What's new
Every Know Your Buy release, and what's coming next.
Version 0.1.0
Release date to be announced
First release
- Specs panel: model, processor, graphics, RAM and drives
- Tests: battery, fan, processor benchmark, processor, graphics, memory, storage health and speed
- Stress All: processor and graphics at full load for 1, 3 or 5 minutes
- Buy, Negotiate or Walk away verdict, with a plain reason
- Good / Okay / Bad rating for college and office, coding, video editing and gaming
- Confidence level on every result
- Repair cost estimates for worn batteries, cooling and fans
- PDF report saved to the USB stick, with an HTML fallback
- Optional PawnIO temperature driver, removed by Clean up & Exit
- Mac version (Apple Silicon and Intel downloads): Activation Lock and MDM checks, battery, SSD, fan, heat and benchmark, no admin password needed
- The verdict rules ship only as native code on both platforms, so they cannot be read out of the app
Planned
No dates yet. These aren't in Know Your Buy today.
Next
- Guided checks for the screen, keyboard, speakers, microphone, webcam, ports, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Spotting faked specs: edited processor names, fake-capacity drives, RAM that doesn't match
- BIOS lock and Windows activation checks
- A longer thermal test
Later
- A fair price estimate based on the laptop's specs and condition
- Online reports with a QR code, so sellers can share a verified health report