I switched to Windows XP in 2023...

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    Chapter TItles:
    0:00 The Legacy of XP
    0:47 Mini Laptop, Big Love
    1:51 Austin's Happy Place
    2:45 Avoid the Internet, Stay Sane
    3:41 A Webcam for Ants
    4:44 Goodbye Cave, Hello Web
    6:11 I'm Ticked Off (The Clock)
    7:15 Upgrading to 2023-ish
    9:03 That Hard Drive Looks Floppy
    9:45 The Little Laptop That Could...?
    11:32 Firefox Saves The Day
    12:49 Who Needs an Entire Keyboard
    13:25 I Just Want to Play StarCraft
    14:56 Windows XP in 2023
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  • @zeikjt
    @zeikjt ปีที่แล้ว +492

    Swapping out your HDDs for SSDs is one of the most transformative things you can do, just mind blowing load speeds on these old systems

    • @JJFlores197
      @JJFlores197 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yep. I bought an IBM Thinkpad a few years ago from around 2001. I upgraded the old 40 GB IDE drive to an M.SATA SSD with an IDE adapter caddy. Definitely improved performance.

    • @Vednier
      @Vednier ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Problem is however old OS doesnt support TRIM and despite that they say SSD isnt doint great job garbage collection without TRIM (and newer models is actually maybe even worse).

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'd say it's not worth the high price. Here's a scenario: you buy the SSD, and you put it in the computer. You play with it for a little bit, and you realize that the speed increase is only a small step up from what it was beforehand.

    • @Vednier
      @Vednier ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@CoasterMan13Official SSD nowadays isnt that much "high" price. HDD is cheaper per GB, but its mostly for cold storage now honestly. In old PC there isnt need of fancy high-end SSD anyway, just get decent SATS SSD, they all now perform at SATA limit. If you dont want to get crap just stick to TLC with DRAM cache and you will be fine.

    • @JJFlores197
      @JJFlores197 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CoasterMan13Official What do you consider high price? The MSATA SSD I bought for my old ThinkPad was about $40 for a 120 GB drive. I hardly consider that a "high price".

  • @joshstucki4349
    @joshstucki4349 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    Before 2013, virtually all PCs (and Macs!) had modular, replaceable, fairly-easy-to-remove parts (at least the memory, SSD, and battery, which all - always - should be replaceable/upgradeable).
    I'd give my left kidney if this would return!!

    • @diamondarrow4567
      @diamondarrow4567 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      hp laptops have been getting aloot better with replacable parts

    • @Masta_Frog
      @Masta_Frog ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@diamondarrow4567 I would rather have my kidney stolen than buy an HP

    • @AnthonyLemma24
      @AnthonyLemma24 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My aunt has a midrange Acer AMD laptop where I easily replaced the screen because it somehow browe, upgraded to an SSD and upped the RAM. Works much better

    • @NotSoCleverUsername
      @NotSoCleverUsername ปีที่แล้ว +26

      You might love the Framework then

    • @resolvanlemmy
      @resolvanlemmy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Another reason why 2013 is the worst year ever.

  • @SpringdayAutumnmoon
    @SpringdayAutumnmoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    2000s laptop webcams are like old black and white cameras of the 1920s, they're so antiquated they're basically an aesthetic now.

    • @9852323
      @9852323 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even the desktop webcams from that era are downright atrocious

    • @1369brandon
      @1369brandon 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don’t think I’ve ever read a comment that made me feel quite as old as this one does

    • @eeaotly
      @eeaotly 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@1369brandon Actually, it sounds exaggerated and condescending. Maybe it's because I always had to fight older people who were all into "throw this away because it's too old", when I was into "have patience, you will find a solution/new use for it" (which eventually happened but nobody wants/wanted to recognise/accept that).
      When I hear the word "old" used as an excuse, I know that I am dealing with two bored neurons, no matter the age of the beholder.

  • @Saya_613
    @Saya_613 ปีที่แล้ว +1067

    I switched to the best OS in 2023*

  • @Quantumqbit
    @Quantumqbit ปีที่แล้ว +153

    There is a hidden power mode for these that makes them quite a bit more useable… I think for most versions you need to update the bios to enable it. Ran that as a daily until 2015! Without the bios update it would have been useless- it makes quite a difference. ETA - you know the power mode is on, it turns the power LED from blue to red(!)

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2gb of ram is insane for XP🤣🤣🤣

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      what is the hidden power mode tho

    • @muki_x
      @muki_x 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where would you find that power mode?

  • @turks1966
    @turks1966 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    I would be impressed if you had to use it for a month and showed through videos what that experience would be like for you.

    • @TEAML3ZAR
      @TEAML3ZAR ปีที่แล้ว +8

      💀💀💀💀

    • @philh98
      @philh98 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The next ltt challenge

    • @jaxcyl1-t4b
      @jaxcyl1-t4b ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wouldn't be that hard

    • @angusstuff
      @angusstuff ปีที่แล้ว +2

      With enough upscaling and color correcting ANYTHING will look good

    • @spexz7
      @spexz7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ngl i thought that that was the video

  • @zantar666
    @zantar666 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Windows xp is the staple of my childhood.. I still miss the ease and absolute pleasure of using xp to this day.

  • @logisec
    @logisec ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The mic and webcam are surprisingly decent for what the machine is and even compared to todays laptops!

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra ปีที่แล้ว

      Might be its only saving grace, as a matter of fact...

    • @axethepenguin
      @axethepenguin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I’m pretty sure the webcam was only decent because it was in studio lighting conditions

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@axethepenguin has nothing to do with it the camera had pretty good color as well. most modern webcams in laptops are an afterthought so they just throw a cheap terrible one in lol

    • @axethepenguin
      @axethepenguin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@animeloveer97 true actually

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The mic and webcam are surprisingly decent for what the machine is and even compared to todays laptops!

  • @bananawarriorwootwoot
    @bananawarriorwootwoot ปีที่แล้ว +179

    I'm a network engineer and I was just talking to one of my seniors and we were bitching about windows 11 in corporate laptops and how it was super rushed.
    She was emotional when the conversation drifted to windows XP. She has been a network engineer since 1995 and XP takes the crown out of all the flavors ( within windows of course. The best OS for us Netengs is Linux )

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love Linux, and this netbook would be perfect for a Q4OS Trinity 32bit Linux install with their Trinity DE based off oldschool KDE.

    • @useritiswhatitis4655
      @useritiswhatitis4655 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      trans senior network engineer

    • @bruhsfx2
      @bruhsfx2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
      Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
      This isn't a try on a copypasta, by the way.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@CommodoreFan64 Sorry, know this is super late, but have you tried AntiX Linux? If so, what's your opinion of it?

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@arnox4554 it's been a few years, so I can't comment on the latest version, but it does seem they still have a 32bit version with both SysVinit, and runit, so give it shot, and see if it works for ya if you truly can't run a 64bit OS, as there are much better 64bit options with more common SystemD, like Manjaro Gnome on Wayland, or Solus Budgie still on X but slowly working to move to Wayland.

  • @TorutheRedFox
    @TorutheRedFox ปีที่แล้ว +45

    general malware doesn't target XP anymore, partially because it's a headache to make _any_ software that targets XP nowadays, and partially because the only targets on XP that are worth the time to make malware for are highly specific targets such as specific organizations known to still use XP

    • @xan1242
      @xan1242 ปีที่แล้ว

    • @vincentyap3188
      @vincentyap3188 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the most dangerous place is the safest place, as written in a book of war in china dated back 3000 year ago, why? For example the terrorist will attack the most crowded place, they not going to attack in a quite place. The virus will attack window 10 more than xp. The purpose of the attack is not for fun but for money in order to steal someone credit card bank numbers.

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Assuming the XP install is patched against Eternal Blue anyway.

  • @kokonotsu_j
    @kokonotsu_j ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Seeing office 07 in action really brings memories back to me. At that time people around me were all using office 03 and being the first to install 07 and see that gorgeous Aero UI made me feel so weirdly proud

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that poor poor computers going like I think I can I think I can nope I can't sorry dude your out of luck🤣🤣🤣

    • @grxgghxrpxr
      @grxgghxrpxr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Office 2003 looked better on XP

    • @ranchocommodorereef
      @ranchocommodorereef 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@grxgghxrpxr The real original version of Office that was around when Windows XP released was Office XP, which matched the UI of Windows 2000, ME, and 98 and hence looked outdated on Windows XP yet it was the latest Office version throughout 2001, 2002, and most of 2003.

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seeing office 07 in action really brings memories back to me. At that time people around me were all using office 03 and being the first to install 07 and see that gorgeous Aero UI made me feel so weirdly proud

    • @pug2052
      @pug2052 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sorry but office 03 was better and still is

  • @SoundOfFreedom32
    @SoundOfFreedom32 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    They are really playing with us now. How can a 15-20 year old laptop be so small and have so many ports and a removable battery, while in 2023 this is not possible with even bigger laptops?

    • @tacosatlarge
      @tacosatlarge ปีที่แล้ว

      Kinda obvious answer here….They do this because they don’t want you to fix it and prolong the lifespan of devices. They want to squeeze out as much money as you can.

    • @presidentkiller
      @presidentkiller ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Search for the Sony VAIO TX series of laptops. The smallest most complete laptop ever, with a gorgeous screen, all the ports and removable things you could need, and even a DVD burner. Some models even had a cellular antenna for Internet access anywhere. It was a marvel of the mid to late 2000s and makes you wonder if we're already living in the future or if we peaked sometime in the past 20 years.

    • @thelanecampbell
      @thelanecampbell ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Framework laptops solve for this.

    • @imtekcs
      @imtekcs 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Because we live in the era when less is more for the manufacturers. Less manufacturing costs and more money for them when you have them repair it.

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They are really playing with us now. How can a 15-20 year old laptop be so small and have so many ports and a removable battery, while in 2023 that is not possible with even bigger laptops?

  • @Ryptahi
    @Ryptahi ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I used this laptop for high school. It was around the time that normal laptops were just really big and quite expensive. I even used it for gaming as it was my only computer. World of warcraft was running around 10-20 fps and i was even raiding with this. Fps during 25 man raid was 0, which made things somewhat difficult, but good enough to be tanking something :D

    • @TheTyisawesome
      @TheTyisawesome ปีที่แล้ว +5

      World of Warcraft slide show edition

    • @Ryptahi
      @Ryptahi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheTyisawesome Slideshows are usually a bit faster

  • @antonykao
    @antonykao ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Why was Austin surprised that he could boot up StarCraft that easily? The game came out in 1998, many years before this laptop lol

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      netbooks are great for old games and emulators (up to like the ps1 mabey)

    • @yummy90the2nd
      @yummy90the2nd 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you'd know if you had used an intel atom processor

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why was Austin surprised that he could boot up StarCraft that easily? The game came out in 1998, many years before this laptop lol

  • @joshstucki4349
    @joshstucki4349 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    One of the things that made these netbooks decent is that as low-powered as the hardware was in 2011, Windows XP was ten years old at that point. As long as you didn't get the Vista versions (which were universally disasters, largely due to the hardware requirements leaping drastically from XP), they really were ok.

    • @Pasi123
      @Pasi123 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Netbooks normally didn't have Vista, they had Windows 7 Starter. I'm glad mine came with Windows XP which ran really well

    • @ej_tech
      @ej_tech ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Pasi123 Even on Windows 7 Starter, you can see parts of the Windows Explorer interface render piece by piece on an Atom CPU.

    • @Piketom1
      @Piketom1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Netbooks were bad buys when they were new. They had terrible build quality, terrible reliability, and extremely slow performance. A used 3 year old Lenovo would have been a much better value. The lenovo had a better upgrade path so even though it would not have been brand new, it would still have lasted longer than the netbook.

    • @Pasi123
      @Pasi123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Piketom1 My Compaq Mini 110c had good build quality, reliability and was fast on XP.
      The main thing about netbooks was the small size and long battery life. A bit like UMPCs but much cheaper and with a more usable size keyboard
      In 2013 I upgraded to an old Lenovo ThinkPad T60 which was obviously more powerful but also had a lot shorter battery life and wasn't as portable

    • @justsomeguy5103
      @justsomeguy5103 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@Piketom1 The combination of low price and high portability actually made them pretty attractive at a time when most laptops were either bulky or expensive and underpowered. Mine lived in my backpack through most of university. It was perfect for accessing the internet or typing up assignments around campus. For heavier tasks I would use my encyclopedia-sized laptop at home.

  • @Mario_Man632
    @Mario_Man632 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The Legacy Update project is great for these old OS installs that no longer work with the official update servers.

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Legacy Update project is great for these old OS installs that no longer work with the offical update servers.

  • @Eric-qi9us
    @Eric-qi9us ปีที่แล้ว +6

    still has more ports than a brand new macbook

  • @nappa0582
    @nappa0582 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I cried when my XP system gave up the ghost long after Microsoft said it would end XP support. So seeing this gave my ticker Happy flutters. My time of playing Diablo (but not Diablo 2 because I didn't want to lose my character) just came flooding back and made me smile.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 ปีที่แล้ว

      he underestimates the computers capability's🤣

    • @CommissarChaotic
      @CommissarChaotic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      While I'm just hearing the sound the Warcraft 3 World Editor plays when you start it up...

    • @erikferguson71
      @erikferguson71 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Diablo will run on Windows 10.

  • @bigstuff17
    @bigstuff17 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I remember having to support these devices back when I was working for the Geek Squad at Best Buy in 2007-2010. They were quite painful to work and support since their early Atom processors and low RAM amounts and HDDs. It's nice that fast forward to today that you can toss in a cheap SSD and just like that, it's a "usable machine".
    Thanks for the trip down memory lane Austin!

  • @icytomcatmedia
    @icytomcatmedia ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Up until something like 2019 the NHS (National Health Service) in the UK was using Windows XP, which saw them hacked multiple times. I believe they then moved to Win 7/8 and are still migrating systems to Win 10

    • @mrknighttheitguy8434
      @mrknighttheitguy8434 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A lot of ATM's are still using Windows NT!

    • @0zzyp0zzy
      @0zzyp0zzy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Make that 2023, I caught one in the wild while working for my local trust in 2022 a user was actually trying to use it to print labels then my colleague found another in a server room in 2023 - I think the network guys probably grabbed the first machine they could find with a RS232 serial port.

    • @MondySpartan
      @MondySpartan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@0zzyp0zzyThere’s a photo print service at a mall near me and they are still using XP complete with using a CRT monitor.

    • @grxgghxrpxr
      @grxgghxrpxr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @mrknighttheitguy8434 Some are still using OS/2 from IBM (from the 90's)

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Up until something like 2019 the NHS (National Health Service) in the UK was using Windows XP, which saw them hacked multiple times. I believe they then moved to Win 7/8 and are still migrating systems to Win 10

  • @integer0verload948
    @integer0verload948 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Something like that would be used for industrial factories. To program machines that are on closed networks. Industry does not like to upgrade until it has to.

  • @Hadihadi-wr8mt
    @Hadihadi-wr8mt ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Yes, it's old OS and not up to correct standard but to be honest it actually has some better feature than current windows :
    1. It's simple and not too bloating. It's so basic, so it's light and feels fast.
    2. Not force you to online and automatically share your data to others.
    3. Not much happened behind. If you ctr-alt-del current OS, You will see so many program works behind, even if you don't want to

  • @foxycrystal8961
    @foxycrystal8961 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This video came out 14 hours ago, and 14 hours ago i was working on formating this exact same notebook to test windows 7 on it and boy was it fun ... ngl, cool coincidence, love those netbooks, pretty much a relic of the past now but always fun to see one every now and then.

    • @math211
      @math211 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try something light instead. puppy linux maybe. :-)

    • @foxycrystal8961
      @foxycrystal8961 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@math211 It was for someone who isnt that tech savvy unfortunately, so it had to be windows, if it was mine i would have installed linux on it on no time

    • @joey_f4ke238
      @joey_f4ke238 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had one for a pretty long time, and even though it served me well for years tinkering with linux distros and random stuff i still can't forget how frustrating it was to try and use it as a regular pc, i even played league of legends wayy back in the day at 5fps and it took ages to load, minecraft somehow was able to load in superflat worlds. Truly a little warrior that struggled through everything i threw at it, driving me crazy in the process as well tho

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This video came out 14 hours ago, and 14 hours ago i was working on formating this exact same notebook to test windows 7 on it and boy was it fun … ngl, cool coincidence, love those netbooks, pretty much a relic of the past now but always fun to see one every now and then.

  • @TechDove
    @TechDove ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow. That webcam is really good especially given the age, and sadly there are brand new modern computers with WORSE webcams than that.

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow. That webcam is really good especially given the age, and sadly there are brand new modern computers with WORSE webcams than that.

  • @thomasfan0123
    @thomasfan0123 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Once again Austin Evans giving us content nobody asked for, but yet everyone loved and enjoyed, keep the luaghs coming and keep the loveable old tech videos coming.

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Once again Austin Evans giving us content nobody asked for, but yet everyone loved and enjoyed, keep the luaghs coming and keep the loveable old tech videos coming.

  • @dirceunusa9187
    @dirceunusa9187 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This video made go back in time. I've graduated in economics with one of those. Used to make al the graphics in paint brush and copy and past to word with my class notes. What a wonderful experience!

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This video made go back in time. I've graduated in economics with one of those. Used to make al the graphics in paint brush and copy and past to word with my class notes. What a wonderful experience!

  • @voyager33mw
    @voyager33mw ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I got one of these in 2010 when I was in college and couldn't afford anything else. I did upgrade the ram and put in a bigger battery. It lasted 6-8 hours on a single charge

  • @steelsofliquid
    @steelsofliquid ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have Windows XP installed on a Toshiba Tecra A8-EZ8313 and HP Compaq 6005 Pro (the latter would've originally shipped with Windows Vista Business, but it performed poorly on that computer so I put Windows Vista Ultimate on a Lenovo ThinkCentre A70 of mine), both of which are rather frequently used with recording videos, although it's more often the HP Compaq, because it makes for a really awesome Windows XP experience, with stuff like Microsoft Office 2003, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Winamp, Macromedia Flash MX 2004, Netscape Navigator 9 and AOL Instant Messenger (among other programs) installed. Nice to see I'm not the only one who still uses Windows XP every so often!

  • @FoxyThePirate
    @FoxyThePirate ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I miss the simplicity of XP and how everything did not have a shortcut which meant less clutter for you to look at all the time it made it look sleek and simple which it was. Truly was remarkable.

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      you know you can just drag shortcuts to the recycle bin right?? the programs dont get deleted lol

    • @Theunicorn2012
      @Theunicorn2012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I miss the simplicity of XP and how everything did not have a shortcut which meant less clutter for you to look at all the time it made it look sleek and simple which it was. Truly was remarkable.

  • @stokemoran
    @stokemoran ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Netbooks were great during their time. Chromebooks basically displaced them when they first appeared. While very underpowered, the netbooks were quite nice utility devices thanks to being so cheap. They were great for photographers for being able to copy off their media cards when they got full and be able to view the images. You wouldn't be doing much photoshopping on it due to the Atom cpu. But for the niche they filled they did so pretty well. Most had media card readers built-in (at least mine did). Based on the timeframe...I'm going to guess 320 or 500 GB was the largest 2.5" drive available during that time. Definitely not 1 TB in that form factor before they went away.

  • @mrknighttheitguy8434
    @mrknighttheitguy8434 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Back in the mid 2000's, I went to South Africa, to represent schools in the UK, and we took a few EEE PC's from Asus so that we could video conference with schools in Durban. It became the defacto method used by UK schools to stay in communication with schools in remote locations overseas. I loved the little netbooks!

  • @ApolloTheDerg
    @ApolloTheDerg ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To be fair, netbooks suffered when they put Windows Vista and 7 on them, but those were such a leap from XP that it’s essentially trivial for it to run.

  • @lummatravel
    @lummatravel ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That webcam is roughly the same quality as what dell put on their current xps models

  • @tosin
    @tosin ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have a printer that only prints with XP and this looks like it would make printing on it much faster. It takes forever to print with what I have currently.

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bruh just get a new printer...

    • @tosin
      @tosin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@animeloveer97 Its a rimage prism cd/dvd thermal printer. i only print up a few copies from time to time. theres no need to buy a new $1000 printer

  • @cssplayer91
    @cssplayer91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yesterday I literally busted out my old asus windows xp netbook I bought back in 2009 and got so excited I was using windows xp again. I'm surprised everything still looks modern and usable, I also LOVE the Luna theme! I tried to make my windows 10 custom gaming desktop look like windows xp but every third party software that claims to make windows 10 look like xp just looks horrible

  • @Tiger_Katmai
    @Tiger_Katmai ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh, in the case you weren't aware; there's workarounds for getting newer programs to work on XP, as well as communities taking open-source programs and modifying them so they work on XP when they normally wouldnt.
    (KernelEx/4GB RAM patches for 9x, extended kernels for 2000, scattered communities for XP)
    I myself personally know of an MSN forum area dedicated to getting Chrome/Chromium to work on XP; so far i've seen up to 70ish
    , and i've tested maybe about 8-12 months ago last.

  • @Cheesycook
    @Cheesycook ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I miss Windows 2000. Back when Windows was just an operating system without a hundred things running in the background.

  • @grumpywolfgaming
    @grumpywolfgaming ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The worst thing about XP was how slow it was for updates, especially on slower pcs, you could literally wait hours just for it to search for updates.

    • @devisals
      @devisals ปีที่แล้ว

      Word bro

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i feel the pain of waiting just thinking about it ugh

    • @pikachuchujelly7628
      @pikachuchujelly7628 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought XP was fine with updates. Windows 7 had it the worst! The updater would not only take a really long time to download updates, but also max out CPU usage and thrash the hard disk, so your computer was basically unusable while it was updating. The updater in Windows 10 is significantly faster. One of the few improvements in later versions.

  • @TechAddictSimon
    @TechAddictSimon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have such fond memories of my hp netbook with Windows XP on it. Thanks for taking me back with this vid.

  • @MrDragonflair
    @MrDragonflair ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Should have had a go legacy update, it replaces the standard windows update and allows for all updatedls to be downloaded and installed as if they came from microsoft themselves. Works from windows 2000 onwards

    • @Quebec8953
      @Quebec8953 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      how i can updates palemoon and k-meleon browser ? i have windows xp with browserr k-meleon to run on youtube and facebook but the navigator web k-meleon stopped working to enter in youtube and facebook i don't know how for apply update my browser k-meleon

  • @EdiSantosoIdeas
    @EdiSantosoIdeas ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Xp still works fine for most jobs. The only downside is the browser... you need to find browsers that supports current technology, esp when now online tasks are essential. I love XP -- in fact, for such an old OS it works just great by current standards.

    • @seshpenguin
      @seshpenguin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's actually a few community maintained modern browsers that are designed for Windows XP; K-Meleon (more light on resources), and RT Free Soft's Serpent browser (more fully featured Basilisk/Firefox fork) both work pretty well.

    • @endymallorn
      @endymallorn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      K-Meleon & MyPal are the best XP browser. And that’s not a misstatement - they’re both Goanna, similar to Pale Moon.

    • @user-sq3ix6yf5u
      @user-sq3ix6yf5u 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@seshpenguin You can still use the latest version of Chrome if you use one-core

    • @phadsarti
      @phadsarti หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are many projects that revive old Windows, such as supernium, theoldnet, protoweb and Discord for old OS. The biggest problem would be security, but as long as you are careful everything would be fine.

  • @bluemist_ch
    @bluemist_ch ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This really tickles my fancy! Intel Atom was my initial foray into the Mini-ITX form factor which I still subscribe to today, and was extremely functional as a server. For laptops, it might have been power-efficient as well.

    • @skip485
      @skip485 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The battery on this thing is actually really good because the low wattage of the atom

  • @RynoDBones
    @RynoDBones ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We sold our EeePCs two years ago. Doubled the RAM, installed SSD, and Chrome x86. Worked fantastic.

  • @donpappas3205
    @donpappas3205 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would be interested to see what a Linux OS would be like on this machine.

    • @CrackDavidson1
      @CrackDavidson1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would be great. I mean linux works great with these old machines. You can run basically a modern lightweight distro with no struggles. You could dual boot windows xp or run linux off of usb etc. This old tech is still completely usable if you don't need all the latest and greatest tech (high resolution youtube, newest 3d games etc.)

  • @mm166
    @mm166 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If only there were security updates, I would stick with XP.

  • @vengeful8gaming776
    @vengeful8gaming776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This brought so many memories back from windows 2000 to Windows xp was such a huge step up, thanks austin for the memory lane. You remember that car racing game that came with it? Was so clunky lol

  • @Quebec8953
    @Quebec8953 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    how i can updates palemoon and k-meleon browser ? i have windows xp with browserr k-meleon to run on youtube and facebook but the navigator web k-meleon stopped working to enter in youtube and facebook i don't know how for apply update my browser k-meleon

  • @binary8717
    @binary8717 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have the exact same specs of an hp net book, it came pre installed with Windows 7 starter, as expected it ran absolutely terrible so I downgraded it to xp and it runs much faster and also upgraded it's ram to 2gb

    • @Pasi123
      @Pasi123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My HP Compaq Mini 110c thankfully came with WinXP from the factory. It ran really well on it even with many browser tabs open

  • @McCoder21
    @McCoder21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish there was a brilliant team of people willing to reverse engineer old operating systems and port them to work on newer hardware

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the problem isnt the os, its drivers on newer pcs dont exist so xp dsoesnt know how to use stuff like wifi and display

    • @skip485
      @skip485 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wish there was a brilliant team of people willing to reverse engineer new drivers and port them to work on older operating systems

    • @GamersUniverseOE
      @GamersUniverseOE 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, there is a brilliant team of people reverse engineering old Windows versions developing the ReactOS. It currently supports Server 2003 software, but as another person said, newer hardware does not have proper drivers. If ReactOS ever goes out of Alpha I would like to see modern Linux drivers (which support most of the current hardware) being ported to ReactOS so that we can use pretty much an XP/Server 2003 clone on modern machines with little to no issues. Maybe they support contemporary hardware currently but I am not that sure.

  • @lukedavis436
    @lukedavis436 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still use windows XP to play around with old PCs and Software and i still do... Almost daily because i need my dopamine hit

  • @daneverdier1950
    @daneverdier1950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got a second hand win 7 pc to use as a home media server. Win update will not work at all to get the last one released. How are you getting anything for xp?

  • @Wii1235
    @Wii1235 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favourite OS is actually windows xp!

  • @optimusenergy1
    @optimusenergy1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    all the comments are bots, so sad

    • @covfefe9254
      @covfefe9254 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beep boop

    • @covfefe9254
      @covfefe9254 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beep boop

    • @bhavyakhatri007
      @bhavyakhatri007 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beep boop

    • @bakerrr925
      @bakerrr925 ปีที่แล้ว

      U must be the bot cause are no bots lol

    • @optimusenergy1
      @optimusenergy1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bakerrr925 at like the first minute there were lots but they are gone now

  • @frontlinemedia4270
    @frontlinemedia4270 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have an HP-exe error message. How do I fix this? It shows up when I try to install the CD for HP printer?

  • @misterx2598
    @misterx2598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You're not alone, dude! )) I'm using my Asus EeePC 900AX in 2023 and it has virtually the same features as your Emachines. I mainly use it as a gaming PC ( for retro games ) but watching youtube and web browsing is possible too, despite only few web browsers actually work fine with current internet. I found an Opera version that is running better than Cameleon browser. I did't upgrade it with SSD yet and RAM upgrade would be too difficult in my case because Asus decided to make it embedded into the motherboard, so I'm stucked with 1Gig of RAM only...

  • @notacopa
    @notacopa ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I use XP at work everyday… in 2023.

  • @throwbackglitcher
    @throwbackglitcher ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Windows XP > Windows 11

  • @Defsy80
    @Defsy80 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where did you buy it from? I have been looking for a computer that can run the Sims 2 without weird graphics (my nvidia card puts weird black rectangles under my siims’ feet). I have the Sims 4, but I miss TS2’s gameplay options.

  • @BreannaMae
    @BreannaMae 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's so surreal to realize that XP was launched when I was 18 and a senior in high school ...22 years ago. It'd be really nice if time could slow the heck down!!! 😖

  • @GhostWarriorZa
    @GhostWarriorZa ปีที่แล้ว

    much love to you , awesome content

  • @thetrademarkclan
    @thetrademarkclan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please tell me which version of K-Meleon you used for XP...older 1.5 or new 74.....just refreshed an old PC as an XP gaming rig. i5 3570, 8Gb DDR3, GT730 2Gb, 250 GB SSD

  • @vanfaktor
    @vanfaktor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been using a Samsung NC10 as my main (and only) computer for about 4 years.First with XP and after a little while I've moved to Linux. I've sold it about a year ago for £30. It was still working fine

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra ปีที่แล้ว

      So you basically were getting by using just your phone except maybe to write longer texts?

  • @Vednier
    @Vednier ปีที่แล้ว

    Speaking of Firefox - it cant skip releases, because situation when you update from version 40 to version like 80 is RARE, you can just install fresh one over from full installer. Also, firefox profile format is slightly changes sometimes and newer version have code to upgrade old format to new, but after some time migration code is dropped, so profile from very-very old installation may not work with modern build.

  • @dabear5641
    @dabear5641 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you open TH-cam on Internet Explorer and it's still showing 2018 Austin Evans videos.

  • @OrigamiFoldingPRO
    @OrigamiFoldingPRO 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm watching this video on a laptop made in 2008. You can still use the old machines as long as they have a proper operating system that supports them. I'm on Linux, the problem is the small ram and the slow video card. Scrolling through the Facebook feed fills the RAM quickly. High-resolution video processing is impossible, but 720p is in most cases enough to understand what the video is about.

    • @pikachuchujelly7628
      @pikachuchujelly7628 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Browsing modern websites must be an absolute pain with all of the scripts, ads, and other junk.

  • @themightyavenger1023
    @themightyavenger1023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:23 the computer is still waiting on Spider-Man 4

  • @micmule3395
    @micmule3395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the web cam is up there with some laptops today

  • @neilstothard
    @neilstothard ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you watch the channel to keep up with the tech your kids a looking at and realise that the first PC you bought wit your own earnings ran windows M.E.😂

  • @spirallight1337
    @spirallight1337 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am rocking a retro gaming tower PC with in XP x86... It is an offline machine, but has a i7 2600k, a GTX 960, 3 1TB drives and 1 256GB drive for boot, Sound Blaster X-Fi Champion Fatality Sound card all packed in a Cooler Master HAF X case. Runs all these great x86 Programs and software flawlessly. Run butter smooth and cool temps! XP gaming FTW!
    Good vid Austin!

  • @mishaa7263
    @mishaa7263 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used Windows XP until 2016 and I still miss it

  • @r0ger_
    @r0ger_ ปีที่แล้ว

    4:28 3d Pinball space cadet music to the beat XDDDDDDDDDD

  • @AartOudzegel
    @AartOudzegel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dont know if this netbook also is underclocked, but i know the eeepc's from asus where. And you could use eeectl to get them to the normal clockspeeds.
    Maby also an item to check.

  • @FrancomBros
    @FrancomBros 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a netbook back in the day I used for college. I loved that thing. I still have it sitting around I think.

  • @mat-mat101
    @mat-mat101 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, I have a 1002HA (originally XP Home Edition, followed by Windows 7 Home Basic and then Professional,, nowadays) and it is still up and running!
    And speaking of the camera, it looks rather decent for 2010 standards.

  • @CounterStriker013009
    @CounterStriker013009 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can copy the XP from HDD to SSD, but after copy to SSD and turn on, it say need to use the product key code to create or continued that code for the XP, I try it so I know it.

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      bro there are ways around that its so easy

  • @JDCarnin
    @JDCarnin ปีที่แล้ว

    The DB in Germany are still using Win XP in the Ticket Vending Machines. You‘ll see the the Splashscreen, when it reboots at about 3am

  • @DerLung
    @DerLung ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why does this webcam and mic better than the ones in some modern laptopos...

  • @mihaillevarda9395
    @mihaillevarda9395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i have installed recently windows xp on a pc with inytel core i3 41340, 8 gb ram and a gt 710. it runs very well and the most compatible browser on windows xp is maxton 5.38

  • @BenKlassen1
    @BenKlassen1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Netbooks still exist, they're just small laptops now.
    I got a lot of use out of my Atom N450 netbook. They sold massive replaceable batteries that made it run forever. A lot of functionality in a small package. Mine had Windows 7 Starter which was pretty good. It upgraded to Windows 10 for free. It's been retired. Cool video.

  • @Scitch87
    @Scitch87 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:30 I have never seen someone be so happy seeing an ad on youtube.

  • @PixelMaker04
    @PixelMaker04 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Might I suggest installing a light Linux distro and turning it into a print server?

  • @ChrisLincoln
    @ChrisLincoln ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun fact: the old Control panel, which I think dates back to XP, can be found in every version of Windows since

    • @Ravensfan-qx5pc
      @Ravensfan-qx5pc ปีที่แล้ว

      I still use Control Panel for most admin / IT related tasks. The settings app is a bloated mess.

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ravensfan-qx5pc the settings app is just the way to get to crontrol panel for the first time on a fresh install and then its pinned to taskbar and i never use settings again lol

  • @josebanks99
    @josebanks99 ปีที่แล้ว

    The edit of this video is one of the most fun that’s I’ve seen on your channel all the added effects were chef kiss 🤌🏼😙, more of this please I makes the video fun throughout the video. Much respect to the editor ✍️ maybe a raise 🎉

  • @AmericanMe
    @AmericanMe ปีที่แล้ว

    In 2009/2010 I used one of these on tour. It worked great for what I needed at the time

  • @JeffreyPiatt
    @JeffreyPiatt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The XP era Windows Update connection server was shut down by Microsoft to get the remaining updates you need legacy update installed.

  • @Dumpster-J-
    @Dumpster-J- ปีที่แล้ว

    dude this things webcam is better than every gaming laptops web cam made up until today.

  • @vividR15
    @vividR15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "73 more firefox updates" got me weak😭

  • @lostcxse
    @lostcxse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally Austin has a happy place and a "wow" meme.

  • @kakashi99908
    @kakashi99908 ปีที่แล้ว

    My first laptop was an Acer Netbook Aspire One. The charging port broke early on so Microcenter gave me credit then I got a full sized Acer Aspire with the burning hot AMD V140 processor. That thing lasted me until I built my first desktop and I remember playing maple story on it in middle school. Sadly years later I tried taking it apart and destroyed some ribbon cables. RIP.

  • @aldo6532
    @aldo6532 ปีที่แล้ว

    The coils on the mouse cable have got me rolling 😆

  • @berndp3426
    @berndp3426 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does it even still activate online with valid keys? (the one thing I know is: you require to be at SP3 at least to even reach an activation service at MS). the other thing of course is - 10 years after the regular support end - and after windows xp 2009 POSready also died off in 2019, it is literally cut off from the online updates and from the internet in terms of TLS (unless via using a browser that has at least TLS 1.2).

  • @cpljimmyneutron
    @cpljimmyneutron ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd like to point out that computer though it was 2009... but the HDD in it was made in 2010.

  • @ekrupa2010
    @ekrupa2010 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hahaha, love your enthusiasm but I honestly don't miss this shiii at all 😅

  • @JerryLoffelbein
    @JerryLoffelbein ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprised that thing had a 2.5" drive. A lot of them had 16 or 32GB eMMC so the only way to expand the storage was SD cards, which you couldn't boot from.

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no those are moore modern. most just had cheap 80 or 160gb 5400 drives lol lots of seagate drives iirc

  • @stephenspilman68
    @stephenspilman68 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:24 how it felt to open that game after getting the sound driver to work when i was a kid.

  • @endorfun22
    @endorfun22 ปีที่แล้ว

    Standard drive to SSD, if connection type is sata1, will the difference be actually that vast? No mention of sata type for some reason? Whatever the spec is of a machine, simply be mindful of that with what you do on it and you will be fine. :-)

  • @davidsummers6700
    @davidsummers6700 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought of these for my 5 year old niece. It's her first laptop. She's got a bunch of old kids games that I installed and the entire back-up of wikipedia for when she gets older because it's not connected to the internet.

  • @therealboza
    @therealboza ปีที่แล้ว

    8:55 let's gooo Austin saw my comment saying edited with capcut😂

  • @ourdailymeat
    @ourdailymeat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the best software to clone your hard drive?

  • @pacthesir
    @pacthesir ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:10 It seems like it would have been unplayable but remember that TH-cam used to run off of flash which was much lighter for netbooks and computers in general to stand, It is possible that the netbook could have been able to play TH-cam just fine in 2010, as long as it played only in 480p or 720p. I used to watch TH-cam on a netbook back in the day and it loaded just fine and played just fine. You probably know all this stuff but if not then...

    • @animeloveer97
      @animeloveer97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i remember getting an extension on chrome that turned it from html5 to flash back when they did both still lol