Laptops My daily-driver laptop: 6 months later
Six months of edits, exports and airport security with the same laptop. Battery health, hinge wobble and the one flaw nobody reviews.
About this video
Launch-day reviews tell you how a laptop feels. They can't tell you how it ages. After six months as my only editing machine — 40+ videos cut on it — I re-tested everything: battery capacity, SSD speeds, fan noise and thermals.
The headline: battery health is at 94%, the keyboard still feels new, but the coating on the palm rest is wearing in a way that would bother me on a machine this expensive. Full details, benchmarks and my buy-or-wait advice inside.
Timestamps
- 0:00 — Why long-term reviews matter
- 2:05 — Battery health after 180 cycles
- 5:30 — Thermals and fan noise, re-tested
- 9:15 — Wear and tear: hinge, keys, coating
- 13:40 — Benchmarks: day one vs. month six
- 16:20 — Should you still buy it?
Gear mentioned
- 16-inch creator laptop, 32GB / 1TB configuration
- 100W GaN travel charger
- Laptop stand and external keyboard for desk mode
Creator tip: cap your charge at 80% for any laptop that lives on a desk — it roughly doubles the number of healthy battery years.
