Can You Install Windows 10 on a Pentium II?

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  • Windows 10 is known to be somewhat forgiving on older hardware. But is a Pentium II-based machine up to the task?
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  • @Gameplayer55055
    @Gameplayer55055 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1820

    Ctrl+alt+del
    CPU:129%
    Memory:199%

  • @lancerdeltarune
    @lancerdeltarune 3 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    *opens start menu*
    CPU: 100% Usage
    Memory: 100% Usage
    Disk Activity: 0%

    • @ooferdooferbruh
      @ooferdooferbruh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      my actual cpu is 100%

    • @ooferdooferbruh
      @ooferdooferbruh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      because it’s designed for windows 7

    • @Go2L
      @Go2L 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ooferdooferbruh I miss windows 7, when I setup it using iso it won’t work :(

    • @IndellableHatesHandles
      @IndellableHatesHandles 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ooferdooferbruh That doesn't make much sense. Win10 has the same requirements as Win7. Maybe it's a program like an antivirus on it.

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Go2L that piece of crap corrupts your passwords, making it to where you can't login.

  • @nurk_barry
    @nurk_barry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    My mom works in IT and she used to bring home these latitudes all the time, I remember the shell/formfactor. These were awesome with XP running. Great video dude!

    • @belownatural2298
      @belownatural2298 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i smell an atera ad

    • @nurk_barry
      @nurk_barry ปีที่แล้ว

      @australis I commented on the wrong video, I’m a system admin and I’ve been around PCs for 30 years, I know it’s a a thinkpad, ya twat.

    • @m7mdzuhair9gamer61
      @m7mdzuhair9gamer61 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zzylos What think?

    • @SollaxxScape
      @SollaxxScape ปีที่แล้ว

      lucky

    • @ben2808
      @ben2808 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jesus Christ loves you

  • @theunreal_TOEBEANS
    @theunreal_TOEBEANS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    This guy: *bored and hurried* “I accept all your... whatever”
    Bill Gates: “Behold! The ideal customer!”

    • @MilkyWay-kz2yn
      @MilkyWay-kz2yn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Computer guys: bottleneck to maximize hardware potentials is magnetic hdd.
      Me: bottleneck to maximize hardware potentials is os & drivers.
      upgrading hardware must follow upgrading windows is nonsense..what i feel when win98 to winxp no difference speed/performance but when downgrad winxp to win98 i see performance & eficiency but bottlenecked by drivers & apps support.

    • @unicodefox
      @unicodefox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MilkyWay-kz2yn nice profile picture you got there. 🤨

    • @mysteri0usmindd
      @mysteri0usmindd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah..nice

    • @JK-gm6kk
      @JK-gm6kk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's how you wind up in a human centipad

    • @Journey_Awaits
      @Journey_Awaits ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss when Bill Gates was Microsoft guy instead of omnicidal Bond villain

  • @seanmccafferty3189
    @seanmccafferty3189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    When he says that laptop has 160 MB of RAM, 20-year-old me's (from the mid-90's) voice in my head chimed in with "shit, that's a lot of memory" lol. :)

    • @michaelcallummayaka
      @michaelcallummayaka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Present day me, having watched a history of Cyrix which talked about Pentium IIs as well last night, said that's a lot of ram for a Pentium II.

    • @seanmccafferty3189
      @seanmccafferty3189 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@michaelcallummayaka I remember some of my friends and me, waiting for our lab session for programming ( we were doing a degree in computing in university). One guy says he's just bought a 40 mb hard drive. Someone else replies (his words, I'll never forget them): "40 meg? 40 MEG? FUCK ME?! You'll never fill that!!!!" This was 1995 IIRC. :)

    • @thealien_ali3382
      @thealien_ali3382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I have 32gb of ddr4 2666mhzt ram, dam how technology has changed, I bet in 10/20 years 32gb will be laughable I bet machines will have around 200/300gb ram easily

    • @GeirEivindMork
      @GeirEivindMork 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@seanmccafferty3189 I think you got your size or year wrong because 40MB in 1995 was very little. Quantum Fireball was a popular consumer range and they launched in 1995 with their 540 MB and 1.08 GB drives. year after with 640 MB and 1.28 GB. In 1990, 40mb was the smallest size I could get for the computer I bought then.

    • @seanmccafferty3189
      @seanmccafferty3189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@GeirEivindMork We may have had those sizes available in 1995, but as poor students then, we'd have been as likely to afford them as the average house at the time. My first, very basic, PC was an IBM PC/AT, which admittedly was 10 years old at the time of purchase in January 1995, had a whopping 10mb of hard drive storage, and was the type before IDE (I forget the name of it now). I upgraded it gradually, getting my hands on a 40mb IDE drive later that summer when I upgraded the motherboard also. I didn't get a 1.2gb drive until 1997, where I bought a stolen one from a friend who'd nicked it from his work, and it cost me £100 then, a fraction of what it would have cost otherwise.

  • @TE5LA-GAMING
    @TE5LA-GAMING 5 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Return next week when he tries to install Mac OSX on a Commodore Vic 20.

    • @waltherstolzing9719
      @waltherstolzing9719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Don't write that off so easily, there's probably a cartridge.

    • @thealien_ali3382
      @thealien_ali3382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Return 2 weeks after trys to install Ubuntu on a Sega mega drive lol

    • @furryface1057
      @furryface1057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol i had one of those with Data Cassette

    • @benstockton2285
      @benstockton2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walther Stolzing lol, with an 8 bit CPU

    • @janvingst
      @janvingst 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      . lol so essentially all modern msOs derive from that pe platform? thats the security breach. ubuntu etc doesnt have that, right?

  • @bluestarvideos1055
    @bluestarvideos1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "It was so advanced for the time they named it after a vegetable"

    • @fairyball3929
      @fairyball3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ah, I see you're a fan of TH-camr Peter Knetter...

    • @bluestarvideos1055
      @bluestarvideos1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fairyball3929 Yup man of culture

    • @MWTD
      @MWTD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha i watch peter knetter

  • @tjmarx
    @tjmarx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    While the memory you purchased was probably salvaged, because of how memory is produced at the EOL there are always large stockpiles of unsold memory left to the manufacturer or OEMs. So despite not being produced in more than a decade, you can still fine brand new dimms

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      new old stock🤣

    • @JDSANE0385
      @JDSANE0385 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unsealed old stock​@@SaraMorgan-ym6ue

  • @noodled6145
    @noodled6145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2094

    No it doesnt. He tests a Celeron instead and that doesn't work so he tests a Pentium 3. That doesn't work so he tests another newer Celeron. That doesn't work so he tries another Celeron and it finally works.
    Saved you 45 min :)

    • @nakyer
      @nakyer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *YBN*
      Who in the world are you talking to? This is TH-cam! For cryin' out loud, USE THE REPLY BUTTON UNDER SOMEONE'S POST IF YOU'RE REPLYING TO THEM!!!! Don't just post a whole new comment! STICK WITH THE THREAD THEY STARTED OR COMMENTED IN!!!

    • @dovesveins333
      @dovesveins333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      @@nakyer they're responding to the title lmao

    • @nakyer
      @nakyer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@dovesveins333
      "No it doesn't" isn't a reply to the title.

    • @enastyxaios5716
      @enastyxaios5716 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@nakyer Well ,it is pretty easy to figure out and it DID save me 45 minutes. Take your OCD or control mania somewhere else, ty

    • @deadaccount8022
      @deadaccount8022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@nakyer you're a loon

  • @michaelroberts1120
    @michaelroberts1120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +527

    Putting Windows 10 on such an old system is like trying to put an automatic transmission and power steering in a model T.

    • @antonio1681
      @antonio1681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Easy, take out the engine no tough electrical things like new cars today

    • @michaelroberts1120
      @michaelroberts1120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@antonio1681 And that would be the equivalent of taking out the old laptop's motherboard and CPU and upgrading with a new one.Which, unfortunately on laptops, is impossible, because you would also have to change the screen and the keyboard, by which time you would have paid the cost of a new laptop, which you would have merely stuffed in an old shell, so it would make no sense whatsoever.

    • @crevice5369
      @crevice5369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I love how guy tries to act like he knows cars

    • @elektron2kim666
      @elektron2kim666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@michaelroberts1120 Some modules CAN fit and many build Frankenpads (T60/T61 mods) to have an older / retro look and better specs than the oldest one. It's more like passion, makeup and beauty than sense. Recently I discovered something with 2 Dell laptops where 3-4 generations can exchange parts on some level.

    • @benstockton2285
      @benstockton2285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LueLou accept you’ve got to spin the torque converter up fast enough to pump fluid through the trans cooler wich it’d need and old standard transmissions worked in more or less the same way they do today, and it is very different than automatics with their planetary gears and drums

  • @CocoTheMii
    @CocoTheMii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    "Can you install Windows 10 on a Pentium II?"
    The channel name: "no"

  • @matthewtrainsandlifts
    @matthewtrainsandlifts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    16:47 Thats IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    That RAM might just be new old stock, could have a ton sitting in a warehouse in China that never sold before it became obsolete.

    • @TommyAgramonSeth
      @TommyAgramonSeth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      My thought exactly, there's a difference between newly produced, factory new and used. There are decades old computer parts or even computers that nobody ever used and are even sealed so it's technically brand new, even though it's painfully obsolete.

    • @dzejrid
      @dzejrid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rohan Ron_ON could you provide URL to this video?

    • @dzejrid
      @dzejrid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

    • @linglin92
      @linglin92 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I brought my new DDR 2 1066 2gb memory*4 from mircon's official taobao store.so think about it if still have brand new old tech memory being produced.
      Edit: those ram I brought them 2 years ago and the l
      LOT Number refer to that year the memory produced,cost me a total of 1200RMB to buy it.
      If you find some sticks that too cheap(not over 50RMB),it probably may be:
      1.fake
      2.second handed
      3.amd chipsets only

    • @Henry5623
      @Henry5623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@MatthiasWelwarsky Given the fact that China will say "tested and working" or "new" on basically anything under the sun and there's a literal fuck ton of videos/comments all over the web of clearly used hardware falsely advertised as "new" or "tested and working" I'd say people have a reason to be a bit suspicious when ordering something over a decade old from China under the pretense of it being "new." I mean people get "Microsoft Authorized Tech Representative" phone calls from someone named Dan Johnson yet the caller has an indian accent so thick you can smell the curry on his breath so I'd be inclined to not believe that one as legit either but that's just my two cents...

  • @jameysummers1577
    @jameysummers1577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    CD is limiting? I remember when CD meant very fast install times. My goodness.

    • @Bro-cx2jc
      @Bro-cx2jc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You mean CD vs floppy installation?

    • @sosopwsi829Jjw9
      @sosopwsi829Jjw9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Soon dvd will be limiting

    • @SharkVaderYT
      @SharkVaderYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      helloguys it is already

    • @sosopwsi829Jjw9
      @sosopwsi829Jjw9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SharkVaderYT Well yeah but do you see people putting their home movies on blu ray

    • @RoomerJ
      @RoomerJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It still is. The CD isn't what causes it to be slow. It's the hardware in the laptop

  • @Usaji_
    @Usaji_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I really like the concept of installing a os on a unsupported device, I would love to see you doing the reverse tough, installing older versions of windows on newer cpus like 7gen up that would be cool, but I guess it would be a lot more expensive to buy newer hardware

    • @elektron2kim666
      @elektron2kim666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The 7th gen cpu will just assign 800 MHz to such to save power and focus on video delivery.

    • @theotherdashmelted
      @theotherdashmelted 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      imagine having a super powerful pc with an i7-7700k and 16gb ram with windows 98

    • @wm2008
      @wm2008 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that wont work for various reasons.

    • @theotherdashmelted
      @theotherdashmelted 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wm2008 I think the latest windows version i7-7700k supports is Windows 7

    • @wm2008
      @wm2008 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@theotherdashmelted A i7-7700 will support XP x64, and even Server 2003 which is based on NT 4.0

  • @twocows360
    @twocows360 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The oldest computer I've gotten Windows 10 to run on is a 2006 Dell Latitude, don't remember specifics but I used it heavily from 2015-2019. I don't remember having to do anything weird or hacky with it, so it must have just been barely on the edge of bare minimum spec. Ran like a champ too, I replaced the HDD with an SSD and upgraded the RAM and that thing was plenty speedy.

    • @AmazedStoner
      @AmazedStoner 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I got windows 10 to run on a Dell Latitude D610 from 2004. It’s build 1709 of windows 10 so it doesn’t do much but even better is it can’t update past the anniversary update. Worst part is that it lacks a proper display driver so if the screen turns off it will stay off.

  • @toasterusedfly
    @toasterusedfly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    31:00
    There, saved you 2/3 of the video.

    • @xarbuzeq5337
      @xarbuzeq5337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Finallly!!!!

    • @jaychan3567
      @jaychan3567 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hero

    • @tromick
      @tromick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looked for no GUI install for USB sticks. Thanks.

    • @cufhz6401
      @cufhz6401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      flyingtoasters thanks!!!! God bless people like you

    • @Chromeno
      @Chromeno 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see you everywhere, changed fan

  • @Porygonal64
    @Porygonal64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    Can you install Windo̶ws 10 on a ̶P̶e̶n̶t̶i̶u̶m̶ ̶I̶I̶?
    ̶C̶e̶l̶e̶r̶o̶n̶ ̶I̶I̶?
    ̶P̶e̶n̶t̶i̶u̶m̶ ̶I̶I̶I̶?
    Celeron M?

    • @gentuxable
      @gentuxable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You have to be more specific. "Celeron M" was used on many different chips which aren't all SSE3/NX capable just like "Core i7". You can check the processor number at ark.intel.com But if the machine came out before 2007, chances are low. Oh and by the way, you can install windows 10 on any PC, but it may not boot.
      EDIT: Nevermind, he explains it at the end.

    • @Laatt
      @Laatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Celeron 1007U?

    • @DenebTM
      @DenebTM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      -Core Duo-

    • @swagamotherfr.6696
      @swagamotherfr.6696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Try it on a core i9

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Celeron D 331 yes

  • @EpicB787Animations
    @EpicB787Animations 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    "We're gonna go one by one..."
    Windows Vista gets skipped.
    Vista: Am I a joke to you?
    (...yes.)

    • @board7374
      @board7374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Technically, no. It did not get skipped. Windows 7 is Windows Vista

    • @AshutoshKumar-es8xy
      @AshutoshKumar-es8xy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@board7374 no it isn't

    • @board7374
      @board7374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AshutoshKumar-es8xy Can you prove your claim? I sure can mine. Look at the Windows NT version of Vista (6.0) and 7 (6.1).
      Windows 7 is quite literally just a "Service Pack 3", or "Rename update", or "DLC to Vista", if you will.

    • @AshutoshKumar-es8xy
      @AshutoshKumar-es8xy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@board7374 oh okay. My bad

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      6.1 is not equal to 6.0

  • @Duddie82
    @Duddie82 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really enjoyed this video. I was really hoping to see windows 10 run on those laptops, but it was fun watching. And you actually got it working on another laptop. Pretty cool.

  • @DoctorX17
    @DoctorX17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Oh, also, the Dell C510/C610 is one of my favorite laptops of all time. Super easy to work on, very modular, and so many options! I loved the dual battery bay/optical/floppy choices. I could take one apart and put it back together in under 30 minutes! I swear, those things got me thru a few years without a desktop... I had gotten about a dozen broken ones from my high school, and was able to recover enough working parts to build 3 full laptops. I kept swapping parts until I ended up with the husk of one, no keyboard or casings or covers or batteries, just acting like a desktop. Times were hard.
    Thankfully now I have a shiny hodgepodge of modern parts.

    • @coreybabcock2023
      @coreybabcock2023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can take apart my 08 09 MacBooks and my Lenovo flex 4 14 in around 20 mins

    • @gavinstirling7088
      @gavinstirling7088 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@coreybabcock2023 and hopefully put them back together again and still have them working :o)

  • @sam060497
    @sam060497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    That last computer not installing Win 10 was odd. I installed 10 on a T43p just fine, no hacks involved.
    Edit: Turns out the oldest ThinkPad that you can install Win 10 on is the T43.

    • @coreybabcock2023
      @coreybabcock2023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Make a video of it

    • @Emily_Bondevik_Official
      @Emily_Bondevik_Official ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a T-400 and it occasionally looses video on screen

    • @anomaly9156
      @anomaly9156 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it lagging?
      It is lagging on my 5 year old laptop...
      Should I get it checked out or something...

    • @VistaSlayerOfficial
      @VistaSlayerOfficial ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anomaly9156 Reinstall the OS maybe

    • @villagerjj
      @villagerjj ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn, I only have a T42

  • @RJ-vb7gh
    @RJ-vb7gh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I've been building/repairing/upgrading PC's since the IBM XP and AT computers... And I can verify from my own experience that the best way to turn an older working PC into a boat anchor is to try and upgrade it to the next operating system. Every "easy" OS upgrade I was ever involved in left me with a pile of cards and parts left over that the upgraded OS didn't have drivers for, assuming that the motherboard and CPU tolerated the upgrade.
    Secondly... every upgrade always required more memory than the previous operating system used to do nearly anything. Half the time the new OS ran at half speed on the old hardware, even with twice the memory.
    For example, I upgraded a Dos PC up through Windows 2000 and all it took was
    3 motherboards w cpu's
    about a dozen memory modules
    1 add on HD controller board
    3 video cards
    1 power supply after the original fried out
    2 optical drives
    1 updated sound card
    4 network cards
    5 HDDs
    3 sets of network cables
    Not to mention 4 OS install sets...
    And I'm sure I missed something...
    So why do it? Because I couldn't get the funding for a new PC for my desk, but I could order parts... So it was easier to just upgrade than order a new PC... But in any real world, I spent more time and lost more hair doing OS upgrades for my PC and various other PC's around the office than it was ever worth aside from the learning experience.
    And I'm not even going to go into the software that breaks when you upgrade a PC, nor the strange intermittent glitches that upgraded PC's are prone to...
    If you have a PC that works well, never upgrade the OS, if you know what's good for you.

    • @sakesaurus1706
      @sakesaurus1706 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Take the GNU/Linux pill

    • @minecraftWithDanielD
      @minecraftWithDanielD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sakesaurus1706 no

    • @puppylove3781
      @puppylove3781 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe. I prefer an IBM AT 8Mhz myself. You could do Realsound emulation in 1990 to simulate sound channels. Might work with an IBM XT at 6Mhz, but probably too slow.
      I bet sure as shit that the op has no idea what we are even talking about because he was in diapers before getting into computers in the late 80's and early 90's. Onto this "pentium II" bullshit and you could hope he had heard of a 386 or 486 at that time, but NAH!

  • @subliminalvibes
    @subliminalvibes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This totally reminds me of the time my Dad upgraded his PC to Windows 8. Crashed the whole thing! 😅

    • @QuantumScratcher
      @QuantumScratcher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      #AntiWindows8

    • @DE-GEN-ART
      @DE-GEN-ART 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      any time you upgrade os to outdated hardware, it never goes well.

    • @malefacetennisball
      @malefacetennisball ปีที่แล้ว

      @@QuantumScratcher no, you just hate it because its popular to hate, the pc maybe crashed because its slow, or doesnt meet the system requirements

  • @marka.200
    @marka.200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    The hardware is from the bad old days when Windows needed a lot of special driver support from the manufacturers, especially laptops. There were a lot of "standards" like PnP that were in flux and hardware makers were not really doing a good job of making sure they complied. Sony was a huge offender in this regard, relying instead on their in-house devs to write custom drivers for Windows, as they always sold their laptops pre-installed with Windows. I remember wiping a Sony I had that required me to go to the Sony support site and download all kinds of drivers and custom install crap to get Windows to install. Same with Thinkpads, though not quite as bad in most cases.

    • @fishyfool
      @fishyfool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's not just Sony (the one and only). They all to some degree force you to download drivers and updates for the machine to work correctly. They could, Apple style, just use vanilla hardware on everything so all your drivers from manufacturers are included. But they don't. People want improved performance, hardware manufacturers want fame and glory so they tweak stuff. You're always better off to skip windows drivers and install from the motherboard manufacturer or chip manufacturer. Using windows drivers is a last resort thing.

  • @AnesuC
    @AnesuC 6 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Extremely underrated TH-camr. You earned my sub! Well done, impressed with the effort you put into this!

    • @coshiro1
      @coshiro1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! I just subbed too :D

    • @bazahaza
      @bazahaza 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I agree was surprised when I saw he had 78000 subs. Always quality videos and I love hearing his thoughts.

    • @KnownAsKenji
      @KnownAsKenji 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      78000 people is actually a pretty large number of people, when you think about it.

    • @bazahaza
      @bazahaza 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      BowlUndrFire you you think of 500,000 it's seems like a lot more. 😉

    • @serujurgen3729
      @serujurgen3729 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anesu C 😀 and his explanation is simple and he does no try to sale crap to us ( I tested all of his feed s and there work as shown in his video s

  • @gizmoknow-how2022
    @gizmoknow-how2022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have a Lenovo 3000 C200 from 2006, which was very closely related to the thinkpads.
    It has a celeron m430 at 1.73Ghz, 512 MB DDR2 667MHz RAM, GMA 950 integrated graphics.
    I kid you not in one go, it successfully installed Windows 10 flawlessly and was running it natively. Needless to slay I was a very sluggish experience but it was running natively!
    PS-great video!

    • @larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012
      @larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      On those specs i'd be surprised if it didn't run

    • @gizmoknow-how2022
      @gizmoknow-how2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@larsalfredhenrikstahlin8012 check out Austin evans old acer laptop video. The guy struggles on that machine, Sam spec as my old laptop😂😂

  • @walrusman151
    @walrusman151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Seeing windows 10 not quite run but at least "exist" using 512mb of ram makes me far more confident about a cheap build I'm about to do, great video!

  • @DDryTaste
    @DDryTaste 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "this machine is 10 years old" I think it's quite a bit older than that

    • @fr899
      @fr899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes, that computer was about 20 years old when this video was uploaded

    • @firepro1869
      @firepro1869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My computer is 22 years old

    • @xXdawgXx
      @xXdawgXx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@firepro1869 mine is 11 years old

    • @JasonLewis42
      @JasonLewis42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would it even improve anything to put Windows 10 on a old laptop? I have a Dell laptop a got new in 2002 and haven’t used it in last 6 years it has Windows XP

    • @sniperspotter4629
      @sniperspotter4629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JasonLewis42 Can you give it me? I like collect old computer.

  • @etrazombanya-2821
    @etrazombanya-2821 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    For a light weight installation that works well with older PCs, installing Windows 10 LTSB usually works well with older PCs due to its smaller profile

    • @R4Y_TWO
      @R4Y_TWO 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      False, Regular Windows 10 and LTSC have NO DIFFERENCE in performance
      Baboo (a brazilian windows youtuber) made a video comparing them on real hardware

    • @etrazombanya-2821
      @etrazombanya-2821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@R4Y_TWO and you are taking a single, unknown youtuber as a matter of fact? thank you for your time

    • @eyeflaps
      @eyeflaps ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@R4Y_TWO 1. It's an unknown TH-camr. Credit instantly vanished. 2. Ltsb does work on older hardware compared to regular win10. 3. No one cares about your opinion.

    • @jacobeii
      @jacobeii ปีที่แล้ว

      windows 10 enterprise IOT ltsc is cool, don't know if the performance is better but it has like, zero UWP on startup and you get an graphical shell like normals windows or you pick the right version

  • @GEORGE-jf2vz
    @GEORGE-jf2vz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always the extreme 'life support' measures to use these ancient machines. Amazing. Even if it does work it will take forever to do even the most basic function.

  • @BryantAvant
    @BryantAvant 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From what I've seen, the maximum memory that the Pentium II could use is 384MB. How did you get it to read 512?

  • @Jake1702
    @Jake1702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    The Windows 7 installation says it needs 512 MB RAM, yet the minimum system requirements say 1GB. This is why you can't trust system requirements.

    • @telecaster-freechannel9405
      @telecaster-freechannel9405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's Windows Vista, not Windows 7

    • @purplep3466
      @purplep3466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Щас бы на 128 мб ставить Windows 7 + говорить с англоговорящими ребятами на русском

    • @stephenhunter70
      @stephenhunter70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have a Compaq v2000 that would throttle back the CPU core speed on anything less than 2GB RAM when using XP or 7. Oh and despite it not being compatible it runs better on win 7 then it did on XP

    • @stephenhunter70
      @stephenhunter70 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      osp80 The V2000 had the same when it was new, I upgraded it to 2GB due to the speed issue and because it was using up the battery inside 45 mins, as it was using the swap file virtually continuity.

    • @steeviebops
      @steeviebops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's actually the recommended requirements. Bare minimum is 512MB for 32-bit and 1GB for 64-bit. But it's almost unusable.

  • @Zbruhhhh
    @Zbruhhhh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    My Pentium 2 destroyed all my friends Celeron's in games. I hated Celeron's they were such garbage

    • @ibobeko4309
      @ibobeko4309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I had two Celeron´s, 1,7ghz then 2,6ghz, they were decent, because i had 1gb of ram. The ram made the huge difference on these systems. It was ok to surf and download movies in minecraft format with 2 or 3 subtitles. Oh boy i will never forget the greatest idea of all time, i tried to download from kazaa and edonkey all no cd cracks i could find. One week later i installed for the first time in my life an anti virus program, Avira found over 12 000 viruses. Celeron´s was the VW of cpu hardware, it did job for the budget.

    • @opexpy05
      @opexpy05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had some kind of weird PC that had only one core and a stream processor frequency of 45 megahertz RAM 8 bits

    • @keedah
      @keedah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i have a celeron and a 2014 pentium 3 is better i hate it so much

    • @HatPickollo
      @HatPickollo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool

    • @keedah
      @keedah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@egykilenckilenchet i still use a celeron,it has like 1 core lmaoooo

  • @johnwinchester7472
    @johnwinchester7472 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    could the think pad be a screen resolution issue, the staring windows looks off center and the progress bar missing, did u try putting it in safe mode and running it at a 640x480 screen resolution?

  • @reggieangus5325
    @reggieangus5325 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    24:24 What device did you use to capture that video? VGA to usb?

  • @GiveAcademy
    @GiveAcademy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    i have that exact eeepc. bought it on pre-order... was quickly letdown by the inability to expand storage... :/

    • @DadSkool
      @DadSkool 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      you can swap out the hdd on the eeepc but the RAM is soldered to the mobo

    • @maxi_vwpolo
      @maxi_vwpolo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no hdd in those machines. soldered ssd.. maybe he can swap out the wifi card for an msata ssd.
      Some models had (like the 701sd) swappable msata ssd's.

    • @Knaeckebrotsaege
      @Knaeckebrotsaege 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maxi_vwpolo Even the later models that had swappable storage were a pain in the ass, because the modules _looked like_ mSATA but they weren't.They were actually a proprietary IDE SSD on a miniPCIe connector kind of deal, and replacements for that were super expensive (since it's non-standard) and quite frankly, shit. By the time Asus had figured out how to build decent netbooks (1000H, 1005HA), the whole netbook craze had already died down as people realized how uselessly slow these things actually were...

  • @CKT1138
    @CKT1138 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Do a video about the strange underground Windows 2000 mod community. They've made major compatibility enhancements and even entire service packs.

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      CKT1138 I think I've seen a video of someone installed XP software on a win 2000 pc before.

    • @Headywon
      @Headywon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bump; highly interested

    • @bobsagget823
      @bobsagget823 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      that sounds incredible

    • @Evaporik
      @Evaporik 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      CKT1138

    • @Blood-PawWerewolf
      @Blood-PawWerewolf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I miss that era! (Windows 2000 is just a updated version of Windows 95/98)

  • @twocows360
    @twocows360 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If I remember right, it's not too hard to hack in custom display modes into display drivers. I think it's just a matter of adding a few lines to an .inf file for the custom resolution you want.

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why can't he use the usb to install windows 10 a pentium 2 has usb port slow as they are they are still usb🤣

    • @AngelaTheSephira
      @AngelaTheSephira 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SaraMorgan-ym6ue Because the BIOS can't boot from USB.

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AngelaTheSephira oh common you can just flash a custom bios on that fixes that simple issue

    • @AngelaTheSephira
      @AngelaTheSephira 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SaraMorgan-ym6ue LMAO no you can't

    • @SaraMorgan-ym6ue
      @SaraMorgan-ym6ue 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AngelaTheSephira yes you can just because your to stupid not to know how does not change the fact that it can be done🤣

  • @jeffammons912
    @jeffammons912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I believe I had that more recent ThinkPad model back in the day! I didn't bother to upgrade it from XP, as I got a new computer with Vista. Also, I'm impressed that Windows 10 runs on that last computer, given that Asus didn't even bother shipping it with the then-current version of Windows (Vista).

  • @nathansmith3608
    @nathansmith3608 6 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    how about going the other way? how does Windows 98 run on a modern machine?

    • @AkhyarMaulanaPangeranWeb
      @AkhyarMaulanaPangeranWeb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      the old kernel will make the computer slow

    • @dpwellman
      @dpwellman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Windows 95 will NOT run on modern machines without a patch (Amdk6upd.exe)

    • @estupidowario
      @estupidowario 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think it wouldn't, "new" software can handle old hardware, old software need patches and tricks in order to run on new hardware, many companies use virtual machines to run some old services not supported by recent versions of Windows that only a virtualized Windows XP can handle

    • @steeviebops
      @steeviebops 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unless you have less than 1GB of RAM (realistically about 768MB) it won't natively boot so you have to limit the RAM to 1GB and mess with VCache to get it to boot. There are third party hacks to get it to work better but you're still limited by driver support.

    • @suhasghugare210
      @suhasghugare210 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      These older OSs run super fast on the newer machines. However they get security issues ending up in highly vulnerable situations. I hope MS keeps these (98, XP) cores with upgraded security patches so that such an OS will be fast, secure and stable.

  • @CesareVesdani
    @CesareVesdani 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Do you have an old laptop with a 4GB hard drive to install Windows NT 4.0? If not, where can I find a laptop with a 4GB hard drive to install Windows NT 4.0?

    • @coolindark
      @coolindark 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cesare Vesdani why do you think that you have to have a 4gig hard drive? Use a 80-160 gb drive. Just create a 4gig first partition for system, then you are free to create the rest as a second partition. 4gb limit is just for system partition.

    • @jsmaker7559
      @jsmaker7559 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have some close to that

    • @protoprotegent8512
      @protoprotegent8512 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cesare Vesdani I keep on seeing you on Anton's videos.

    • @BadMothaKalashnikov
      @BadMothaKalashnikov 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just use a dam Flash Drive

    • @sparticus214
      @sparticus214 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cesare Vesdani You just use modern PC with VM on those limits.

  • @nazthelizard122
    @nazthelizard122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Short answer: probably yes but it will be slower than running minecraft with 10kb of ram

    • @kingn0ah377
      @kingn0ah377 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, there is mc browser edition.

  • @user-hu3vn1rt9u
    @user-hu3vn1rt9u 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my fav vids to ever be made on this site. Watched this full about 20 times by now!

  • @BrianCairns
    @BrianCairns 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1) requires a CPU that supports the NX bit, which means a later Pentium 4, or an Athlon 64 or later.

    • @lanturnlord
      @lanturnlord 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't forget the special socket 478 ones too.

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lanturnlord The Core processors are what I think you're referring to, and they're newer than P4.

    • @lanturnlord
      @lanturnlord 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No I am talking about specific P4 socket 478 cpus

    • @yukisaitou5004
      @yukisaitou5004 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unless you patch the kernel. It's not easy but if you're familiar with WinPE it's definitely doable.

    • @DenebTM
      @DenebTM 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lanturnlord Which ones, specifically?

  • @Jan-zi2fn
    @Jan-zi2fn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    Did this really need to be 45 min?
    Edit: for all the people saying that it had to be that long,the science elf did a video on restoring a windows xp tablet,guess how long the video was? 8:30 fucking minutes,and everything was perfectly explained
    another edit: jesus christ stop replying i dont have that much time to reply xd,just ya know..if you share my opinion,like the comment,if not,no need to comment
    last fucking edit i swear: JESUS PEOPLE ARE STILL REPLYING WHAT DID I GET MYSELF INTO

    • @tacticalbondsh
      @tacticalbondsh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      yes

    • @Jan-zi2fn
      @Jan-zi2fn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tacticalbondsh srsly?

    • @mastertrey4683
      @mastertrey4683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      yes

    • @tfr
      @tfr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes

    • @Jan-zi2fn
      @Jan-zi2fn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tfr i think not

  • @sandrataveras524
    @sandrataveras524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to know if that 2 memory ram is compatible with ibmthinkpad T41 and how much it's cost please and where I can find it please

  • @devaneizanardi
    @devaneizanardi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I need the patch cpu features windows 10, I cant find... please can you give some link? Thank you very much

  • @ViralKiller
    @ViralKiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +460

    Nostalgia hardware porn my favourite

    • @Lunar360
      @Lunar360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      What the f...

    • @qBitComputer
      @qBitComputer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wtf XD

    • @TheTriangle0799
      @TheTriangle0799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This comment is completely normal

    • @TheTriangle0799
      @TheTriangle0799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Foxy cat lover 2 brewer You don’t need to know

    • @Lunar360
      @Lunar360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Foxy cat lover 2 brewer just don't because you might get addicted, we will tell you when your like 18+ above...

  • @kennethprice1370
    @kennethprice1370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I installed Win 10 on my Acer Aspire One Netbook but it ran so slow
    I replaced it with Linux Mint.

    • @chrisreynolds6331
      @chrisreynolds6331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mint works great on the old netbooks

    • @randomaccount8009
      @randomaccount8009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lunix Mint is great

    • @davidlp3019
      @davidlp3019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah from my experience Windows 10 is kind of crap on really low in machines I have a laptop with an intel atom and 4 gigs of RAM and it runs like crap with Windows 10. However my i5 7500 GTX 1060 ssd desktop runs Windows 10 flawlessly. I think that most people have issues with Windows 10 because they try to run it on $200 laptops.

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ecorigon IV “really low in machines”. How about low-end users?

    • @ondralukas7139
      @ondralukas7139 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidlp3019 I agree with you. :))

  • @s_aku
    @s_aku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Colin : its hard to beat 7$
    Me : hold my 4$

  • @marekolen7355
    @marekolen7355 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you run on it tiny 11 or if it is enough strong make it runn Windows 11?

  • @Phredreeke
    @Phredreeke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How far can you go in the other direction? What's the most recent computer you can find that will run for example Win98?

    • @geraldmcmullon2465
      @geraldmcmullon2465 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a Dell GT260 that I installed Win98 on it is a 2003 computer. Fine with 1Gb RAM, not with 2Gb that I use with XP. I have the screen in VGA as no drivers for the dual monitor card I have inside. NT4 is okay.

  • @SevenDeMagnus
    @SevenDeMagnus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What Thinkpad model is it? The T43 or T43p (anyone knows the difference) which they say is the last one made by IBM itself. Thanks.

    • @serujurgen3729
      @serujurgen3729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SevenDeMagnus t43p was ibm last model build by ibm in the us , it's great to make a sleeper " laptop " I bit off hard work and a lot off swearing and you have a 3.2 ghz 256 SSD monster to fool you friends 😎

    • @Eremon1
      @Eremon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup, I believe Lenovo took over production after that.

    • @Sauceyjames
      @Sauceyjames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It depends when it was made, there were some T42 units (maybe even T41) that had a production date after 5/2005 which was the finale of the Lenovo takeover. I have a T42p that is IBM only, but I also have a T42 that says manufactured for Lenovo.

    • @laboye
      @laboye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      T43 series was the last in the T4x line, and had a Pentium M CPUs. They were made in both 14.1" and 15" models, and had DDR2 RAM, a PATA HDD bay, the Ultrabay slim swappable drive bay and a MiniPCI slot for the WiFi card. The T43p was the 'performance' variant of the T43 and came with some of the best specs. It had the better lineup of CPUs, up to the Pentium M 2.26GHz, and had the FireGL V3200 128MB GPU option (T43 had either Intel GMA or the Radeon X300 64MB). The screens were really nice too. The T43 had XGA and SXGA+ options for both screen sizes, but the T43p had SXGA+ standard on the 14.1" and UXGA (1600x1200) IPS display on the 15"--a reeeally nice display. Other than that, the 2 models were physically the same and had the same WiFi, CDC, UltraBay and fingerprint reader options.
      As for the IBM thing, I think the T42 line was the last one 100% made by IBM. When I was doing repairs to these a lot, I believe the T43 line was the first to have FRUs for both Lenovo-branded stickers and IBM-branded stickers. They kept that up for a while, though. The T60 series and I believe even the T61 series could be purchased with IBM ThinkPad branding. Same goes for the other series like the X6x and Z6z models.

    • @the_pigs_have_rebelled
      @the_pigs_have_rebelled 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      SevenDeMagnus my fave ThinkPad is the Lenovo T410 running windows 7 I have an Acer aspire ES 11” and I don’t recommend it

  • @jammed_
    @jammed_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Spending more than 30 minutes just to fail installing Windows 10

    • @techzzz121
      @techzzz121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thankyou for saving me time

  • @adiposerex5150
    @adiposerex5150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Celeron was designed as low end. I bought a running T61 Thinkpad on eBay and it’s beautiful.

  • @CommixandMore
    @CommixandMore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Have you tried Windows 7 Tiny? That would be better for that Thinkpad :-) I have an IBM T40 with 512 MB running Windows 7 Tiny. 👍

    • @andrewdupuis1151
      @andrewdupuis1151 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      have same think pad you have I have 1.5 gb ram i am installing windows 7

    • @MikeBzd
      @MikeBzd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had my IBM T43 with 2gigs Ram running Windows 7 w/ limited graphics for years. I currently switched it to run linux as I wanted to play around abit in that environment. I figure the reason for not getting Win7 PE is that Win7 is content rich. The Processor requirements has a higher clocking speed if I recall correctly as well as Ram. It has been a few years since I installed the OS and therefore cannot speak to what the requirements are. The IBM Exxx model he used in the beginning was far underpowered to handle win7. I think XP or even vista would be pushing it to the limits.

    • @skitxkunts7443
      @skitxkunts7443 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have Windows 10

    • @martinj.winterton3467
      @martinj.winterton3467 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you mean Windows 7 Starter?

    • @bricklock1942
      @bricklock1942 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      BrickFur Hanging
      No it’s not possible to do it on Pentium 2 not even on Pentium 3! In fact, it took someone 3 attempts to install Windows 10 on Pentium 4 because it said your computer need a to restart. But it works on a 2000-2001 computer on the bright side! I have Windows Vista Dell upgraded to Windows 10.

  • @JamesSmith-sw3nk
    @JamesSmith-sw3nk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    There is a difference between windows 8 and windows 8.1. Windows 8 will work on older hardware. Good luck on finding a Windows 8 iso.

    • @fightingfalconfan
      @fightingfalconfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I have a 8 and 8.1 iso on my server if I ever need it...

    • @sethfirethornw101
      @sethfirethornw101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      It still supports mouse and keyboard as much as any other windows OS, it just doesn't have as many of the more keyboard/mouse optimized UI elements.

    • @fragalot
      @fragalot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Windows 8/8.1 will not install on a AMD Athlon x64 +3800.

    • @mccobsta
      @mccobsta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Microsoft has them all up for download going back to Windows 7

    • @JamesSmith-sw3nk
      @JamesSmith-sw3nk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Windows 8.1 iso's are easy to find. Windows 8 iso's are not, they are 2 different things. I could use a rude rebuttal about your father doing something to a potted plant but out of respect for this channel I won't.

  • @Mister_MasterzRN
    @Mister_MasterzRN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy these retro journeys!!

  • @h4helium
    @h4helium ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perhaps, the trackpoint drivers were not loaded for installation mode? But post install, you don't have that problem anymore?

  • @kingraiderr
    @kingraiderr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Most underrated channel on TH-cam this guy easily deserves a million of subscribers.

  • @caioronnau5226
    @caioronnau5226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    maybe when they say the ram is brand new is because it's never been used

    • @shanejohns7901
      @shanejohns7901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Precisely. That is all that 'brand new' means.

  • @LilPony
    @LilPony 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    can anyone tell me the music that plays around the 32:48 mark?

  • @7vann
    @7vann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still have my 12yo Thinpad X200 Tablet and it's working just fine! i upgraded the hard disk to a 200GB one, but i bring it to work at school every day, i had it as a kid and it's absolutley gorgeous

  • @readycheddar
    @readycheddar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Those old first gen celerons had *no* L2 cache, which made a big impact on their performance, which is why intel made their later celerons with 128k.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 ปีที่แล้ว

      eh wrong child most did only a couple of them did not and those that had l2 cache ran circles around the pentiums but if it has no cache then it just makes it more interesting if it does not have cache it's an os not a game🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @philrod1
    @philrod1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Regarding the P4 CPU thing. The P4 was a marketing tool in the midst of the Hz wars. The P4 managed to hit some seriously high clock speeds, but the real life experience was poor. Long story short, Intel used a lot of clever techniques (such as branch prediction) to improve matters. Then the focus of the PR shifted from Hertz to Watts. Energy efficiency was now important. Intel went back to the P3 architecture, but retrofitted all the clever stuff they needed to make the P4 usable. The result? The amazing Core architecture. Very efficient and incredibly real-world quick.

    • @prodbydanai
      @prodbydanai 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pentium 4s could go as high as 3.8Ghz, something no other processor has been able to do up till this day.

  • @timmytoko681
    @timmytoko681 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ This Does Not Compute. No drivers no mouse/joystick you need the corect drivers on the boot flopy/cd and running a 64 bit os on a 32 bit processor?

  • @KingOfDark222
    @KingOfDark222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you create bootmgr on the sd card on the asus?

  • @averyalexander2303
    @averyalexander2303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I ran into the same issue when I was trying to install Windows 8 on an old Sony Vaio laptop about 7 or 8 years ago when I was 11 years old and had nothing better to do. The system had an Intel Pentium single core 1.7 Ghz CPU, 512MB of RAM, and an 80GB hard drive. It came with Windows XP, but it ran Windows 7 32 bit just fine. I couldn't get Windows 8 to install for the same reasons though. I tried all the workarounds I could find, but nothing worked.

    • @ronank2432
      @ronank2432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      meanwhile that time my brother updated the old win 7 pc to win 8 so i cant play games since theres no updated driver, that shit cant even play gba games perfectly

    • @shadowthefurryscientist
      @shadowthefurryscientist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ronank2432 lmfao

  • @arefrufillalshanty4284
    @arefrufillalshanty4284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I am sure that the device manager on Windows 10 will be full of unknown devices.
    Those are from another planet devices for Windows 10.

    • @chrisreynolds6331
      @chrisreynolds6331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What I do with a raft of unknown windows devices is boot a Linux mint usb or cd, get hardinfo, see what the devices are and get basic drivers for them. It usually works. You may have to force windows to accept the driver.

    • @deleted9821
      @deleted9821 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @lbrown21494
    @lbrown21494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That dell lattitude was very similar to my first computer though I'm not sure if it's the exact model. Mine had 512 megs of ram, a 30 gig hdd, and a dvd reader and writer. It ran XP and I have super fond memories of it. I wish I knew what processor it had. I played tons of ROMs of it as well as Microsoft flight sim 2003. I still have it somewhere, unfortunately the screen is cracked though.

    • @notrickastley7935
      @notrickastley7935 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can use an external monitor

    • @lukebrown2790
      @lukebrown2790 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notrickastley7935 yeah, I've done that before. It cracked when I was about 13, and until I was an adult, I didn't have access to a monitor. I may drag it out one day.

  • @Bing3107
    @Bing3107 ปีที่แล้ว

    22:39 how can you record the screen?

  • @tutojuegosnabil8384
    @tutojuegosnabil8384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    42:40 this pc runs gta 5 in 4k 60 fps

    • @luminumlx2604
      @luminumlx2604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      With redux mod too

    • @mrb00ce2
      @mrb00ce2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it can run crysis at 4k with 120fps

    • @GreekTVExpert
      @GreekTVExpert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      With graphics of GTA 1

    • @GreekTVExpert
      @GreekTVExpert 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rakanay_Official thanks

    • @GreekTVExpert
      @GreekTVExpert 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rakanay_Official sub to me and then i gonna sub to you. sorry but i dont know to speak very good english

  • @liewchengyeh
    @liewchengyeh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    P2 don't even have VT-x… or SSE4…
    Which is require for W10

    • @channelisreturned1194
      @channelisreturned1194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And NX

    • @SwingingChoke
      @SwingingChoke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for providing the correct answer. Saved me the whole video.

    • @JoeStuffz
      @JoeStuffz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      SSE2, but close enough.
      But yeah, bypassing something like SSE2 checks may mean that the CPU tries to run instructions that aren't there. When Windows 10 came out, SSE2 was in many CPUs, many 10 years before Windows 10 was released. SSE2 is in every x64-capable CPU.
      If a CPU receives instructions it doesn't know how to execute, it does um.... well... basically undefined behavior. If it does nothing, then some non-SSE2 code that's waiting on a result from SSE2 code will think "wtf man? Where's my data?" I think one aspect of the SSE2 requirement is that all floating-point math gets computed via SSE2 on Windows 10. Any floating point (decimal) number then can potentially crash whatever is being run
      Some systems require CPU features like PAE to be enabled in the BIOS. I know it's this way with virtualization. Some PC vendors put in no way of enabling these features.

    • @SharkVaderYT
      @SharkVaderYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vt x isn’t required

    • @moladiver6817
      @moladiver6817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just compile Windows 10 without those extensions and it'll boot. Oh wait...

  • @kaiburrito6216
    @kaiburrito6216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You have a cat?

  • @GoodBoy-yz9pr
    @GoodBoy-yz9pr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really appriciate your effort and yeah I am not learn something but I learnt a lot of knowledge here. Thank you very much.

  • @queenawesomegaming7475
    @queenawesomegaming7475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    THANK YOU THINKPAD

    • @kevinpeltier1732
      @kevinpeltier1732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Queen Awesome Gaming plain rock......

    • @matite9222
      @matite9222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you probably got this joke from plainrock124 lmao

  • @linuxuser2858
    @linuxuser2858 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Extreme patient TH-camr . you got a new subscriber

  • @alexfinns6162
    @alexfinns6162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, could you please share your windows 8 disk image? I need it because I have a windows 8 product key which I want to use the free update to windows 10 for. However I can’t find a windows 8 license that isn’t from a suspicious website. Thanks a lot!

  • @anniebeanie710
    @anniebeanie710 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isnt it quicker to google particular OS HW requirement / supported models first?

  • @matthewconley7568
    @matthewconley7568 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved your reaction at 16:46. Awesome video, Colin!

  • @AnonymousFreakYT
    @AnonymousFreakYT 6 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Commenters, please watch the video before making comments - he specifically covers many of your complaints in the video.
    PAE, SSE2/3, NX? Yeah, he covers all that.
    Boot from USB flash drive? Yeah, he covers that.

    • @McKiwi2
      @McKiwi2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I mean, I knew the answer from the start. I still decided to stick around to see what happens.

    • @daveb5041
      @daveb5041 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No. Did you try taking the battery out and turning it back on again? Could be a fuse.

    • @tirkentube
      @tirkentube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he specifically asks us to tell him why it won't work "in the comments"

    • @AureliusR
      @AureliusR 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about EFI? That alone would kill this whole idea.

    • @AnonymousFreakYT
      @AnonymousFreakYT 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      32-bit versions of Windows 10 will load on BIOS systems. I know that even as late as Windows 8, you could load the 64-bit version on non-EFI-boot systems. Not sure about W10.

  • @3isr3g3n
    @3isr3g3n 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean i grew up using a pentium 3/4... but that BIOS @7:15 really shows the age of that system, more than the hardware specs themselves. Nowadays a normal user has so much control over the behaviour of a system, it's incredible. This video is immensly fascinating, subbed!

  • @user-ks8bb2xx7s
    @user-ks8bb2xx7s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pentium III 450 (model number = MHz) was faster than Celeron 700, so much about not much difference. The size of L2 cache alone is crucial difference. Additionally, Celeron/Celeron A had no SSE, PIII had it.

  • @freduah4253
    @freduah4253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    you have soo much patience I couldn't spend that much time and be sooo calm with soo many failure o_0 good video by the way

    • @mndlessdrwer
      @mndlessdrwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You might not have the patience to work in IT, then. Working on servers is just a masterclass in patience, since they can take anywhere from 2 to 30 minutes just to boot, depending on whether they need to perform memory checks and how many HBAs or NICs they have installed that they need to load the BIOS for and scan for bootable devices. I've spent entire work days where I've had OS installations running on machines while I worked on other things just because of crap like this. And you'd better pray to whatever deity you regard as holy if you're working on older IBM power systems, HP UX, or Solaris machines. They're incredibly annoying to install and configure operating systems on and the older IBM systems never seem to install AIX the same each time. I have, however, gotten at least passably good at navigating my way around AIX because of this.

  • @Skarfar90
    @Skarfar90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Speaking of Celeron overclocking.
    This machine is from the era where the early Celerons came to the market. With models such as the 266, 300, and 333, but also the legendary C300A that could overclock way above double it's base clockspeed. The thing with the Celerons was that though the cache was half or even a quarter of the size that the Pentiums used, it ran at full speed. So in many cases, an overclocked Celeron 300A could be on par with or even beat out a similarly clocked Pentium II

    • @johncoops6897
      @johncoops6897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A long story below, but you might have flashbacks...
      I had a lot of fun overclocking 300A's, but it was very rare to get them over 550MHz or so. I'd buy them in full cartons lots (AU $250 each), clock them all and choose the best one. Then sell the rest of the off as "overclock checked" with specs of MHz and Voltage for $250 (same price). They were easy to sell because people weren't taking a risk. Occasionally you'd get one that couldn't crack 450MHz which was the standard step from 4.5 x 66MHz FSB to 4.5 x 100 MHz FSB, and that meant running a weird FSB like 75 or 83 MHz with all manner of drama of the ISA and AGP. Unlike the AMDs, the Intel chips of that time were Multiplier locked.
      ...
      After doing testing, lapping, swapping and selling many times I ended up with my best Malay Retail chip, which I still own! It did 504MHz (4.5 x 112) at well under 2.0V (stock) however I kept bashing up against the CPU Clock and Multiplier/Divider steps that were a limitation in the old MoBos like my Abit BH6. My next step was 4.5 x 124 = 558 MHz which it could handle but needed a voltage boost, plus my PC100 RAM (and controller) was not coping with the 24% overclock. I could change timings and get it stable but it was unhappy in summer, so I just ran it 24/7 for about 3 years at a rock-solid 512MHz.
      ...
      I was there right at the beginning, and it took a lot of skill and luck to get good results reliably (for a daily driver machine). After that crazy time, the motherboards improved significantly first with 1MHz FSB steps (eg Abit BF6) and then more control over the various dividers, memory speeds, etc. Now days, overclocking is so damn easy it's ridiculous!
      ...
      I kept my Slot 1 300A as my main machine for a long time, it never died but eventually wasn't fast enough. The next upgrade was a AMD Athlon XP1800+ (Barton) and various Socket 478 P4s (so many variants!), but the next huge jump forward was when the Core2Duos came out.
      Note that the first (Slot 1) 300A is a different CPU from the earlier Celerons, and heaps different from the Celeron Mobile CPUs.

  • @SkepticalCaveman
    @SkepticalCaveman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Windows 2000 would run great on that Thinkpad. Win2k can even run XP programs with a little hacking. The perfect OS for it would be "Haiku" it's a very lightweight and fast OS. It's is still in beta, but development has increased rapidly and a Stable release is not many years away at this pace.

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had the video playing in the background and the mention of the C610 really caught me, my first computer was a D610.

  • @cook7039
    @cook7039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I know it's old, but for future videos, make sure to get the device drivers for all integrated components. I did testing for those issues and came across hardware not working due to no software telling the computer how to use it.

  • @lapibach
    @lapibach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Can I play solitaire at 60 fps??

    • @theblacksheep1000
      @theblacksheep1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MINESWEEPEER USING MY TURBOGRAPHIX CARD lol

    • @barknerelyalcin520
      @barknerelyalcin520 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, it is 100 fps. Sorry.

    • @wellsleep549
      @wellsleep549 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry you have to have a Geforce GTX 970 graphics card with 6 VRAM GB and 16 ram with 2TB SSD sorry buddy

    • @thealien_ali3382
      @thealien_ali3382 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Na u can run crysis at 200fps easily at 4k

  • @daxxter4182
    @daxxter4182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The subtitles are messed up. I'll fix them.

  • @ApparentlySeth
    @ApparentlySeth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can tell why the first machine didn't want to boot it's because of the 800x600 screen so if you can get an equivalent panel but with a at least 1024x768 screen you should be able to get Windows 7 running

  • @toekneefurareoh
    @toekneefurareoh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Right when Microsoft was pushing free upgrades of Windows 10, I experimented with this quite a bit. I tried every trick I could up through a Pentium 4 with no success. But I did have a Dell Latitude with a Dothan processor, and the Win X pushed without any issues, but that machine was LIMITED to only using the generic display driver, never found a way around that.

    • @donotryon9389
      @donotryon9389 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Windows 10 only supports Desktop Window Manager which requires WDDM, may be why

  • @louis_irl
    @louis_irl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Hey Collin! I live in the Minneapolis area, and volunteer at Free Geek Twin Cities every Saturday! I'd love to see you there someday if you could!

    • @tomtalk24
      @tomtalk24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You dont know how lucky you are to have something like Free Geek to volunteer at in your country. So cool!

    • @HolyHouseOfScouts
      @HolyHouseOfScouts 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahah I live in MN too ITS FRECLEN COLD

    • @kittehkreeper3854
      @kittehkreeper3854 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Louis Weddall tell me more about free geek please? I'm in a close area! 😊

    • @MNDooD
      @MNDooD 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I live in the Twin Cities area, too. I honestly had never heard of Free Geek until seeing this particular video from Colin. I'm a bit embarrassed since I have been a self-proclaimed 'geek' since 1994. Definitely going to go check it out, today.

    • @kennysbusdrawings
      @kennysbusdrawings 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there a free geek in Seattle?

  • @troybarnes66
    @troybarnes66 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you combed any .dll's for a solution? I've altered W11's .dll's to skip the CPU, TPM at checks that cause setup to fail. I can skim the .dll's and see. It's not guaranteed since I've never tried THIS. Alao dism is way better than imagex. Imo

  • @prodbydanai
    @prodbydanai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    According to my research (via trial and error lol):
    It turns out that the oldest processor that can support Windows 10 is the Intel Pentium M (Dothan), which was made in 2005.
    Anything older (Pentium 4 included) can only support up to Windows 7.
    Also, for you to enjoy Windows 10 on the Pentium M, you need to have a graphics card that has a Microsoft WDDM driver written for it (ATI Mobility Radeon, Nvidia GeForce Go, etc).

    • @gmdking
      @gmdking ปีที่แล้ว

      Pentium 4 can do 11, so some older cpus can too.

  • @lilliputmoss
    @lilliputmoss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I'd imagine that "new" RAM is actually new old stock, never used before but kept in storage for many years.

    • @lilliputmoss
      @lilliputmoss 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No need to be fucking rude about it, not everyone looks down through the entire comments section.

    • @eduardoavila646
      @eduardoavila646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rohan Ron_ON Yeah and he probably read all the comments to find if anyone awready said that...

  • @SYIBOI
    @SYIBOI 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In my experience a lot of those pentium M laptops are bugged with PAE I can't tell you how many times I've run into that error while trying to install a linux distro :/

    • @biscuitdingus
      @biscuitdingus 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      use the forcepae -- forcepae thing on the boot configuration, ive had to work around that a lot with pentium m laptops, its because Pentium M's are based on the p6 architecture (Pentium Pro - Pentium 3), not netburst

  • @RefugioVillegasIII
    @RefugioVillegasIII 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have an old Lenovo T500 ThinkPad that still works but the power port broke off from the main motherboard so now I can't recharge the battery or get it turned on period. I'll get around to getting that fixed one day.

  • @zoranblace7810
    @zoranblace7810 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have lga775 motherboard with q6600 core quad@2,4GHz from 2008. with win7 and i upgraded to win10 when microsoft offered it for free online ...and it works ok, but when i try to instal win10 on new ssd built in PC with usb stick it wont work just initial windows logo shows and it stuck there.