Apple MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar 13.3" Silver 2019
The quad-core 8th Gen Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz drives a 13.3-inch 2560x1600 Retina display featuring True Tone technology for color accuracy. The Touch Bar and Touch ID offer contextual controls and secure login, housed in a compact 1.37kg chassis with up to 10 hours of battery life. This refurbished MacBook Pro is best for students and business users needing a portable macOS machine for productivity tasks, not graphics-heavy gaming.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong portability (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong social proof (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong screen (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average ram (5th percentile)
- Below average storage (9th percentile)
- Below average cpu (18th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 1.4 GHz |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR3 |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 13.3" |
| Resolution | 2560x1600 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 3 |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11ac |
Physical
| Weight | 1.4 kg / 3.0 lbs |
| OS | macOS |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar 13.3" | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | HP OMEN Transcend | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel 8th Generation Core i5 | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 2000 | 2048 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 |
| Screen | 13.3" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| OS | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 71 | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple MacBook Pro w/ Touch Bar 13.3" | 18.1 | 42.2 | 5.4 | 40.8 | 83.5 | 93.1 | 8.5 | 97.5 | 92.6 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 88.8 | 94.1 | 91.6 | 91 | 96.3 | 74.8 | 89.3 | 59.9 | 98.4 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.1 | 92.3 | 98.6 | 99.8 | 95.5 | 7.2 | 97.4 | 80.8 | 87.4 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 88.1 | 93 | 90.5 | 91 | 96.3 | 73.6 | 67.7 | 32.8 | 97.4 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.8 | 65.5 | 80.8 | 63.5 | 95.9 | 87.6 | 80.3 | 80.8 | 97.4 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 65.5 | 80.8 | 80.4 | 91.6 | 96.4 | 72.4 | 59.9 | 87.7 |
Usage Scores
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