I Bought This $15 Laptop From eBay...
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Today we're going to use a $15 Compaq Evo n610 laptop from eBay. It's running windows XP and is 19 years old! Let's have some fun with it :) #old #laptop #brilliant
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Cool I’ll give them a try!
Yeah RUclips works pretty well, one thing though (and I'm not sure if they fixed it or not, haven't used it in months now) is VoIP sites like Meet will not work, maybe it's a Windows XP limitation, not sure if it works for Windows Vista though.
The best browser for windows XP is Opera from what I have tried
Nice
@@computinglemon Don't stop supporting youtubers promoting content in their videos
We need a Psivewri, Hugh Jeffreys, and DankPods collaboration. The greatest trio ever.
The aussie trio haha, I watch all 3 of them!
@@svgaming234 Same!
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That what be hard seeing as they are from different places across the world 😢
@@theeverythingman1060 all in aus tho
Eucalyptus oil time
Yeah
Truly the best moments in movie history
Always
@@KyuminChan movie?
Lather me up mates
7:31 MyPal, pretty decent, used it on Windows XP and most sites loaded and work well, including RUclips!, It's based off of Pale Moon, which itself, is based on Firefox (IIRC)
I'll have to give it a shot! Especially if it runs RUclips
there's a newer build of mypal that's based on firefox quantum 61 or 68 that runs on xp
@@psivewri i am kinda confused.
I own a xp and it was an ok speed (it took a billion years to load tho)
And the yt video was fine.
I tried MyPal on my old XP laptop....still sucked even though it has 2GB of ram...I tried a number of so called XP working browsers and none of them actually worked well enough to use..really dissapointed...The CPU is a Celeron 2.8.....it has Radeon 9000 graphics...not great but should work..yet it's so very very slow..to the point it's pretty unuseable.
I like that there is little to no intro, I love it when content creators do this, straight to the point, keeps it simple and entertaining at the same time. Love your work
Surprisingly modern looking laptop for its age. Only a few things really give it away aside from some stylistic things, obviously the serial port. The keyboard is of an older style but honestly kinda prefer it over the modern chiclet style. The bezel is surprisingly thin but most modern laptops have the display and bezel all behind a smooth glass or plastic surface rather than the visibly raised portion. Otherwise it's just a little on the thicker side, but otherwise it's kinda hard to spot that it's so old.
yeah worst part about my current and first high end laptop is the keyboard. i miss a lot of keystrokes in this dumb chiclet style, like i press the key and it doesn't register. ironically, both the trackpad AND the keyboard were best at my lowest end laptop from 2009. they were just perfect.
While I don’t miss serial ports, I do miss the sheer amount of ports on old laptops.
@@petemiller2598 you can occasionally still find serial ports on more industrial laptops. :P but honestly I kinda prefer the flexibility of USB when it's implemented well. A lot of those old ports were limited, and very fixed to specific system resources so literally only could have 1 or 2 or whatever of any of them before things become incompatible with most software.
Hey, us embedded software developers still use serial ports! They are critical, in fact! A good serial port is too rare.
The glorious days when laptops had such a huge variety of ports 😍 how I've missed them
You can still buy enterprise laptops like that, but be ready to pay a lot, but to be fair laptop like this old one in video was also very expensive new.
Dell latitude C840 was one of my fav's@@MJ-uk6lu
How many laptops have u fixed and sold so far??
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@@psivewri lol🤣🤣🤣
You don't get such good laptops these days. What happened to getting as much ports as possible, instead of as little?
I think we can blame Apple for that.
I am pretty sure this is what we will be getting from here out. An 8 minute video that costs him $15, with a 2-2.5 min ad built-in that more than pays for the video costs. Not a lot of new content here, just basic/cheap stuff getting refurbished. :(
that's why you get a gaming laptop and not those thin and lights.
Probably because most things these days all plug into USB, unlike before when every different device used a different type of socket
@@garbage100 and yet some laptops don't even have enough USB ports. They have 2 USB C ports and call it a day. As a person who regularly needs other ports, this is stupid.
I've got a 19-year-old XP desktop that's still able to run RUclips. Thanks to a browser called my pal, it still supports Windows XP to this day
I watch your videos since 2019 and you can really see how you improved over time!
Great vid btw.
I wonder how the laptop would run with Linux Mint.
I put a mint on this machine, man... it worked horribly on it
Antix will be better
mx linux 18 and 21 32 bit works great
Mint is set up with compositing by default. Compositing requires modern drivers (and reasonably fast GPU) and this thing has equivalent of ATI Radeon 7500 (or 9600), first or second generation of them. In short - biggest problem - it is limited to OpenGL 1.4 (no shaders support), and that limits things and slows it. If you use IceWM or some other non-compositing WM - should be much snappier.
It won't, it's only a 32bit CPU. You would need a 32bit distro. I use Sparky Linux on old machines that can't run 64bit using the LXQT environment and it works rather well.
Have you ever tried a lightweight linux distro like lubuntu or linux lite on a laptop like that? It can make it a lot faster!
XP is king
Looks like we both have the hobby of collecting and cleaning tech!
I wonder, how the experience with linux would be.
How would this be for an OS like Xubuntu. Can this work as a modern machine, running a modern Linux?
I suspect the Pentium 4 CPU in this laptop is 32-bit only whereas most modern Linux distros are now 64-bit only.
It would probably run an older 32-bit version of Xubuntu though I'm not sure how useful that would be.
@@zoomosis BunsenLabs Linux might be a better choice. It is Debian based and has a 32bit version. I thought Xubuntu still released a 32bit version. My mistake.
@@thumbtak123 I think Ubuntu 18.04 (and variants) was the last 32-bit version.
BunsenLabs Linux looks interesting.
Years ago I ran Arch Linux on an old Toshiba Satellite 4000CDS (a Pentium 233 laptop from 1998) just using it as an audio recorder, without Xorg installed. These days there's now a separate 32-bit distro of Arch. That should run fine on a Pentium 4.
You can use Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit, I believe it will be far more usable than windows XP. At least youtube will work fine. Regarding yourube, I think 480p or even 360p will be max fluent resolution. On my nx6110 (pentium 2.1GHz, 2GB ram) it works flawlessly, especially if I reduce the screen resolution to 640x480 ;)
Your going to want to run LXQT on it. Minimal memory usage
I had one of these in 2008.
Barely usable even at that time.
The 512mb of ram and low rpm drives really held it back.
i would suggest mypal 68 (based of firefox 68), if it can run mypal at the least
The best Browser for Windows XP atm is Mypal version 68.12.5b (The latest version as I’m typing this comment) it’s based on Firefox Quantum and it runs surprisingly well, RUclips playback absolutely works on Mypal compared to Articfox
Typical vintage Compaq quality. Can't imagine most HPs (or HP era Compaqs) would hold up as well as this did on its way to you in that packaging. By the way, although it will run a bit warm, if you really want to you should be able to eke some extra performance out of it by putting in a desktop P4 chip. Years ago I had a Compaq Presario laptop with the same 2 Ghz P4m, noticing that it had a regular Socket 478 I put in a 2.4 Ghz desktop P4 from a dead tower (after removing the heat spreader from the CPU in order to make it fit) and proceeded to use it for another 3 years, it did run a bit warm but otherwise was fine, and while it was no speed demon, was a fair bit quicker than the old P4m.
I use mozilla firefox on old computers because of its low cpu and ram requirements.
"The hard disk was loaded with religious music, church seminars and pirated movies" - Interesting combination 😅
The Best browser for windows XP is Opera and Mypal 😀
15 bucks!😂 not a bad score. Good work.
i love how psivewri talks to us almost like were the ones supposed to be fixing the computer
second person?
I used to have the evo N600c model, this video really bring me back to the good old days
Every listing I see is over 50 plus shipping☠️
Oh my good thats time capsule these laptops are legendary
Bro your voice its soo satisfaying i really love your videos, keep up the good work!
A Pentium 4 laptop always needs a robust cooling solution. *Always!*
You maxed out the RAM, though, why didn't you install an SSD at the same time? It would have greatly sped up the system. Also, this Compaq laptop would be a great candidate for a 32 bit version of a lightweight distribution. Great videos!
Ram alone fixed many performance related issues. Not really worth putting in an SSD in a laptop like this (although I've now got a few IDE to MSATA SSD drives)
Love your videos. Would have loved to have seen you involve a Linux distro on here.
mypal browser is good for xp
Love these videos! I’m so glad I’m not the only one who truly appreciate’s old tech.
find these pc in dumpsters that what i do and i find lots of pcs
Hi i like restoring old macs, can you make a video of the simplest way to create a mac os usb installer.btw love your videos.
Hi
Thanks very much
1:08 ahh yes the good old days, simpler times
I got a Dell inspiron e1505 from ebay. It was the cheapest one, and after plugging it in, the motherboard lasted 5 seconds before it put any power adapter into overcurrent shutdown.
Seeing how easy it was to disassemble is insane. The battery, harddrive, disk drive, and ram were so easy to access, and even the cpu is upgradable? The fan held up great as well. Sad that nobody designs stuff with care like this anymore. I would much rather have a thicker laptop with modular design and lots of ports like this.
That laptop is older than me!
7:32 Your best bet will be Firefox
I got a $15 laptop 2 weeks ago.
Best damn laptop deal I ever got.
Hell yeah, nice machine. My Dad used to have an old Compaq from ~2001 which was an absolute chungus. I used it to play Warcraft 3 all the time. Such memories...
Pentium 4 for laptops is so terrible.
I still have an old Pentium 3 laptop though, a Dell latitude CPx-J 650 GT from 1999, and that generation is way better.
I have a Thinkpad X40 with XP - it has a 1.2Ghz Pentium M and it plays 720P RUclips with no problems with Palemoon 27/Greasemonkey extension/Sebaro Viewtube script - the script passes video playback to PotPlayer - it's a bit fiddly to set up but works great.
Psi is so popular that bomb squads now use eucalyptus oil.
K-Meleon I would say is the best XP browser, its based on the Firefox Gecko engine but supports OSes going back to Win-9X.
I have the same Model with 2 GB RAM And my model has a Windiws 2000 Sticker on it.
But my Newest 15€ Notebook is a Acer Travlemate 290 with also 2 GB of RAM Intel Pentium M
360Chrome Extreme Browser might be a solution for Windows XP, but you shall rather take the version available on MSFN, otherwise you will get a version with spywares and Google tracking features.
"Does anyone know a good browser for Windows XP?"
MyPal just got a major update in May of 2023
That "trackpad and trackpoint combo" is totally normal on workstation laptops even today. My 2017 Thinkpad had it and my 2020 Dell that I have now is also having it. Extremely powerful PC with an Intel Core i7 9750H, 32GB DDR4, 1TB Nvme SSD and of course a dedicated GPU (some AMD one, I don't know which one as this is not from a gaming series, some workstation card). It has a 180W "travel" power brick and 240W for home use... Totally crazy. However what I wanted to say is that such workstation devices that companies often give to their developers and so on always have this, this is nothing from the past at all.
This. Although Dell dropped the trackpoint from their Precision 7* lineup starting with the 2020 redesign.
İ have a laptop that looks like this . İts from 2005 and hopefuly it still works ! Just the charging adaptor is dead and i can’t download mypal 💀
Do you know a browser for xp
I don't think it's the browsers fault I think it's the graphics card I've played RUclips on windows XP before on Chrome and chrome's been unsupported for years
The best browser for xp is Mozilla Firefox no lie my Daily driver is à Toshiba satellite m30 with 768m of ram and a 30gb hard drive
There is a youtube video with tutorial on using Windows XP after End of support back in April 8th 2014
How many Koalas starve in the making of your videos (yo, know, becuase of all the "oil" you use up....) ;P. ???
ChrisFix is known for the soapy wooder and threadlocker.
Psivewri is known for eucalyptus oil.
6:03 me too😆
My old XP powered pc uses latest Mozilla Firefox that's available for windows xp, and it can still play youtube videos without any problems. But when it comes to security, i really wont recommend using the browser on a computer without an antivirus.
You may be able to revive that battery by putting it in the freezer. I have that exact same laptop and my battery was stone dead, chucked it in the freezer for a day and then plugged it into the laptop and let it charge? Works fine now, lasts an entire day.
Ah it has been a long time since the last budget XP eBay laptop. Its these videos that inspired me to save these old machines and give them a second chance :p
We absolutely need a tour of the collection! :p
6:21 Are you kidding? You cleaning and refurbing tech is the main reason why I subscribed to this channel :)
There's just something so satisfying about seeing old hardware getting a good scrub and booting up...
That's built like a ThinkPad. Not in terms of durability necessarily, but in terms of design and how it comes apart.
Best browser for XP is going to be K-Meleon genoa. It has a fully modern rendering engine and modern SSL. Your going to want to update the SSL Certificate store.
Best browser for XP is going to be K-Meleon genoa. It has a fully modern rendering engine and modern SSL. Your going to want to update the SSL Certificate store.
look at that accessibility and easy replacement of parts!!! nowadays everything is soldered to the board or almost impossible to reach.
i hope Eucalyptus oil is available in the philippines, anyhow, Linux would run on that old machine and deserves its purpose, shout out to you Psivewri.
I had probably the same model back in the day, at least P4-M and Radeon 7500M rings bells.
I've always liked your videos , you always clean and make things look cool and brand new, damn after i cleaned my old laptop after years of use it looked brand new again thanks :)
The Tribe of Koala nations is petitioning the U.N. for an embargo against you "oil" barrons for threatening their food supply. Love your vidoes man.
I still have an old laptop running XP. I use it to run software that would no longer run when Windows 7 came along. As far as I know, these pieces of software don't exist in more modern versions, so XP it is
You are either very brave or very foolish for taking Windows XP on the internet in 2024. That is just asking for a hacker to put malware on the machine. Please, PLEASE don't do that unless you are CERTAIN your network is secure. Just some advice to follow for when you have an older machine that you care about.
For a Browser, use Sea Monkey for Windows XP, and make sure you have Windows XP SP3
Sadly mine doesnt have the drivers for the audio speakers buttons and the video chip i believe it was a ati 6800
Try Driver Booster. The free one works very well.
You know there is smth wrong with your video/ad ratio when your video is literally 25% advertisement.
I also enjoy cleaning anything and even more so watching people cleaning stuffs.
Dude I had that laptop. That silver thing on top of the screen is a EVDO cellular modem !!!
isn't $15 less than the shipping? or was it free and you just paid shipping? everyone must consider shipping when they buy something, that is part of the cost
Why don't you install Linux (ZorinOS) on these old laptops for testing? They'd be more usable and secure that way. It's 2022, Linux is not just for hackers anymore.
That's it?!? No attempt to install a lightweight Linux distro, to see if the old laptop might be still useable for some 2024 tasks?!? Thumbs down.
Imagine raging on this laptop back in the day, you slam your fist in the corner of the laptop and the ram splits in half. 😂
I own a Thinkpad R60 for Dosbox and Windows 95 to XP games. If I browse the internet I use Firefox ESR, ot works without any problems!
I already Jumped on the Video when I saw Windows XP in the thumbnail
And take this in yo note for some reason. If you clean the bezel atounf the screen with isopropaly it will remove the paint
Yesssss... New video!!! I love watching your videos
i saw the thumbnail, this was the first computer i bought when i was a kid after delivering newspapers for a while
I still remember going from 256mb ram -> 512mb -> 1gb across 2 years, I was poor growing up XD
so much feel
I'm everywhere 🙂
One of these days, ill be big enough to collaborate with you haha! Good video!
why eucalyptus oil? what's special about it?
i mean it seems to work wonders, but still
7:35 There are add on's for Firefox anyhow (think they support multiple browsers), RUclips redux, old RUclips are two, very good for older systems , also an add-on that makes RUclips use the graphics card more (long story on how).
Still running XP on my main machine, have the same issue with YT video’s not playing, Mozilla Firefox no longer supported and the last update of it wiped my ability to save YT videos. I wish there was a windows system that is up to date without all of the spyware Microslut has installed on 10 and 11. Basically they have locked you out of your computer files if something goes wrong.
I love when people restore old Tech. All you people worried about global warming should take a look at all the E-waste we send to India . If you really do care about global warming and Human life, watch a documentary about where are E-waste goes. Young Men in the prime of there life are dying from stripping down Mobo's and any metal on E-waste that's valuable. The fumes emitted from stripping down E-waste make co2 look like a joke. So go get your latte and the newest Iphone and keep talking about climate change. Just make sure you look in the mirror while doing it.
P.S. Don't forget to send that poor Indians mother a condolence card because her son is Dead at 25 from lung cancer. Its only right.
Suggestion for RUclips, there’s a website called vidbit.co it’s basically a lighter version of RUclips And is based off of the 2009 version of RUclips, it works very well on old premium m systems Although be warned it is in beta
$15 for that, and I'm here with my stupid brain, buying 10 years old laptop for $400. Barely working
The best windows xp browser I've found is the Maxthon MX5. It's still actively supported and can watch RUclips and do other task no problem
Limewire, ah good old days
Another laptop treatment video, you always doing the right job
0:32 Wrong. The N620c came out in 2003, the N610c came out in 2002.