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Many of the notebooks released in 2019 are still in active use today. Because this was the year that 16GB of RAM and NVMe SSDs became the standard for mid-to-high-end machines, these laptops have aged gracefully. They represent a "sweet spot" in the secondhand market—offering modern aesthetics and solid performance at a fraction of the cost of current-year models. Summary of the 2019 Notebook Era: Sub-15mm thickness became the goal.

Notebook 2019: Why I’ll Never Throw Away the Last Pre-Pandemic Year notebook 2019