Dell's Massive 17" Gaming Laptop from 2004!

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 1.6K

  • @psivewri
    @psivewri  4 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    Thank for watching! Have a great weekend :)
    Support me by using the Amazon Affiliate links below :)
    ► Gear I Use (Affiliate Links):
    Dell G7 15 Laptop: amzn.to/32VOSux
    Keychron K2 Keyboard: amzn.to/2F51NCh
    Logitech G502 Mouse: amzn.to/351iae1
    Benq 144Hz Screen: amzn.to/3jJk1YW
    Fujifilm Camera Bodies: amzn.to/2EXdPxL
    Fujifilm Lenses: amzn.to/3jY8xB9
    Rode NTG3 Microphone: amzn.to/3jKWeHZ
    Rode Videomicro Microphone: amzn.to/3hXoua4
    Rode Wireless Go Microphone: amzn.to/3bsVaWr
    Audio Interface: amzn.to/31XXVvV
    Manfrotto Tripod: amzn.to/356r7Tq
    RGB LED Light: amzn.to/3i2eNqL
    Godox SL-60w Video Light: amzn.to/31Vtsyl
    Apple iPad Pro: amzn.to/3h0i20H

    • @TechProYoutube
      @TechProYoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Psivewri have a great weekend too

    • @basshead2.089
      @basshead2.089 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love your vids man!

    • @maxmunday5703
      @maxmunday5703 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have a good weekend too

    • @banabreadd
      @banabreadd 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great video! Do you use the H264ify extension when testing TH-cam videos?

    • @gamenfix2586
      @gamenfix2586 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I owned that exact laptop I almost ran windows ten

  • @dors5969
    @dors5969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    FHD screen in 16 years old laptop... amazing.

    • @_shadow_1
      @_shadow_1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      The screen is better than my laptop that is only one year old ( 1366×768 I think )

    • @Praneel
      @Praneel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@_shadow_1 yo same

    • @nihatshalkar4410
      @nihatshalkar4410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dor s my 8 year old laptop has 1366x768 panel

    • @zenitpro
      @zenitpro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Actually, a few lines above FHD, as the horizontal resolution on that screen is 1200, and FHD is 1080!

    • @jamesdoe4515
      @jamesdoe4515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Technically it's WUXGA

  • @Channel-mj2iv
    @Channel-mj2iv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    This guys voice, the simplicity of the video, how calming it is and my love for computers makes this guy perfect

  • @elcael
    @elcael 4 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    There is something so pleasant in watching an old computer getting cleaned and brought back to its glory.

    • @stargate1552
      @stargate1552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah its just satisfying with him cleaning a computer and putting more life and value into it.

    • @therandomytchannel4318
      @therandomytchannel4318 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had an old Dell from 2004 and some buddies of mine and myself took it out to a farm far away from the city and we got some 30-06 rifles and 12 gauge shotgun slugs, well you know the rest, long story short, it faced the firing squad 😎👍

    • @tradito
      @tradito 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      even better if eucalyptus oil is involved.

  • @ALTHENZ
    @ALTHENZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Back in 2013 my grandpa gave me one of these that had a virus lol

    • @aardbeiwastaken
      @aardbeiwastaken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Was it bought used? What kind of virus? Lol.

    • @beanosdrhm7849
      @beanosdrhm7849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aardbeiwastaken it's just virus he wont tell dont be bitchy

    • @EliminationSquare
      @EliminationSquare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aardbeiwastaken maybe memz or trojan

    • @aardbeiwastaken
      @aardbeiwastaken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I highly doubt someone got MEMZ in 2013

    • @EliminationSquare
      @EliminationSquare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @gamer 7 minutes

  • @kruegersix
    @kruegersix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1743

    Eucalyptus Oil actually increases a laptop’s value by 100 percent.

  • @EWC897
    @EWC897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was my very first laptop. I remember loving it for how easily upgradable it was. The only difference was that it ran on the Media Center edition of Windows Xp.

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahh, you had an Inspiron 6000, not an Inspiron 9200

  • @fVNzO
    @fVNzO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    That screen is absolutely incredible. 1080p didn't arrive on desktop until 2006 and the first full HD plasma tvs arrived in 2004 as well i believe. Off course there were crts capable of above 2K resolutions in the late 90's but this is an LCD.

  • @Sonen10
    @Sonen10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It’s called Memory Stick. It was a proprietary memory card format from Sony that was popular during the 2000s. It seems as if you and the previous owner confused the two.

  • @flodavis1561
    @flodavis1561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I had that exact model growing up! This is childhood nostalgia for me oh my god

  • @tacticoolnukes849
    @tacticoolnukes849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This laptop was legitimately my first ever laptop. Granted, i got it back in 2014 but the point stands

  • @Diencuboy
    @Diencuboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm proud to say that my grandpa used to own this one and I was one of a few kids who can experience IT early. Such a nice childhood memories

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace ปีที่แล้ว

      My grandma had one of these... I miss XP.

  • @jdo248
    @jdo248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    Nathan: I'll clean it with a little bit of eucalyptus oil.
    Proceeds to completely pass it through the car wash. Nice!
    Great video. Keep up the good work.

  • @ScreaminUgmoE
    @ScreaminUgmoE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I would love to see how this laptop does with upgraded parts, maxed out RAM, and SSD stuff like thag

    • @stargate1552
      @stargate1552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah, i dont think you can just throw an rtx and maxed out ram into an 18 year old computer, but even without it that laptop is pretty good

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have a maxed out XPS m1710 which is from 2006 if I remember and it looks very similar to this one. I used it up until about 2016/2017 running windows 10 mostly for retro gaming. Now it is running Linux Mint and I boot it up every now and then cause it has a DVD burner and an SD card reader, which can come in handy. With linux mint it is still a pleasure to use it even in 2023. I have even replaced the battery and CMOS battery recently. I think it may still see some use on it's 20th birthday =)

    • @colin5064
      @colin5064 ปีที่แล้ว

      How can you use win 10 on this laptop ,are all drivers and bios update needed?
      I have a 9300 with win xp on it would love to run Win 10 if possible.
      mine has 2gb ram installed plus Intel Pentium M 770 (2.13GHz/2M/533MHZ) CPU Processor@​

  • @SharkVaderYT
    @SharkVaderYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    That thing has a higher resolution than my laptop

    • @av28379
      @av28379 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same

    • @sriramx1
      @sriramx1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Same, even some new laptops have a worse res

    • @ckreestone
      @ckreestone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too

    • @edgarsekis790
      @edgarsekis790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same but im using a 1080p monitor

    • @SpaceSysZ
      @SpaceSysZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@edgarsekis790 same i have a 1366x768 dell inspiron

  • @petabyte234
    @petabyte234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    That memory card is actually a psp memory stick duo

    • @rxgtv
      @rxgtv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol i remember those, but i hacked the hell out of my vitas just to get sd2vita working

  • @marufbepary100
    @marufbepary100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    My NVMe SSD is literally 100 times faster than that HDD. Shows how far we've come in 16 years.

    • @siddhoot
      @siddhoot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maruf Bepary i got an ssd drive not nvme. It’s still fast af tho :)

    • @onometre
      @onometre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      And laptop screen resolutions are still largely lower

    • @marufbepary100
      @marufbepary100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@onometre To be fair, that resolution is considered to be the minimum now. We have 4K UHD which is around 4 times higher than that. You need to remember that at that time, screen resolution were 480p or something like that.

    • @virtualtools_3021
      @virtualtools_3021 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@marufbepary100 1024x768 was pretty common on laptops then, its like 4:3 equivalent of 720p, then it was 1368x768 for the longest time

    • @LiquidusSnakeX
      @LiquidusSnakeX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @lasest2 Yeah but 720p on a 15 inch or lower screen is really not THAT bad. But yeah there are a lot of laptops under 500 bucks that are in 720p. I'd personally never go under 1080p in this day and age. Prefer 1440p myself at the moment. 4k is just not here yet without sacrificing frame rate.

  • @zacharynapoleon4428
    @zacharynapoleon4428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I used to have the XPS version of this thing, I'm pretty sure it was the first laptop to have RGB lighting on it

    • @johnruschmeyer5769
      @johnruschmeyer5769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would be the XPS M1710, I think. If you want a really massive laptop, try an XPS M1730 from a few years later.

  • @SurrealCubeOnly
    @SurrealCubeOnly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    That aint no notebook, thats a THICCbook

    • @komocomedy9086
      @komocomedy9086 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Underrated comment we got here

    • @ondrejbrandejsky5592
      @ondrejbrandejsky5592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Atleast it has a personality, not like the new aluminium bricks

    • @WantBadtime
      @WantBadtime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, this is a *thicbook Pro* th-cam.com/video/2KWBUmRW3Qo/w-d-xo.html
      And I own this

    • @kev1277
      @kev1277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chungus book

    • @universaleliteinc.6554
      @universaleliteinc.6554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      textbook

  • @nothingposted9056
    @nothingposted9056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember getting one of these in 2008, it was my first laptop and survived my sheer teenage incompetence for years.
    It's actually so resilient that my parents are using it in 2020

  • @zacksstuff
    @zacksstuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    "You could totally insulate a house with the stuff."
    Yeah but... Ew.

    • @nena_nezali
      @nena_nezali 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@melvinharris7859 Yep. That's definitely smoker dust.

    • @lilpeanut
      @lilpeanut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      * inchulate

    • @lilpeanut
      @lilpeanut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Xavior Joyce lol it was a joke about how he pronounced it in the video nbd

    • @johncate9541
      @johncate9541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I picked up a second-hand Inspiron 1764 not too long ago that would lock up under stress. Turned out it had the same problem. Probably hadn't been opened up and cleaned out since it left Dell in 2010.

  • @rcuellarr
    @rcuellarr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had an Inspiron 6000 that I purchased new in 2005. It was an excellent machine. Used it until 2011 when I crossed over into the Mac world. It stopped working due to a bad power connector. Your video inspired me to fix it and get it running againn

  • @somegx
    @somegx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I literally have the exact same laptop. It was passed around the family, and ended up with us. Now it's on the floor of the dining room gathering dust.

    • @danielOconahap
      @danielOconahap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      keep it. like an end of the world last resort laptop

    • @ArtIsDrawing
      @ArtIsDrawing 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      can I have it?

    • @benzjiman6931
      @benzjiman6931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Espurrrxd buy your own

    • @rxgtv
      @rxgtv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      install windows 7

    • @x5nash870
      @x5nash870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      install gentoo

  • @ghoulia8805
    @ghoulia8805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When you realise this laptop your parents owned is in the shelf in the living room: ight ima go i got a computer to check out

    • @jordan4929
      @jordan4929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why'd you write this in that format as if there was a setup for a joke genuinely what the fuck

  • @laurensnieuwland4657
    @laurensnieuwland4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    1:20 A00? Damn, that thing is in dire need of a bios update!

    • @kaverixp8562
      @kaverixp8562 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      IKR!

    • @slapshotjack9806
      @slapshotjack9806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s from 2004 what do you expect?

    • @Joespart9010
      @Joespart9010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He just wanted to flex his computer knowledge. Nobody really cares

    • @laurensnieuwland4657
      @laurensnieuwland4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Joespart9010 didn't wanna flex. Just have never seen a Dell with such a low bios version before

    • @llynellyn
      @llynellyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually you don't want to update the BIOS, Dell removed the manual fan controls from later BIOS which means you can't get it to stop throttling during heavy gaming sessions (former owner).

  • @MrMickey1987
    @MrMickey1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That XP boot up sound is so lovely ❤️

  • @Mrwhosethesus
    @Mrwhosethesus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Only here for Windows XP and eucalyptus oil :)

  • @Cyber_Horse_Studios87
    @Cyber_Horse_Studios87 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This specific era of dell laptops are one of my favorites. They had just moved on from the early 2000’s grey and blue design languages that most of their Pentium 4 laptops had into their early Centrinos. This is one of the first examples of the “silver and white” design style getting implemented with the later Centrino tech, and eventually these machines would pioneer the rise of the Core 2 duo machines. My very first laptop ever was my family’s old PC, the Dell Inspiron e1405. A charming little small scale unit that still runs well today thanks to all the upgrades I’ve given it. This era of Dell took a bit to get to it as machines like this used IDE, but they eventually pioneered some of the first laptops to have sata! Also, these laptops are pretty easy to take apart, though as we saw it does take some time. I can get one of these machines down to its motherboard in around 5 minutes without any issues, which makes it super easy to upgrade the CPU’s in these machines.

  • @bigpierogi
    @bigpierogi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    You should test wolfenstein: enemy territory on these old laptops.

    • @devonkhosa1846
      @devonkhosa1846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RetroShack oh man. Gaia online

    • @synthris2
      @synthris2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is my childhood game

    • @MakoNext
      @MakoNext 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@synthris2 i still play it!!

    • @synthris2
      @synthris2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MakoNext me too. Its really fun!

  • @tonysmart6144
    @tonysmart6144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When a laptop older than you has a better resolution then your current laptop

  • @RodrigoFabretti
    @RodrigoFabretti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love your channel. It is incredibly satisfying to watch these laptops being cleaned.

  • @cmarting83
    @cmarting83 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have a Dell inspiron 9300 with an nvidia gpu circa 2004, same chassis, screen, etc however I did upgrade the RAM a few years down the line. That was one of the best laptops I've ever owned, built like a tank and solid performance. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

  • @RockRedGenesis
    @RockRedGenesis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That Lappy mush have been really nice back in 2004. XP looks gorgeous at higher resolutions!

  • @ItsTrizzy262
    @ItsTrizzy262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember I used to use Dell Inspiron 1501 which looked pretty much like that laptop except without the buttons on the front. It was a great laptop for the time and I still have it to this day.

  • @DebugMenu
    @DebugMenu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have one of these with a GeForce 7950GTX in it, it’s an absolute beast. Perfect Windows XP era gaming machine.

    • @Tipsythomas
      @Tipsythomas 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here got one back in Jan then a second as a spare parts unit. I really wanted to play scarface & other hard to run xp games.

  • @SeanWMODonnell
    @SeanWMODonnell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Literally just got mine out. Time to go through and continue to update my classic game archive. 20+ years of hard drives, floppies, DVDs, flash drives, and sd cards to backup.

  • @mermaidgirl0075
    @mermaidgirl0075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “Although it holds battery it only lasts for 10 mins” my mums old laptop from like 2013 can’t hold battery for a whole min 😂

  • @icedt2592
    @icedt2592 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had one of these! my first ever laptop. All i remember was whenever i had an issue dell would come over and replace the faulty part immediately. Dell's warranty was the best!

  • @MegaKirb
    @MegaKirb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    omg i have this computer and you made my day teaching me how to kind of restore

    • @_shadow_1
      @_shadow_1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope you also have a much newer pc that you use as your main driver

    • @zachhutchins5431
      @zachhutchins5431 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a dell inspiron 1501

    • @kirbstomped361
      @kirbstomped361 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have this? AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

    • @zachhutchins5431
      @zachhutchins5431 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      KIRB S T O M P E D yh i have one

    • @MegaKirb
      @MegaKirb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@_shadow_1 oh yeah i do lol

  • @realitybites4224
    @realitybites4224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have the 9300 and 9400 and two Precision M6300's. They are all brilliant laptops and are very easy to upgrade, all have the max CPU and RAM that they support and one precision has the max 512mb Quadro video card. Cheers for the great vid.

  • @tayokaiser859
    @tayokaiser859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Faster then my 2019 HP 😭

    • @SilentProti
      @SilentProti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't buy brand new extra cheap electronics. I have an after leasing business hp laptop, it's got integrated graphics but you can still play games and watch TH-cam in HD without issues.

    • @dogocoton6698
      @dogocoton6698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Rafael Gaming wtf no u

    • @agermancarguy6505
      @agermancarguy6505 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hp is t r a s h

    • @SweatySockGaming
      @SweatySockGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dont buy new super cheap laptops, eg celeron cpu 4gb ram

    • @FireFoxDestroyer
      @FireFoxDestroyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Old good stuff lasts way longer than new cheap stuff, a 2009 dell Inspiron with an i5 and ssd can still totally kick compared to $100-$200 laptops

  • @Ritermann
    @Ritermann 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could start crying right now. This was the first Laptop I bought when I was young 🥺Brings back so many memories.

  • @collrock1000
    @collrock1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yep, that was paint. I have an inspiron that's a little bit older, and no matter what solvent I used, the paint came off.

  • @pcdolendo7606
    @pcdolendo7606 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like it how old laptops have logical designs on their motherboard repair-ability. It has been a long time since i saw a laptop without soldered stuffs into the board with little to none user upgradable stuff. Even the battery nowadays are soldered if not hold by a tiny ribbon or flex cable.

  • @pieterbikkel
    @pieterbikkel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Waited for this one. Currently 00:30 am

    • @Vuknovic_04
      @Vuknovic_04 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Poodle yes haha

    • @Wolfiie
      @Wolfiie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same lol

    • @av28379
      @av28379 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      02:05 am 4 me

    • @SamuelBl4ck
      @SamuelBl4ck 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @Ricelord4
    @Ricelord4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to have that same laptop, except that it had an NVIDIA GeForce 6800 instead of the ATi Radeon 9700. Loved that thing! It got me through most of my undergraduate degree. I eventually sold it to a friend for $100. Now I kind of want another one for nostalgia purposes.

  • @bryleedawn7341
    @bryleedawn7341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fun fact: my grandma had this laptop still 8-9 years ago

  • @julianwalker196
    @julianwalker196 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have two of these excellent laptops (built in Ireland), one of which I bought on eBay from a monk in a small monastery in the New Forest in Hampshire! Many thanks again for rescuing another great laptop.

  • @TheOgWalterMelon
    @TheOgWalterMelon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That laptop is more powerful than new budget laptops😑😑🤯

  • @nicolascervanteslorenzothe5083
    @nicolascervanteslorenzothe5083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dell Inspiron 9200 Laptop it was the Release on December 23, 2004. Great Find Psivewri!

  • @thetelephoneprankster4254
    @thetelephoneprankster4254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That scaling should be set higher in Display Settings. Everything looks a little small and hard to read :)

  • @TheCrow2269
    @TheCrow2269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still got mine. I have it upgraded to Windows 7 with a 500 gig hd. I've upgraded the memory to 16 gig. Still runs good. Batteries are a different issue

  • @Bawamode
    @Bawamode 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This laptop runs games better than my 2019 Macbook pro

    • @azurekite3870
      @azurekite3870 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea,cuz the macbook is not meant for gaming at all and can over really quickly.

    • @Bawamode
      @Bawamode 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@azurekite3870 ik was jus saying that sarcastically

    • @FireFoxDestroyer
      @FireFoxDestroyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@azurekite3870still, the MacBook has so much more GPU power, so this is really embarrassing for Apple

  • @symonsicuan6148
    @symonsicuan6148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello Psivewri. Your Vlogs about disassembling/assembling,cleaning and upgrading laptops are satisfying. I suggest on your next video, please include OS upgrade for example from xp to vista/7/10 😅😅😅

  • @razvanandrei3909
    @razvanandrei3909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I find his voice very calming.It's relaxing 😄

  • @LymanPhillips
    @LymanPhillips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had the 14-inch version of this. Or maybe it was 15 in. It was a solid machine. I eventually ended up sticking Linux on it, and my daughter used it for a couple of years for school.
    It was a beast. Weighed a ton. But it was a solid laptop to keep at home.
    Good memories. I kind of miss this laptop.

  • @rarinth
    @rarinth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    7:05 nostalgia

  • @ecarlevaro
    @ecarlevaro 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this video using precisely that laptop. As a student in Australia, I bought it a year ago for AUD 50 to use it as a dinning-room TV. I had to get rid of WinXP and use Lubuntu instead, which worked out of the box. I can watch TH-cam, Netflix, Stan, you name it. I'm extremely impressed.

    • @sillygoose728
      @sillygoose728 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not linux mint it's easy fun and cool

  • @ShiggitayMediaProductions
    @ShiggitayMediaProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Try running Linux on it. Many times Linux distro's revive old tech like that laptop and it makes them usable again. Great video.

    • @faizananimator1835
      @faizananimator1835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a windows user well I'm a windows user but I have to say this is actually true

    • @Moskito844
      @Moskito844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As a linux user well I'm not a windows user but I have to say this is actually true

    • @faizananimator1835
      @faizananimator1835 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Moskito844 y u copy me m8

    • @faizananimator1835
      @faizananimator1835 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh i have a dead channel getting so much anxiety on this one reply

    • @ninline2000
      @ninline2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It depends on the distro. Bloat is encroaching on the Linux world too.

  • @tabbycat406
    @tabbycat406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have an Inspiron 9000. It took me a few days to get it working becuase the previous owner decided to put a 320GB hard drive in it while the bios is limited to 180GB or so, my solution was actually partitioning and dual booting with Windows 7 and Windows Vista, planning to do Windows XP on the last partition, I got mine for free from E-Waste, and I cleaned it up, and applied some new thermal paste on it, now it’s running quite smoothly.

  • @2007excalibur2007
    @2007excalibur2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    8:46 "the game doesn't support widescreen"
    but... AoE II HD Edition....

  • @FrosstKatt
    @FrosstKatt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A full HD display in 2004 is insane

  • @AryanSingh-up6wq
    @AryanSingh-up6wq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Oh I have the same laptop ...... And it doesn't seem to me like a gaming laptop

    • @syloui
      @syloui 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      dedicated graphics = gaming laptop i guess
      though they did use this chassis for their XPS laptops as well

    • @AryanSingh-up6wq
      @AryanSingh-up6wq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The only game I play on this laptop is *NFS : MOST WANTED*

    • @haseenabadshah5381
      @haseenabadshah5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      BAB

  • @slick99951
    @slick99951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Had a 9300 myself, cool stuff.

  • @DarkGamerzOfficial
    @DarkGamerzOfficial 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    No one
    Absolutely no one
    Psivewri: EuCaLyPtUs OiL

  • @legendp2011
    @legendp2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the 15inch version from 2005. it held up pretty well, beating out all my friends budget laptops and netbooks up to around 2009. just found it in a closet the other day and hoped online interested

  • @dontgotomychannel5066
    @dontgotomychannel5066 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    next video: showering with eucalyptus oil

  • @GeneralChangFromDanang
    @GeneralChangFromDanang 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My 9300 is still alive and kicking. They are tough machines.

  • @doritofan80
    @doritofan80 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'll tell you the timestamp for eucalyptus oil in a reply
    EDIT: The System Explorer said it before me. Like his comment, not mine, please!

    • @TheSystemExplorer
      @TheSystemExplorer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      6:25

    • @doritofan80
      @doritofan80 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheSystemExplorer yeah you got before me, oh well congratulations

  • @defyyourlogic487
    @defyyourlogic487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tbh this thing was kinda a monster for 2004

  • @jackf1684
    @jackf1684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Windows XP man, it brings back so many memories and the whole experience just makes me wanna live in the 2000's and have the authentic windows' experience.

  • @endtimesprophecy1473
    @endtimesprophecy1473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have three of these same laptops too that I have restored. I installed Windows Millennium on one of them, Windows 2000 on the second one and Windows XP on the third. They are very nostalgic indeed.
    I first watched your video last year before I tempted to take them apart myself and clean them.

  • @Summerzbtw
    @Summerzbtw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad owned one of these when i was very young but its until now i realized that it was a really old gaming laptop!

  • @chomskyan4life
    @chomskyan4life 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn! This brought back memories! I had this thing as an undergrad... it was actually pretty damn sweet at the time. Dell made some good laptops back in the day with the inspiron series! Great video! Keep up the good work!

  • @dotto87
    @dotto87 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the 15 inch version of this back in the day. It was such a beast it could run as a server at a LAN party.

  • @gogu2240
    @gogu2240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember I had one of those as a child and I really cried when it gave me BSoD

  • @AdamSaeed
    @AdamSaeed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my second video to watch on this channel and I think the eucalyptus oil will be a reoccurring item 😂

  • @adibzouak6106
    @adibzouak6106 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watch your videos for mostly ASMR purposes they are very calming to me for some reason . So thank you for this content. And good luck

  • @JoshPhantom
    @JoshPhantom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god. I still use this as a daily helper at school. I have three laptops at any given time, and this is my xp/experimental computer I do stuff my newer ones just can't really anymore

  • @zeniktorres4320
    @zeniktorres4320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish new laptops would take some ideas from this: 16:10 screen, buttons on front, easily up-gradability, easy to take apart.

  • @harisdarko
    @harisdarko 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're so passionate about this old laptop cleaning stuff

  • @maddymortskew7862
    @maddymortskew7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    omg this was my first ever laptop my sister and i shared when we were younger, this brought back so many memories, we definitely got really good use out of it and played a bunch of sims 2 and zoo tycoon on it

  • @fimy1451
    @fimy1451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this was my moms laptop and i played some games with it before.Memories man

  • @canuck1234
    @canuck1234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad used this when I was smaller. Still have it!

  • @kaziadz
    @kaziadz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have this laptop, my sister dropped it and smashed the screen but it’s still used today as a time capsule for songs and pictures from 15 years ago.

  • @LOLMAN9538
    @LOLMAN9538 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Battlefront II 2005 still holds up well to this day, even on modern hardware.

  • @scattysafari7742
    @scattysafari7742 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a Dell 6400 that looked exactly like this, but the specs weren't so high. Loved it greatly except it had a known bug that the power cord wouldn't always charge the battery. One of my favourite machines i ever owned.

  • @fizzys26
    @fizzys26 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is still the laptop I hold all laptops up against. It was big and heavy, but for the time you could do almost anything on it, and it had such a lovely large screen and keyboard.

    • @DanTDMJace
      @DanTDMJace ปีที่แล้ว

      With Legacy Update and Mypal, this thing is unstoppable!

  • @freduah4253
    @freduah4253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's been a long time we haven't see a old tower restore :-)

  • @metromodernism
    @metromodernism 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's something about the look of those old Dell laptops. They're just a classic!

  • @stargate1552
    @stargate1552 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dad used to have one of these but he mostly used it for work, still pretty cool laptop.

  • @namesurname4666
    @namesurname4666 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like these restoring videos because unlike other youtubers you explain what you are doing so i can do it too

  • @RE4-Station
    @RE4-Station 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got this on my 12th birthday on May 1st, 2006, you uploaded this on my 26th Birthday!

  • @life_seeker6102
    @life_seeker6102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Michael Dell has really been a legend

  • @seththesailormoonandwall-e9176
    @seththesailormoonandwall-e9176 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My auntie used that laptop until the OS ended support. The game I mostly play on that laptop was Luxor. Ahh, Nostalgia...

  • @leorigby3069
    @leorigby3069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the few youtubers I can watch start to finish no problem 🥇

  • @wyterabitt2149
    @wyterabitt2149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thermal pads were very common on laptops for a long time.
    Quite a few times I have seen videos of old laptops taken apart where the person says paste, but it is clearly the old common blue thermal pads used in laptops. Much easier for production, and easier to get away with until relatively recently.
    Changes in heat, and expectations of tiny sizes even in gaming laptops, have seen that practice vanish over the years.

  • @BigDrewski1000
    @BigDrewski1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I always LOVE to see how repairable & upgradeable laptops used to be before computer companies hated their customers.

  • @ali-mw5no
    @ali-mw5no 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍 just playing Midtown Madness, Harry Potter, HT2: King of the road, Rise of the Nations, Moto Racer, GTA 2 and more old PC games on it. Having so much fun playing this games, even today.

  • @dangerousmythbuster
    @dangerousmythbuster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Dad used this model laptop all through my time in middle and high school. He had to have the screen replaced multiple times, but it was a good computer.