this is not a word of a lie, In the 4 hours that I used the thing, It only dropped by about 36 percent. Now obviously it’s gonna start dying rather quickly when i use it for more demanding tasks, but this is still much better than what I’ve been seeing posted here.

As for the rest, I don’t mind the touchbar. I don’t use it all the time, but it’s quite fun and it’s not a pain to have it. Build quality is top notch (thankfully this one doesn’t have it :)).

All in all, I think I’m pretty satisfied with my purchase. As someone who could’ve bought a base m1 MacBook air instead of this, I feel like I have made the right decision. What do you think?