Review on 16" Notebook Apple MacBook Pro 16 Late 2019 (3072x1920, Intel Core i9 2.3 GHz, RAM 16 GB, SSD 1024 GB, Radeon Pro 5500M), MVVK2LL/A, space gray by Mateusz Banaszkiewic ᠌

Name: 16" Notebook Apple MacBook Pro 16 Late 2019 (3072x1920, Intel Core i9 2.3 GHz, RAM 16 GB, SSD 1024 GB, Radeon Pro 5500M), MVVK2LL/A, space gray
Item: 16" Notebook Apple MacBook Pro 16 Late 2019 (3072x1920, Intel Core i9 2.3 GHz, RAM 16 GB, SSD 1024 GB, Radeon Pro 5500M), MVVK2LL/A, space gray
Rating: 4

May 29, 2023

No complaints, I recommend to buy.

In most cases, the purchase will be completed successfully nevertheless. I gave the XPS 15 some thought, but ultimately decided that for my professional needs, a Mac would be more handy than Windows. I chose not to bring the power supply with me, I do not use a mouse (the touchpad that recognizes movements is fairly convenient), and I do not use an additional display (a screen size of 16 inches on a laptop is plenty for me). The touchbar is a neat feature, but in my opinion, it does not serve a particularly practical use.

Pros

Screen, casing, sound, design, keyboard that is better than a butterfly, touchpad, and the laptop is perfectly silent while being used in an office setting. The battery is able to power the device for an entire working day as well as one hour of a series in the evening (with the brightness set to approximately 70% and no resource-intensive programs running), and there is still 20% of the charge remaining. In office applications, the pace of work is not fast enough to meet expectations. During my employment of two months' duration, I was never need to restart the laptop due to errors. There were no invasive ates that were put at the most inconvenient time.

Cons

There will be occasions when you feel like playing. At least some games are unplayable when run on MacOS, such as World of Tanks, which displays an unrecognizable jumble of pixels on the screen. Bootcamp has a significant negative impact on performance when used with Windows. The temperature is causing the system to throttle too much, even if the CPU and GPU temperatures are relatively modest. When the temperature on the laptop exceeds 70 degrees, the GPU frequency drops significantly, and it remains stable when it reaches 67 degrees on average. During this time, the GPU frequency will drop from the typical 1200 megahertz down to 500 megahertz when it is placed on a flat surface (that is, when there is no interference with the cooling system). This issue is not confined to just me; rather, it permeates the entire world. Additionally, individuals have mentioned that after upgrading to Catalina while using the MBP15 bootcamp, they continue to behave in the same manner. When operating in this mode, the GPU uses approximately 30 watts of power, compared to the typical output of 50 watts. And this is despite the fact that the processor's power consumption has been manually capped at ten watts through the use of the Intel XTU utility (in order to ease the strain on the cooling system). Despite the fact that this laptop is not intended for gaming, it will function improperly in working programs for bootcamp, which, in my opinion, is unacceptable. And all of this is only a constraint imposed by artificial means because. The temperature should not be restricted to 67 degrees because temperatures of 80-85 and even 90 degrees are perfectly fine for this laptop (while running Mac OS, the processor can reach 100 degrees and consumes more than 50 watts of power). That is to say, the power management of the video card has been implemented in an erroneous manner. The fact that the GPU only operates at half of its intended speed yet consuming only 30 watts of power is one of the most infuriating aspects of the situation. This laptop is not necessary to purchase if you require great performance on Windows in general, as its performance is significantly lower than what is advertised (the difference is 2.5 times lower). It's possible that things will get better once ates are implemented, but I wouldn't put too much stock in that possibility. In addition, the bootcamp does not support gestures that are performed on touchpads. If you look very closely, you can see that the illumination is not completely even, and it is visible against a white background.