Purchased this MacBook Pro as a replacement for my older windows based laptop that was ridiculously slow and sluggish. I was initially looking at other computer models because of the price but I eventually went with the MacBook Pro with the new M2 Pro chip. After using the laptop for over a week. I am extremely satisfied. The performance alone is amazing. Every program or app loads extremely fast. I can have 10 different apps running with no performance lag. Also the display and speakers for a laptop is just awesome. All of this and the batter has been lasting me for 2 days before needing to be recharged. Overall I’m very satisfied with the new MacBook pros

Apple Macbook Pro 16 2023 M2 Max

This is a wonderful laptop. Coming from a 2019 16 inch MacBook Pro I’ve noticed quite a few improvements. The first being that the hdmi and SD card slot are back!! Yay! The second is that the display is edge to edge, 120hz and very bright. It’s probably the best display I’ve ever used.

The preformance is just astronomically great! It has a 12 core cpu and 19 core gpu! It’s fast but also very power efficient! So much so that my fans have only come on occasionally and never on full blast. Part of this is also due to the fact that the vents aren’t blocked by one’s legs when using it on your lap. Geekbench says this is 3 times as fast as the 2019 intel MacBook Pro 16!!

The fast charging is much appreciated as it means less time waiting and more time working! The function keys are much better than the old Touch Bar being that it works and h they are full height!

One thing to keep in mind, this is a big machine being 4.7 pounds and it is a little bit thicker than the outgoing intel model. I am orally fine with it since it gives the laptop better cooling, but some people might want something smaller. The notch was an annoyance at first but after using the laptop for a while I don’t even notice it.

This is an expensive laptop but it’s well worth the money for what you get!

While the spec is amazing it runs super hot and get a fair bit of thermal throttling. The asus ui is pretty rubbish and difficult to control the fan speeds.

ROG Strix SCAR 17 X3D 17.3” QHD 240Hz/3ms GeForce RTX 4090 AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D 32GB DDR5 2TB PCIe SSD Wi-Fi 6E Win 11 Pro

ASUS Zephyrus Duo 16 (2023) GX650 Ryzen™ 9-7945HX, 16" QHD 240Hz Display,GeForce RTX 4080, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD