Apple

16-inch MacBook Pro ~ (2019, Core i9 2.4GHz with 8-Core Processor, Space Gray) ~ Stickered - Good

Color: Space Gray
Condition: Stickered Good
Memory: 64GB
Storage: 1TB SSD
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB GDDR6
Choose your configuration
Battery Health: 85%+

Standard

85%+ health

Great for everyday use

Maximum Battery Health

100% health

New battery or as-new original

Even our Standard beats the ~80% most refurb marketplaces guarantee — and every TA1 Mac has under 400 charge cycles.

⚡ Order by 16:00 (Mon–Fri) — ships same day, delivered next working day.

Free insured express delivery — select at checkout.

Prefer pickup? Free collection at The TA1 Computer Shop — usually ready in 24 hours. Evening & weekend slots often possible, just ask.

Every Mac gets a final TA1 pre-ship test, the latest macOS update and photos before packing — so it's ready to go straight out of the box. In busy periods this can add one working day.

  • Big 16” True-Tone Retina display (3072x1920, 500 nits, P3 wide colour).
  • Powered by the Intel Core i9 8-Core 2.4GHz — 8 cores / 16 threads, 9th-gen Intel with dedicated Radeon Pro 5500M graphics.
  • Four Thunderbolt 3 ports + Apple T2 chip — runs the latest macOS Tahoe, and dual-boots Windows via Boot Camp.
  • 100Wh battery — up to 11 hours of wireless web — 96W USB-C charger included.

TA1 Suitability
For Casual Computing
For Heavy Workloads

Touch Bar. Touch ID. Six-speaker sound. Four Thunderbolt 3 ports. Boot Camp. macOS Tahoe.


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Memory: 64GB
Storage: 1TB SSD
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB GDDR6

Will it do what I need?

The 16” CTO Core i9 (2019) Is Great For

Everyday & webBrowsing, email, streaming, video calls — fast, with a huge 16” canvas and the best speakers Apple had put in a laptop. Business & starting upOffice 365, Google Workspace, Zoom and accounting software — a big screen for big spreadsheets, Touch Bar shortcuts on top. Windows & x86 softwareThe last MacBook Pro that runs Windows natively via Boot Camp — plus every legacy x86 app and plugin. Apple Silicon Macs can't do this.
Multi-monitor & tradingDrives two 6K or FOUR 4K external displays over Thunderbolt 3 — a trading desk from one laptop.
Heavy multitasking32–64GB of memory on most of these CTO builds plus 8 cores / 16 threads — dozens of tabs, VMs, Docker and big datasets open at once without a stutter.
Programming & devXcode, VS Code and web dev fly — and Docker runs native x86 images, handy when you deploy to Intel servers. Plenty of memory for VMs. Photo, music & podcastsLightroom and Photoshop on a P3 wide-colour 16” display; Logic with full x86 plugin compatibility, six speakers and studio mics. CAD & 3D designBoot Camp runs Revit, Inventor and SolidWorks natively, with the dedicated Radeon Pro 5500M driving the viewport — the big screen suits it. AI & data science32–64GB of memory holds datasets and models a 16GB laptop can't — Jupyter, pandas and scikit-learn are at home here. Local LLMs run on the CPU, so expect fewer tokens per second than an M-series Pro. Heavy video editing4K editing works on the Radeon Pro, but it runs hot doing it — the Apple Silicon 16” Pros are faster and silent.
All-day mobile workThe 100Wh battery is big, but Intel is thirsty — a working day of light use, not heavy. Keep the 96W charger handy.
GamingOlder Windows titles run via Boot Camp on the Radeon Pro — unique among Macs, but it is not a gaming rig.

Up to two external 6K displays, or four external 4K displays

Connect Up To Four 4K Displays

Four Thunderbolt 3 ports drive up to two 6K or four 4K external displays at once — a trading desk, a dev setup or a studio from one laptop, which makes this model excellent for hardcore multitaskers.

Fun fact: it took the Max chips to match this. The Apple Silicon M1 Pro and M2 Pro drive two external displays; you need an M1 Max or later Max to reach four.

Image courtesy of @luckymayokashi

TA1 Review

This Refurbished Mac

About this listing

Condition Stickered - Good
Colour Space Gray
Battery health 85%+ guaranteed minimum — and at most 400 battery cycles
Operating system macOS Tahoe
macOS support Runs the latest macOS Tahoe (macOS 26) — the final macOS generation for Intel Macs

Delivery & Warranty

In the box Your Mac + a fully compatible charger
Delivery Free express next-day delivery (weekdays only) — allow up to 2 business days
Outside the UK Please don't order directly — reach out first on WhatsApp 07477 143031 and we'll sort a personal shipping quote. We ship worldwide via fully insured DHL Express, qualifying orders export at 0% VAT (you save the UK tax), and you pay your country's customs duty on arrival — no hidden surprises.
Warranty 365-Day RTB Hardware Warranty
Returns 14-day returns

The Details

Processor & Performance

Processor Intel Core i9 8-Core 2.4GHz
Generation 9th-generation Intel Core i9 (Coffee Lake Refresh) — 8 cores / 16 threads, Turbo Boost up to 4.8GHz (2.3GHz model) or 5.0GHz (2.4GHz model), 16MB shared L3 cache
Graphics AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8GB GDDR6
Graphics (standard) AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB GDDR6 — 8GB on many configure-to-order builds — plus Intel UHD Graphics 630 with automatic switching
Security Apple T2 Security Chip — encrypted SSD, secure boot, Touch ID
Cooling Active cooling with larger fans and heat sinks than the 15-inch it replaced — quiet at rest, fans audible under sustained load
Released November 2019 — the configure-to-order top of the Intel line, not sold off the shelf; succeeded by the Apple Silicon 16-inch M1 Pro / M1 Max in October 2021

Display

Screen 16-inch LED-backlit Retina (IPS)
Resolution 3072 x 1920 at 226 pixels per inch
Brightness 500 nits
Colour Wide colour (P3), True Tone technology
Refresh rate 60Hz, with 47.95Hz, 48Hz, 50Hz and 59.94Hz selectable for video work

Memory & Storage

Memory 64GB
Storage 1TB SSD
Memory type 2666MHz DDR4 onboard — 16GB standard, 32GB or 64GB configure-to-order (the headroom that keeps this Mac relevant for multitasking and data work)
Storage type Apple SSD, T2-encrypted — 1TB standard on the Core i9, up to 8TB configure-to-order

Battery & Power

Battery 100-watt-hour lithium-polymer — the largest allowed on a plane
Wireless web Up to 11 hours
Movie playback Up to 11 hours
Charging 96W USB-C — fully compatible charger included

Camera & Audio

Camera 720p FaceTime HD
Speakers Six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers, Dolby Atmos playback
Microphones Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming
Headphones 3.5mm headphone jack

Connectivity & Ports

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
Ports 4x Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C), two each side — charging, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt up to 40Gb/s, USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10Gb/s
External displays Two 6K displays at 60Hz, or four 4K displays at 60Hz
Windows Boot Camp supported — runs Windows 10 natively on the Radeon Pro (Windows 11 with community workarounds)

Keyboard & Trackpad

Keyboard Backlit Magic Keyboard (scissor mechanism — the redesign that replaced the butterfly keyboard) with Touch Bar and a physical Escape key
Touch ID Yes — via the Apple T2 chip
Trackpad Force Touch trackpad

Size & Weight

Height 1.62 cm
Width 35.79 cm
Depth 24.59 cm
Weight 2.0 kg

Software

Operating system macOS Tahoe
macOS support macOS Tahoe (26) — the newest macOS, and the final major version for Intel Macs; Apple continues security updates beyond it
Apple Intelligence Not available on Intel Macs
Windows Boot Camp — the last MacBook Pro generation that dual-boots Windows natively

The short version: next-day delivery on most orders, 14 days to change your mind, a 12-month hardware warranty, and a real human on WhatsApp if you're ever unsure. Everything below applies to UK orders only — outside the UK, message us before ordering.

Delivery

MacBooks & laptops — DPD Next Day, Before 12

Most orders ship with DPD Next Day (Before 12) — so most Macs arrive before noon the next working day. DPD delivers on weekdays; orders placed over the weekend head out on Monday.

iMacs — DHL Express Next Day

iMacs ship with DHL Express Next Day. Order before 1pm and your iMac can arrive the next working day — though in general, allow 1 working day of handling time for iMacs, as they take longer to pack safely.

Returns — 14 days, always

Every order comes with our standard 14-day return policy.

If in doubt or unsure what to buy — don't buy. Reach out first and have a chat with us on WhatsApp: +44 7477 143031 (that's Denis), or email support@ta1macstore.co.uk. We'd much rather help you pick the right Mac than have you guess — and whatever you choose, the 14 days is always there.

Returning a MacBook or laptop

We'll send you a DPD return label at no cost to you and book a collection from your doorstep. Just hand the Mac to the DPD driver, keep the collection slip they give you, and we deal with everything else.

Returning an iMac

For iMacs, return shipping is at your cost — typically £35 for an insured DHL return. But get in touch anyway and we'll arrange the collection and handle all the logistics for you.

Please keep the packaging

Hold on to the original box and packaging, at least until you're sure you're keeping your Mac. Getting it back to us securely packed is your responsibility — so you'll need a sturdy box.

Faulty item? We handle everything.

If your Mac develops a genuine fault, that's on us — we'll cover the return, the repair or replacement, all of it.

Our defect rate is very, very low: we refurbish with original Apple displays and original Apple parts (batteries are the one exception — those are model-specific). But if anything does go wrong — say the Mac won't turn on — and it's a hardware issue rather than accidental damage, we'll cover a repair or replacement under our 12-month return-to-base (RTB) hardware warranty.

Accidental damage — a dropped Mac, a cracked screen, a spilled drink — isn't covered by the warranty. But don't disappear on us: we're Mac refurbishment specialists, so we'll do our best to help and keep out-of-warranty repair prices low. Our customers are like our community — we do our best to look after each other.

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None of the above affects your statutory rights.

Every TA1 Mac is graded against the criteria below, fully tested and battery-verified. Read the full grading guide here.

Excellent Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Excellent Condition

Like New - May have one or two very faint hairline scratches, only visible under direct light — nothing visible after 30cm. Screen is clean with no marks.

(Imagine someone bought this machine and used it carefully for less than a month.)

Good Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Good Condition

Light signs of use — a couple of small scratches or scuffs on the casing visible after 30cm, but no dents.

Screen again perfect - may have a little tiny scratch but all screen marks are invisible when the display is on.

(Imagine someone bought this machine and used it for a couple of months.)

Fair Condition

Fully Working & Battery >=85% <400cycles.

Fair Condition

Noticeable scratches, scuffs, or light dents on the casing.

Screen is excellent also - may have the odd tiny scratch but all marks invisible when the display is on.

(Imagine a student bought this machine and used it daily for a year or so.)

Operating System

macOS Tahoe. ✅

macOS 26 Tahoe brings the new Liquid Glass design, a much smarter Spotlight, the Phone app on your Mac and live iPhone activities in the menu bar. This 16-inch 2019 is one of only two Intel MacBook Pros that run it — Tahoe is the final macOS generation for Intel Macs, and it still dual-boots Windows via Boot Camp. Apple Intelligence features need an Apple Silicon Mac.