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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The best laptops for everyday work
We ran nine machines under sustained load for thirty minutes each and measured what was left. The winner loses every ten-second benchmark on this page.
Kestrel Meridian 14 review: the laptop that stops apologising in the second hour
It loses the benchmark and wins the afternoon. Eight weeks with the machine that holds 94% of its clocks after half an hour under load.
Kestrel Meridian 14 vs Tessellate Vector 13: thickness or throughput
One is 380 grams lighter with a better screen. The other is still running at full speed forty minutes into a workload. The right answer depends on one question.
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