Google's CR-48 Prototype Chromebook (2010) - Time Travel

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  • @MichaelMJD
    @MichaelMJD  3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    Super excited to finally get one of these machines! Huge thanks to Skillshare for making the purchase possible. You can get a free 1-month trial of Skillshare Premium by being one of the first 1,000 to sign up through my link: skl.sh/michaelmjd06211

    • @insertnamehere2062
      @insertnamehere2062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello!

    • @wlaznydominik
      @wlaznydominik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ok

    • @kevvxfr
      @kevvxfr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lets go these vids are fire!

    • @Cyx12
      @Cyx12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi I love your videos

    • @mrk5179
      @mrk5179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

  • @andrewbarden7672
    @andrewbarden7672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2701

    Who ever made the cardboard note or guide need a raise

    • @piranhaboy1356
      @piranhaboy1356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      YES!!! It was so funny!

    • @atlanticmelvin
      @atlanticmelvin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      True

    • @chuardo3557
      @chuardo3557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      They were a Google Employee on 2010, he probaby already did

    • @TheMAZZTer
      @TheMAZZTer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      They could probably do that because they were giving the devices away for free rather than selling them.

    • @illford
      @illford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TheMAZZTer yeah I imagine they do it for test products and stuff

  • @Prod1genArchives
    @Prod1genArchives 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    who ever made the cardboard note is a legend! We barely see Google have this type of humour in a long time (they are very professional [and not joke-y] nowadays)

    • @harisooriya
      @harisooriya 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😆

    • @AlexandruLipan
      @AlexandruLipan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well it was 2010, long before cyberminimalism and pragmatic direct instructions would be omnipresent. After the fruitgen era ended, the sassiness of the world basically went AWOL.

    • @Felipe77646
      @Felipe77646 ปีที่แล้ว

      basically corporate

    • @Felipe77646
      @Felipe77646 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Noble Mineblox ?

    • @gattodev_real
      @gattodev_real ปีที่แล้ว

      "Forbidden!!!1!1!1!1"

  • @RisingRevengeance
    @RisingRevengeance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +988

    The quick start guide alone is worth whatever you'd pay for this

    • @alecman95
      @alecman95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao this

    • @ImmortalChanger
      @ImmortalChanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@notChocoMilk it's a moral obligation

    • @QuincyBTD
      @QuincyBTD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don’t send it to the moon.

    • @0divide136
      @0divide136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ImmortalChanger lmao

    • @gabethefirst
      @gabethefirst 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notChocoMilk lol, they're so expensive though lol

  • @MasonJuarez
    @MasonJuarez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    One of their first videos introducing chrome OS had this sort of humor too
    "So I could chuck this thing into a river..."
    "what"
    "...and all my data still in the cloud?"
    "don't do that"

    • @busterbunny005
      @busterbunny005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's river actually

    • @Sapleee
      @Sapleee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think I need a link

    • @MasonJuarez
      @MasonJuarez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@busterbunny005 that was off of memory I forgot the title of the video :l

    • @busterbunny005
      @busterbunny005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MasonJuarez yeah, that's understandable

    • @August_Forster
      @August_Forster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MasonJuarez sad

  • @smd89xx
    @smd89xx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2579

    I wish people included this kind of humor in their manuals

    • @THEcoolGAMER60
      @THEcoolGAMER60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Yea that would make me not wanna yeet manuals across the room everytime i see one

    • @LetrixAR
      @LetrixAR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Being someone who doesn't read books at all, I sometimes read chapters of computer engineering books and I'm surprised that you can find that kind of humor in them.

    • @arr3business939
      @arr3business939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      same

    • @XodiumLabs
      @XodiumLabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Schiit Audio actually does, it's quite great.

    • @cidsx
      @cidsx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I made a modded version of windows with that kind of humor, I may release it someday if I ever find it.
      Edit: just remembered that i formatted that hard drive a long while ago. But i do have some time on my hands so maybe I'll make one with Windows 11, as the one I originally made was with win8.

  • @jak8274
    @jak8274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    I was a Test Pilot! The screen hinge snapped about a year in, and the rubbery texture got gummy over time. Installing Ubuntu was a fun distraction, but storage space was always a problem. Its main function for me and other pilots was to use and test Google Plus, which was the style at the time.

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice Simpsons reference :) that’s how I remember the early post-beta machines being too.

    • @LambdaMiscellaneous
      @LambdaMiscellaneous 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      mine had the screen hinge snap too, but the rubber isn't bad.

    • @andreadement6633
      @andreadement6633 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s sad! I got one on the pilot program during my sophomore year of college too! It’s no longer “updating” but my 7 year old is currently doing 1st grade homework on it while I go down a memory hole about it😅

    • @bmloveofficial
      @bmloveofficial ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yayyy hi fellow tester!! We had fun with it didn’t we? I remember when we got to test out the group video chat feature of Hangouts at the time… we had a blast; got to know each other and met a lot of really cool people ❤

    • @bmloveofficial
      @bmloveofficial ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I still remember when it was strictly just a browser when we first started testing it… to see it evolve how it did is wild… I miss those times 😊

  • @krnelpanic_
    @krnelpanic_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    The Chromebook Pixel was codenamed "samus", a lot of their chromebook codenames are named after Nintendo characters

    • @ImmortalChanger
      @ImmortalChanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      *C O P Y R I G H T*

    • @Lollolololpll
      @Lollolololpll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Yep,
      Mario - CR-48 (this)
      Samus - Chromebook Pixel (2013)
      Link - Chromebook Pixel (2015)

    • @JimmyHodge698
      @JimmyHodge698 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@Lollolololpll 2022 - Inkling

    • @WrathfulCrane10
      @WrathfulCrane10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      huh...
      wered

    • @thetechconspiracy2
      @thetechconspiracy2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@ImmortalChanger I don't think you'd be able to get them on copyright or trademark infringement, as the codename is really only used internally. If they used it in marketing materials, then Nintendo probably could make a reasonable attempt at a lawsuit, though it may not succeed since the Chromebook isn't targeted as a gaming device. Of course, they could still attempt to sue with the current situation, but it would just be a waste of money.

  • @asadava
    @asadava 3 ปีที่แล้ว +916

    This is a weird question, but can you scan the instructions for the Chromebook prototype? It would be cool if you did.

    • @aqiluii
      @aqiluii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Yeah, the manual is more interesting than the chromebook itself.

    • @lelluc
      @lelluc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      was about to ask this, yes please!

    • @a.k.aorangepenguin5032
      @a.k.aorangepenguin5032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree

    • @bishopworks3203
      @bishopworks3203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Look up "CR 48 Dont panic" and you'll find a scan.

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      No problem! archive.org/details/CR-48-Pamphlet

  • @Lollolololpll
    @Lollolololpll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Fun fact: Google’s support team for CR-48 were called “Chrome Ninjas” and also supported the upcoming 2 “Chromebook Pixel” models.

    • @zionwethington8359
      @zionwethington8359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @CM Punk Ice Cream Bars just like the humor they had before selling their soul for a profit

    • @Arguer97
      @Arguer97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were great! Among the best tech support experiences I’ve encountered to this day.

    • @zionwethington8359
      @zionwethington8359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @CM Punk Ice Cream Bars lol thnx just wish big companies joked like they used to

    • @TheRailroad99
      @TheRailroad99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So sad, I really liked Google back in the early 2010s. But Around 2015 everything got worse. Android gets more and more closed source, privacy gets worse, even their motto "don't be evil" got removed.

  • @martinricci8454
    @martinricci8454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This makes me so nostalgic. I was a part of the pilot program and got my free CR-48 in my second year of college. It was one of the coolest things that ever happened to me. I still have my CR-48, though it mostly sits around as memory of some truly awesome days

  • @deepestfried
    @deepestfried 3 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    I like the old fashioned google humor xD

    • @deepestfried
      @deepestfried 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @doomer boy Yeah it happens with almost every company. I miss the era of google and apple and other companies when they made dumb jokes :P

    • @GamingNoobpro-dp3iq
      @GamingNoobpro-dp3iq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO same

  • @Lincxln3D
    @Lincxln3D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    This version of Chrome OS gives me serious nostalgia because it’s the version I used in school in 2016.

    • @mtsimlover2
      @mtsimlover2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      same

    • @aetvrna
      @aetvrna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ikr its so nostalgic I actually appreciate it now that it's gone

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frick you
      We still use Windows 10 education edition

    • @Sungblox
      @Sungblox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@musteycraft wait, that exists?

    • @robertnussberger2028
      @robertnussberger2028 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My school had those other ones with the brief case handles in late 2016. I thought those were interesting. You just don't see those anymore. Atleast for me I don't. My school replaced them with these thin lenovos that had the worst keyboard in the world.

  • @mlgsnip3rv291
    @mlgsnip3rv291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    8:50 Mario went from plumbing to making batteries

    • @txe1nd
      @txe1nd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @abandonedchannel1010
      @abandonedchannel1010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mario transformed into a battery lol

    • @aretard7995
      @aretard7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abandonedchannel1010 he turned himself into a battery, funniest shit I've ever seen.

  • @dooglehead8
    @dooglehead8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I had one as part of the pilot program (and still have it). The early version of Chrome OS that came with it was much more basic since it was pretty much just booted into a full screen chrome window without there being any sort of desktop or taskbar. I remember it running more smoothly with older versions as well.
    Also not mentioned in the video is that it came with a Verizon 3g modem that let you use 100mb of data per month for free (I think for 2 years, but there were ways to reset it). 100mb isn't much, but you can get a lot out of it if you disable images. I had this before I had a smartphone, so it was my first experience with using mobile data.

    • @TimothyCizadlo
      @TimothyCizadlo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You could also buy extra data for it. I had to stay overnight in a clinic for some testing, and they didn't have wifi, so the data was useful. This was the era before discord, so I had to find a website that let you log-in to AIM, as that's where I talked with my buddies.

    • @wakabala
      @wakabala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weird, mine didn't come with such a modem. Was it optional or something extra you had to opt in? I can't remember if there was

    • @TimothyCizadlo
      @TimothyCizadlo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wakabala One had to activate the modem before one could use it.

    • @Shaddow798
      @Shaddow798 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want to see if I could downgrade mine back to the first version of chromeos. But mines currently running windows 7 if I remember

    • @BrasssMunky
      @BrasssMunky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same! I remember being able to look up directions on it being absolutely wonderful, and a lifesaver a few times. It felt very crazy to have such a tiny machine, with solid battery life, that could access the internet at somewhat acceptable speeds remotely
      I had eventually preferred running a lightweight Linux desktop to get more usability out of it late in its life, and I remember not being able to get the modem to work in Linux, but by that time, it wasn't very necessary

  • @tomanderson2006
    @tomanderson2006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The quick start guide is more worth it than the cr-48 itself

  • @ChristopherSisk
    @ChristopherSisk ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember the day I received mine from Google and was utterly shocked I'd been chosen to test it. I loved my CR-48. Used it for a good year or so and then it became my mom's daily driver laptop for a couple years until the battery finally started to give out and bulge. Great little machine.

  • @sbstndltn
    @sbstndltn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    It’s a good day when Michael posts.

  • @tergish1
    @tergish1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    To be honest I think the “don’t expose to rap music” thing is because people were still on about rap music ‘corrupting’ kids. So it’s a dual layer joke.
    Y’know, corrupted hard drives and such.

    • @no-xu3eo
      @no-xu3eo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      do you mean corrupted fnf- wait worng video

    • @siaskian3015
      @siaskian3015 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@no-xu3eo we can make corrupted chromebooks!, come back!!

    • @no-xu3eo
      @no-xu3eo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@siaskian3015 wait no-

    • @christiangomez2496
      @christiangomez2496 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did someone say dual layer?

  • @helloish12321
    @helloish12321 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My mom signed up for the beta and got this thing shipped to us for free. I still remember the box with the mouse on it. I used it all the time it was remarkably useful in the 2010 to 2011 era internet, especial once google drive got a little more useful. It was very user friendly and unfortunately was better built than most production Chromebooks that actually came out. And it wasnt built all that durable anyway, but the screen touchpad and keyboard were better than most cheaper laptops back then. My sister broke it like most electronics she touches. The hinge messed up way worse than yours to the point you couldn't use it. That was 10 years ago. Wish I still had it. A relic from when Google was a company you could cheer for.

  • @SkelloB
    @SkelloB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Honestly, I think the search button (or as Google calls it: 'the everything button') should be where the windows button would be so that it gets a Cap Lock button and a smaller Control button.

    • @SupernovaeTech
      @SupernovaeTech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remapped the search button to caps lock on my school Chromebook. I agree it's weird they didn't replace the windows button with it though

    • @amitkulkarni3922
      @amitkulkarni3922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah it makes more sense that way. Even mac keyboards have a command key at the bottom instead of where the caps lock would be.

    • @biggestoof524
      @biggestoof524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is the thing which stopped me from buying a chromebook and I ended up buying a same priced windows laptop. I'm really suffering from this. It's just so slow.

    • @SaramTaco
      @SaramTaco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      honestly I don't really mind the search key, I never use the caps lock and it is slightly easier to access with my fingers than a windows key would be

  • @linuxducky
    @linuxducky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I remember these all over tech TH-cam back then, everyone wanted to get their hands on them so bad including me!

    • @SnrubSource
      @SnrubSource 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I remember when ChromeOS couldn't even run Android apps or real programs, what's funny is that there's a lot of people who still think Chromebooks can only run browser stuff

    • @MiguelRPD
      @MiguelRPD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I ended up getting one ! It was only chrome back in the day.

    • @codycast
      @codycast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SnrubSource that’s still basically true. They’re garbage. I’ve tried to get them into the hands of our property managers since most of what they do is web based but so many things pop up that they simply can’t do that we gave up on them.

    • @SnrubSource
      @SnrubSource 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@codycast far from it

    • @codycast
      @codycast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SnrubSource far from what? I’m giving my opinion as a business owner that tried to use them.
      If YOU like them then great.

  • @JakeR0bH
    @JakeR0bH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I wish tech manuals continued to be like that, I remember seeing an Apple ][ manual saying that the unit should be in one piece unless is was shipped in a Sherman Tank!

    • @EnigmaticLucas
      @EnigmaticLucas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I saw a snippet from a Wii manual online somewhere that said “your Wii is not thirsty, it does not need orange juice”

    • @mecrumbly429___4
      @mecrumbly429___4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      remember 90's apple commercials?

  • @kathrynradonich3982
    @kathrynradonich3982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I applied to this and got accepted when this happened. I remember being so excited for it and then being pretty disappointed in the limitations of chromeOS. But it’s gotten better in the last 10 years

    • @forzafan4569
      @forzafan4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah now we have android app support for newer models

  • @Arguer97
    @Arguer97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Not only did I receive a CR-48 as a beta tester, but my high school was one of a few in the country to receive a couple dozen of them. Google knew from the start that ChromeOS would be great for education. I remember the device being pretty durable, but the hinge was a common fail point. All around, it was a dream to use.
    My personal CR-48 had motherboard issues that bricked it a few months into ownership. The part at 5:34 is comically inaccurate. There were no CR-48 “authorized technicians”, only exceptionally good e-mail support. When I reached out, the guy assigned to my case eventually sent a link describing how to crack the computer open and a picture of the internals. He guided me, a 14-year-old, through my first time messing around inside of a computer.

  • @MrExplosion449
    @MrExplosion449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    The caps lock button could have remained in the same place, and they could have put the search button in between the giant ctrl and alt keys

    • @dolsimon
      @dolsimon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      THATS BECAUSE WE LIKE TO WRITE THINGS IN CAPS.

    • @amnottabs
      @amnottabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had the Acer he mentioned (C710) and it had a regular Aspire V5 keyboard with normal layout; when I moved to a Pixelbook that Search key was annoying but the worst offender was the "menu" button on the Delete spot, I never got used to it and gave it to my mother who owns it until today mostly for TH-cam

    • @lilliegreenlaw
      @lilliegreenlaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I will say (having used chromebooks for the past 6+ years) I don't miss it as much as I would have thought. I use caps reasonably often, but I've gotten used to using the shortcut (which I hear they're changing) especially since Chrome OS is excellent for keyboard shortcuts.

    • @AviatingRandom
      @AviatingRandom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they call it the "everything button"
      *i mean w*

    • @biggestoof524
      @biggestoof524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah

  • @fierytechknowhows
    @fierytechknowhows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:15 However for modern Chromebooks in settings (I don’t know if it was available yet back then) you can customize the search key to do many different functions one of them being caps lock

  • @nicolasfernando1408
    @nicolasfernando1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Michael got accepted in the Chrome pilot program 11 years later

  • @HugoMskn
    @HugoMskn 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whoever made the guide is a genius, because it make people want to read it AND teach them the basics

  • @BrasssMunky
    @BrasssMunky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Omg yes, nobody ever talks about the cr48!
    I had received one, and used it for ages! I had thrown a lightweight Linux desktop on it to use at school for a while when chromeos had gotten too heavy, and I wanted some more gui tools.
    The machine itself had basically fallen apart eventually, but I had kept that absolutely rad box in pristine condition as a keepsake up until 2018, with all the packaging inside and everything.
    Thanks for this, I forgot how awesome the internal booklets were, I don't think I ever reopened the box, I liked to keep it sorta on display

  • @bunnygirl8482
    @bunnygirl8482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love that minimilstic and environment friendly packaging. Also guy who made guide needs a raise. other companies should follow this.

  • @prod.kanade
    @prod.kanade 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how your videos getting better and better, like, its pro - I can learn things and there is some of your personality, humor, gimmicks.. that's awesome Michael!

  • @qpol
    @qpol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "do not expose to rap music"
    yes please it gets very angry when near it and will not function because it is angry

    • @Gamerappa
      @Gamerappa หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi

  • @bmloveofficial
    @bmloveofficial ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a tester for this prototype; it was a fun time and I met some of the best people. We were a tight community and we had a lot of fun with the software. I know; people thought it was basic but it started a revolution to what people have today. I miss the box… I remember getting it on my doorstep and thinking what in the world is this?… I opened it and saw the laptop… I remember when Netflix didn’t work on it lol; I remember us doing video meetups on Hangouts and getting to be the first few to use Google+ when they brought that into existence. I actually loved my Cr-48; I used it everyday; got me through school at the time and I watched lots of TH-cam videos… submitted tonsss of feedback… I was thankful to get to be part of this and to keep the laptop… I used it for years after the fact but eventually it got slow and the hinge started to deteriorate… thank you for showcasing a piece of history that I still think back on and smile… I had the most fun of my life during that pilot program; I wish they did more pilot programs ❤

  • @gustukas
    @gustukas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Keep up the good work, Michael! I love your channel!

    • @MichaelMJD
      @MichaelMJD  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you! I appreciate it!

    • @wctcasc
      @wctcasc ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichaelMJD Your Windows XP Tablet PC edition ISO is just Windows XP.

  • @angusmeigh5141
    @angusmeigh5141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am nearly 55 years old and 2010 seems like yesterday to me! I can remember the early personal computers way back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They only had a few kilo bytes of memory and were very basic machines.

    • @AThousandPapercuts
      @AThousandPapercuts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      remember when multiple MEGABYTES of RAM seemed huge in the 90s

  • @NcWcN1
    @NcWcN1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Cracking a joke at another video game Mario's expense:
    "You better tell him, Mario..."

  • @PixelTheRetro
    @PixelTheRetro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The intern that got the OK for this manual must had the time of their life right there. Wonder where they're now

  • @jdatlas4668
    @jdatlas4668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ooh, time travel is one of my favourite formats on your channel!

  • @hatenayousei
    @hatenayousei 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is nostalgic. I remember using a similar one in elementary school. we started using them when I was in 2nd grade (2014). since they were brand new, it was really unregulated, you could do whatever. now I'm a high school freshman, and they're so restricted, it puts north korea to shame. now, my school won't let you even open an incognito tab or change your new tab wallpaper.

  • @ITAC85
    @ITAC85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm early! It's a new MJD video, this is gonna be great!

  • @ChubiChan
    @ChubiChan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, I not only had a cr-48, I also worked on contract for a marketing company to represent Chromebooks in best buy during their launch. It was funny, everybody at training was struggling to learn and adapt to the software, and I was just big chilling with both my issued Samsung series 5 550 Chromebook AND cr-48, helping my team with all the training first hand. Google invested so hard in us and Chromebooks, and I'm so glad to see them take off, tbh.
    Great vid.

  • @ericmehsikomer8566
    @ericmehsikomer8566 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved my CR-48. Used it a lot till the hinge went funky. I think they all did that. I think the most useful part was the free 100mb of cellular data they came it. And yes the 3g radio worked great!

  • @mistekfcio
    @mistekfcio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my god I remember I applied for that program but never heard back. You hit me with so much nostalgia haha

  • @skytheguy0438
    @skytheguy0438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    HOLY SHIT I HAD ONE OF THESE! I remember my dad won one in a thing and I used to watch a ton of TH-cam and play flash games on that bad boy! The hinges broke and I have no clue where it is now unfortunately. I'll have to look for it now!

    • @TimothyCizadlo
      @TimothyCizadlo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The hinges were screwed into the plastic, so on mine, it was more that the plastic broke than the hinges breaking.

    • @Block57
      @Block57 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically the same story over here! Go dig it out, it's a fun little thing to mess around with every once in a while. I have mine just under a countertop next to me.

    • @skytheguy0438
      @skytheguy0438 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Block57 Unfortunately I think it was gotten rid of a long time ago. I wish we hadn't gotten rid of it but what are ya gonna do?

  • @joeyhillers9460
    @joeyhillers9460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I saw that screen, I got immediate goosebumps because I picked up my first chrome book for $40 back in 2015

    • @warthunder1969
      @warthunder1969 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both me and my brother paid $100 on clearance for black Friday for my first one in 2015. Acer CB3-111 with 2GB ram, a dual core celeron processor and 16GB storage. I still have both today and use them for watching youtube even though I have a newer one.

  • @multiverseone8115
    @multiverseone8115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Alternative title: How Mario was put on fire to make burnt Mario

    • @ABoxIsMyHome
      @ABoxIsMyHome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol see what your doing but that is kinda forced haha

  • @gaelgodbout550
    @gaelgodbout550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i like the fact that the guest back ground hasn't chaged at all since it's creation

  • @insainllama
    @insainllama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I remember the CR-48. I wanted to be a beta tester so bad haha

    • @MiguelRPD
      @MiguelRPD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was one :D

    • @MiguelRPD
      @MiguelRPD 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@choppercove The laptop was pretty nice and quick for its time. You could send but reports bit the company did not hold anything against you if you didnt.

    • @LambdaMiscellaneous
      @LambdaMiscellaneous 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found one at a thrift store and had no idea what it was…

    • @LambdaMiscellaneous
      @LambdaMiscellaneous 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gave it to my friend, now I want it back.

    • @FS--ew3se
      @FS--ew3se 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LambdaMiscellaneous lmao

  • @MoikeIsJesus420
    @MoikeIsJesus420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fact that they still have the same keyboard format from 13 years ago til now is crazy to me

  • @JessicaFEREM
    @JessicaFEREM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    So I guess you can't take your cr-48 into space. Rip nasa

    • @hkey_current_user
      @hkey_current_user 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't be so sure
      nasa: *laughs in space*

    • @Jake1702
      @Jake1702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hold on a minute. The manual said don't take it to *the moon*. Everywhere else is perfectly fine.

  • @GoBenC
    @GoBenC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While I did not have the CR-48 model, my high school provided the Acer 720 model to everyone including me (The seniors were the exception since they got a beefer model but I forgot which one it is. the shell was rubber and was white and had a blue-ish border. ). I had a lot of fun poking around with my chromebook since I figured out a way to disable the school's restrictions and enable dev mode which than i installed ubuntu. I got a lot of street credit in my school and looked like a hacker all because i used google on how to enable dev mode and play undertale on it. I think i watched a couple of videos during class haha.
    Seeing the 2017 version of chrome os and youtube webpage in your video really brought back some good memories. Really wish i had that acer 720 with me.

  • @iSnarkTV
    @iSnarkTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    If Google's prototype was CR-32...
    Maybe it works on CR-32 battery powered laptop 😅🤣

  • @willg125
    @willg125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember figuring out a shortcut to make the machine go into "recovery mode," and would do it to friends chromebooks in school when I walked past them. You could perform the shortcut before they had time to react, it was great. That's about the only good thing I can remember about them, though.

  • @logan8640
    @logan8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    0:25 ay thats me lol

  • @dionelr
    @dionelr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember all my coworkers and I applying for this program. None of us got it, but we were slightly obsessed with the idea of a low power web browsing machine that's completely Google connected.

  • @MiguelRPD
    @MiguelRPD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was a beta tester for one of these units :)
    I remember someone made a website that let you see if a Chromebook was being shipped to your city. I was excited to see one was coming to my relatively small city and a few days later it showed up In a swanky box. It was my first laptop and it worked amazingly well for it's time.
    Unfortunately over 2 years the hinge destroyed the frame of the laptop and eventually the screen died because of it :(.
    It looks like your unit has a newer version than the base version. The base had no desktop mode. You went straight Into the browser.

    • @tuckgaines861
      @tuckgaines861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My Chromebook died after 1 month

  • @bibasik7
    @bibasik7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just like a pet rock, the lore is better than the product itself.

  • @wiredmind
    @wiredmind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yooo I have one of these on its original OS. My favourite laptop design ever tbh.

  • @kyleglasgow007
    @kyleglasgow007 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I ended up getting one of these shortly after the pilot program was launched. I trade a phone for it & I loved it. It worked for many years as a backup device or something I would take to meetings if I didn't want to lug my SL510 Thinkpad with me. I used this machine a lot up until maybe 2015 or 2016 when I replaced it with a MacBook Air that I got from work but I really loved it. I ended up throwing a few different OS's on it at one point & the 3G service still worked on it almost right to the end. I still have the box but I traded the CR-48 to a friend of mine for an i7 960, some awful X58 Intel board, and some early 2000's Lian Li case that weighed about as much as a Volvo.
    But this was a fabulous machine. I kept Chrome OS on it for a few years until there was an issue with Chrome OS not liking certain sites on my works Intranet so I ended up getting a version of Mac OS X 10.6 on on here (it ran far better than I would have expected) but ultimately ended up putting Arch or Mint on it. The sometime around 2013 or 14 there was a version that seriously upped the battery life on it, I think I was getting almost 8 hours at one point but shortly after that there was another update that just killed the life & performance (this was also around the time I switched OS's on it). Overall my experience was really really good and I loved the device. With some tweaks they were quite good and the built in 3G service was super nice.
    I never had the hinge issue but I did end up having to replace the battery once and that was very hard to track down at the time.

  • @haludae
    @haludae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love how here in the comments there’s people that complain about chromebooks in their schools while mine didn’t had any laptop 😎

    • @latebloomer2
      @latebloomer2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because of pandemy, my 8 y.o. niece needs laptop for her online school, rather buying a crappy celeron $300 laptop (i'm not in US) , I get a $150 2013 Thinkpad T series with 3rd gen core i5 , put new cheapest 120GB ssd on it, just enough for free Windows 10 pro (use w8 pro license inside bios) and chrome browser. It is 4 times faster.

    • @Maximus20778
      @Maximus20778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@latebloomer2 yh chrome is is garbage

    • @blahajenthusiast101
      @blahajenthusiast101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have lots of slow intel i3 windows 10 computers in my school

    • @Maximus20778
      @Maximus20778 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blahajenthusiast101 how tho? My celeron runs fast

    • @EnigmaticLucas
      @EnigmaticLucas 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My school had computer labs until Fall 2016, Chromebooks from Fall 2016 to Spring 2019, and iPads from Fall 2019 until at least Spring 2020 (when I graduated)

  • @Cain1250
    @Cain1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mate I barely know how to open a laptop but I proper love your videos. Look forward to every one. Top man.

  • @totallynotbluu
    @totallynotbluu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Fun Fact: ChromeOS is actually based on Gentoo Linux.

    • @soraltt
      @soraltt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      good to know

    • @ShadowGD_OfficialYT
      @ShadowGD_OfficialYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait, so Chrome OS is just a modded Linux?

    • @kquote03
      @kquote03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ShadowGD_OfficialYT very heavily. It doesn't even include the standard GNU core utilities.

    • @FrancoRossel
      @FrancoRossel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @LoafOfDoge Actually, Linux apps run on a Debian virtual machine, not on the Chrome OS system itself.

    • @totallynotbluu
      @totallynotbluu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @doomer boy It is probably removed due to how modified it is compared to standard Gentoo

  • @IcecreamStudios
    @IcecreamStudios 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The old chromeos is so nostalgic to me, I remember having to help my teacher set up the chromebooks

  • @VS-en4fb
    @VS-en4fb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It'd be awesome if you did a video comparing this to Chrome OS's latest build now!

  • @scapegoatxiofett
    @scapegoatxiofett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I applied for this and promptly forgot all about it until one day a box got delivered. I was SO confused when I opened the outer box and saw the hamsters diagram and was so excited when I realized what it was.
    I used it pretty heavily for a few months while I was still in trade school and remember the mobile data working well (but burning through it quickly so I never left it on). I also remember opening the case to do... something to allow me to install Ubuntu directly to that miniscule drive.
    I still have it, but the battery is completely dead and there are no replacements to be found online. When even AliExpress doesn't have them, you know you're screwed.
    I still say my favorite thing about it is the utter lack of branding. If there was a way to retrofit this chassis with a CM4 board, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

  • @StuffWePlay
    @StuffWePlay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    TIL: In 2010, Google gave all new meaning to "Do the Mario"

  • @DuoizHere
    @DuoizHere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing hand movements

  • @MaximNightFury
    @MaximNightFury 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Since you have MARIO specifically, you might be able to install GalliumOS (or other Linux distros) without too much hassle

  • @Uejji
    @Uejji 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was accepted into the pilot program and received a Cr-48. I still have it around somewhere. I ended up flashing the bios and installing Ubuntu on it. Now it's just mostly taking up space due to the first gen Atom. Also it arrived with its USB port non-fuctional, so I had to do all this via SD card.

  • @grey5626
    @grey5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I encountered one of these when they were still new and novel. Alas, as IT Admin of iSEC Partners (now NCC Group) that meant the reason I encountered it was because Google (now Alphabet Inc.) were a client. I was excited to see one on a desk when I entered the office one morning, only to become dismayed because the only reason it was there instead of with one of our consultants was because it had already been bricked.
    When I finally encountered a functioning Chromebook some time later, it was a huge disappointment from the hype and still full of bugs. One of the worst platforms I have encountered in the 21st century and something I tend to be rather ashamed to having played a part in furthering (albeit, at least iSEC Partners/NCC Group typically would find and help rectify bugs, but it's hard to make something so bad, much better).

  • @macgeek808
    @macgeek808 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved that you did this video. I got extremely lucky because I was selected and so was my girlfriend at the time. She hated and gave hers to me. I remember loving how thin and lite they were for the time. I would take it out places and people would ask what it is.
    The humor and unbixing was great. It was a cool device. My only complaint was the viewing angles but it was onky designed for feedback. One stopped charging due to the barrel charging pin being loose. I ended up installing Ubuntu on one if them which added a lot of functionality to it. Chrome OS at the time was so limited.
    I also was offered a job with Google to work on sales and marketing for Chromebooks right after but turned it down. Everyone including me at the time thought Chromebooks would fail. Boy, were we all so wrong. I regretted it. Lol.
    Anyway, thank you for bringing back some good memories.

  • @ThatLinuxDude
    @ThatLinuxDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can't wait for the Luigi machine.

  • @tommyhetrick
    @tommyhetrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shoutout to whoever was having WAY too much fun with their job making the guide

  • @gavinthecrafter
    @gavinthecrafter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I remember a few years ago when the computer lab at my school "upgraded" our computers from fully working Windows 7 desktops to cheap Chromebooks... To this day I am still confused

    • @probanity
      @probanity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too, instead they just installed chrome os. I loved windows :/

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At my school we never used Chrome books
      We still use windows 10 education edition lol
      Win7 for a short time

    • @guffingtonreal
      @guffingtonreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@musteycraft We got our laptops upgraded to really beefy Windows 10 machines, for a school at least. The tech guys actually knew what they were doing somewhat.

    • @nas1m
      @nas1m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@guffingtonreal my computing class got upgraded to i7-8700 and 16gb ram, man they are fast but they normal pcs in the library has i5 8400 and 8gb ram

    • @CantPayEpisodes
      @CantPayEpisodes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My school done something silicate, they took our (perfectly functioning) netbooks and replaced them with these stupid things

  • @lizzietheshortie
    @lizzietheshortie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosh, this gave me so much nostalgia from 3rd grade from when my school got our first Chromebooks.

  • @unused5229
    @unused5229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:25 @Logan is my older brother so that is the coolest thing! When he saw it he was so happy!

    • @logan8640
      @logan8640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      can confirm this

  • @oOignignoktOo1
    @oOignignoktOo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If i remember correctly there's a developer mode switch you can toggle on the CR-48 and it will allow you to install Linux on it. I remember signing up for the pilot when I heard about it on /g/ but was never able to get into the program. Crazy to think that was nearly 11 years ago. Time flies.

    • @-throat-
      @-throat- ปีที่แล้ว

      Mooninites use Chromebooks?

    • @bmloveofficial
      @bmloveofficial ปีที่แล้ว

      There is; I remember them having tutorials on it back then

  • @jensanderson183
    @jensanderson183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah yes the chromebook, the most hated casual laptop of all time.

    • @zionwethington8359
      @zionwethington8359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have. Lenovo Thinkpad 13 Chromebook and installed windows 11 and Ubuntu on it

    • @jensanderson183
      @jensanderson183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zionwethington8359 (running chrome OS)

    • @FS--ew3se
      @FS--ew3se 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zionwethington8359 how did u get win 11 iso lmao pls help

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@zionwethington8359 Did you replace the eMMC module? I mean, Windows on a 32 GB drive sounds pretty bad (I know there is a version with 16 GB but assume it's not yours: even the Windows installation alone would probably not fit!).

    • @mayhair
      @mayhair 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zionwethington8359 Didn't know they made ThinkPad Chromebooks. (I have a normal ThinkPad.)

  • @HeavyRaccoon17383
    @HeavyRaccoon17383 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If all manuals were this funny i’d read them all

  • @maxeluy
    @maxeluy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Please Scan that user guide! I need it! Was awesome!

  • @youreperfectstudio4789
    @youreperfectstudio4789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New chrome books are great! I just got my first one for $99 and run Arch in a VM on it - great combo of easy to use for basic things and possible to use for advanced things

  • @archivushka
    @archivushka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Remember times when people said "don't buy Chromebook if you have a tablet"

  • @THEONEGUY
    @THEONEGUY 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved my CR-48. Used it all the time to just do a quick internet search, watch youtube, things like that. It stopped powering on, even when plugged in. I bought a chromebook a few years later, and it just seemed laggy. If you had Netflix or youtube open in one tab, when you would do anything in another tab the sound would stutter each time you clicked something. Felt like it started off strong, but i've never gone back to chrome OS since.

  • @xyz.anonymous
    @xyz.anonymous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Judging by that documentation, I think this was made by Aperture Science.

  • @UPROARIOUSDINGUS
    @UPROARIOUSDINGUS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember putting Ubuntu (Linux OS) on my school chromebook and bypass blocked website, Facebook, TH-cam, etc. by using shell prompt by pressing control f or t on the chrome app. I liked how other students and friends actually offered to pay me to do the same to there chromebooks. I declined as I didn’t want the tech guy to know and some how patch this. I would love to watch you boot Ubuntu on this beta Mario Chromebook. Love the Channel 😊😊

  • @thatsacrylic
    @thatsacrylic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You’re the best tech channel.
    Change my mind.

    • @thatsacrylic
      @thatsacrylic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also was a computer codenamed Luigi?

  • @danholli123
    @danholli123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still love using my Acer C720p (peppy) Chromebook to this day! It's no longer running Chrome OS daily due to its support expiring, I usually use Cloud Ready (chromium os)
    I have a backup drive of the latest version of Chrome OS in case I ever need to go back

  • @thatoneuser5066
    @thatoneuser5066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is a way to install Linux on this, it involves flashing a BIOS and flicking a switch under the battery to enable developer mode. I have never done it before, but I just looked it up. Hopefully it will make an interesting video.

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want windows on this thing (Vista to 8 works for me)
      Linux is too complex

    • @LymanPhillips
      @LymanPhillips 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@musteycraft linux is simpler than Windows. Even the installer is easier. You could install something like Xubuntu and you'd have a nice, easy to use, low resource machine that still can run up to date browsers.

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LymanPhillips Linux is a simple install but the apps aren't

    • @Barten0071
      @Barten0071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@musteycraft you just click install in app center

    • @musteycraft
      @musteycraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Barten0071 custom apps not

  • @RogueCarrot
    @RogueCarrot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still have my CR-48. I remember the day it showed up on my doorstep out of the blue. I took a survey to get a sticker and applied for what I thought was a long shot and they sent me a laptop. It was crazy. I even made some videos about it on my channel years ago but no one really watched them. I should look at those again and see how far the OS came. I remember when it first came out, ChromeOS was literally just a browser. Just Chrome. No task bar or windowing system. Basically just like running a browser fullscreen and being locked to it. I tried setting it up again a few months ago but I can't log in anymore because it can't connect to the right server or something? Last I tried, it's not really that good at playing TH-cam. I'm pretty sure the CR-48 pre-dates TH-cam's HD video support. Or maybe around the same time. I'm surprised you didn't get one. I thought they gave them to everyone. Even my coworker got one.

  • @MrRiceKrispyNotTaken
    @MrRiceKrispyNotTaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Nintendo lawyers on their way to sued google for using the name Mario on one of their chromebook prototype
    Btw your video is epic mjd!

  • @0xEARTH
    @0xEARTH 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Michael skimming over "We already said not to bake the device, but apparently we need to repeat ourselves"
    god i fucking love Google's humor

  • @cameronsharon9617
    @cameronsharon9617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So this is when evil was let into the world.

  • @thechel6769
    @thechel6769 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Google was so much more friendly in 2010s, omg. They are legit talking to you like a bro

  • @IanKincaidPhoto
    @IanKincaidPhoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Next video idea: Turn an old Chromebook into a Windows laptop for free 😅

    • @dcfuksurmom
      @dcfuksurmom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      16GB internal storage.

    • @ImmortalChanger
      @ImmortalChanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dcfuksurmom not even Windows vista would fit in there except for maybe TinyVista or something

    • @IanKincaidPhoto
      @IanKincaidPhoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ImmortalChanger I prefer Windows 95 anyway

    • @dcfuksurmom
      @dcfuksurmom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImmortalChanger that was my point

    • @ImmortalChanger
      @ImmortalChanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dcfuksurmom I know

  • @JoaquinPro64
    @JoaquinPro64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have to archive the quick start guide in the wayback machine, it's pretty special

  • @corbinnickle440
    @corbinnickle440 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I own two Chromebooks

  • @somegreenguy
    @somegreenguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    interesting thing about the "Mario" codename, i think a lot of chromebooks have video game related codenames
    for example, the chromebooks my school primarily uses (the dell 3180) has the codename "kefka"
    (also man, that old version of chrome os takes me back, good times)

  • @AleksaMusk
    @AleksaMusk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My TV is more powerful than this 14 year old PC

  • @breademoji
    @breademoji ปีที่แล้ว

    I received one of these during Google's 2010 campaign and it was great, especially since I didn't own a laptop at the time... I promptly flashed it to Arch Linux and used it as my primary PC. Very fond memories of it working way better than I'd expected. Then after a few months I dropped it, and it broke catastrophically, screen, case and all... I guess that's the bad part about Chromebooks, they're not built to last, and the prototype is no different. I still remember its soft, rubbery finish, it felt a bit like using a Macbook wearing a Thinkpad's skin. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!