Why we stopped recommending laptops on release day
Three of the last five machines we tested shipped with a firmware bug that was fixed within ten weeks. Waiting one quarter is the cheapest upgrade there is.
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Open-back or closed-back: choose by the room, not the graph
The most common headphone regret we hear has nothing to do with sound quality. It comes from buying the right headphone for the wrong room.
Your next lens matters more than your next body
A body is a five-year decision and a mount is a twenty-year one. Almost everyone buying a camera has this the wrong way round.
Reading a spec sheet: the six numbers that predict how a product feels
Most specifications describe a laboratory. A few describe your Tuesday. Here is how to tell them apart, in any category.
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