Do Not Buy The Xtra-PC
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- If PizzaLovingNerd invests in a scam that no one else invests in, he gets a bigger return.
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There it is by Kevin Macleod
If you see this, comment:
"Grub is better then SystemD" 
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Can you guys tell this video wasn't scripted?
Nope. You're lip syncing was a bit off, but definitely not scripted.
@@Aguyfrom225 That's just a webcam issue.
file rez is a file restore program that restores files from a dead hard drive
No I can't, you did a good job, and it speaks to you knowing your subject matter.
Linux is free to download.
Just download a Linux distro such as lubuntu and than make a bootable usb drive using rufus which is also free.
But install the OS into the laptop, don't run it off the USB.
I wouldn't buy anything tech from someone who can't tell a hard drive from a DVD rom drive.
I wouldn't say they are scammers insomuch as they are selling a legitimate product: a thumb drive with a preinstalled Linux distro. The problem is that they are not marketing to people like me who know this stuff. They are marketing to people who don't. It's actually a good way to get people with the 'get what you pay for' mentality to switch to Linux.
Ever since I posted this comment, I haven't seen the ad anymore. Either they pulled the ad, or RUclips algo smarted up and is showing this ad to the computer illiterati.
@@TheHelvetican - as a developer, I still see this ad constantly
@@TheHelvetican My friend just posted their video ad on his Facebook page, so it's still floating around. I shared this video in the comments to that Facebook video.
Yes!
Fortunately, I am smart enough as an "old person" to research before purchasing. Thank you for your insight.
me too Carolyn
Most people would be better off with a USB stick they had laying around loaded with Lubuntu
Linux is free
Bamb!
@@diegomarquez6740 yes Linux is free but that doesn't mean everyone knows how to install the system on their own and also downloading it can cause a virus to your computer. So buying it can save a lot of stress, then you can just boot it up on your computer as soon as you recieve it on USB
Thank you Young Man. It’s nice to see a young person with some morals. You seem to be very bright and tech savvy. Keep it up and the best to you!👍
Seriously, thank you. I was thinking about buying one. Then I watched this video. 👍🏼
I was the guy that doesn't understand computers. I bought one of these and I wish I would have watched your video first. Thank you for calling out scum like these guys!
Doing great work man KEEP IT UP!
A very big THANK to you, dear sir! I value your work here very much! Wishing you all the very best and please stay both safe and healthy! Best Regards!
I was wondering about this product, thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for this video! You are definitely worth your pepperoni young man!
Very well done. Saved me money. I like this guy, he's very direct and honest in his approach.
Thank you, so much! I just saw the ad the first time, today!
Thank you! I was seriously looking at it.
Thanks for the reliable information. I unfortunately was one of the "computer illiterates,"
who did not know that I could have down loaded LINUX on to a flash drive USB.
unfortunately the Extra Scam will continue to make money because a majority of people will not want to learn how to do the things you mentioned to make their computers/laptops run faster. Thanks for being that rare voice of truth.
TY Pizza Loving Nerd for your info.
That's so true, I almost buyed it. Good thing, that I searched to see if was a scam on goggle and found your video.
Thanks for the info!!!
FYI:
You almost BOUGHT it. BOUGHT is the past tense of the verb to BUY. I'm not putting you down just wanna help you out.
Very clever young man..to give us such good honest advise.
Well done ..👏👏👏
THANKS YOUNG MAN FOR THE ADVICE I WAS ABOUT TO INVEST IN A FEW OF THOSE THINGS I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND I JUST SO HAPPENED TO SEE YOUR VIDEO YOU SERIOUSLY SAVED ME THANKS A MILLION YOU ARE SO SMART YOU HAVE A GOOD FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU YOU'RE ALREADY AHEAD OF MANY
GOD BLESS!!
Good job, It takes a pretty pathetic person to scam the old, first time I saw their ad it infuriated me..Dirt bags.. once again good job , a young man with morals and a voice...
Hey watch the "old" comment...LOL
Why does it infuriate you? To get linux for free, the computer illiterate would have to find someone who knew how to load linux onto their old machine, plus the person they would have to meet would probably tell them they needed to replace the hard drive, which is an expense about equal to the most expensive X-tra PC option (or more expensive). You know what would happen in 90% of cases? People would ask someone to make their old dead computer live again, then find out they need to get this or learn this, or do this, etc... and most would just say "don't bother" and walk away with no solution to their problem! Their old computer that doesn't work anymore would be thrown out and if they really wanted a new one they'd have to pay for it, hundreds of $. When they could have just plunked down $35 to $80, plugged in their X-tra PC USB drive, and had a lot of fun using their once dead PC running again doing simple stuff really fast. And you think thats scamming someone? Think again.
@@tubewatch59 linux is free, pendrives are cheap, they're scamming the elderly because they make it sound like a miracle product, when in reality, it's absolute crap, and they made it seem like it can run everything that windows could on this piece of junk, and the people who bought it thought it could, they weren't happy. read some reviews.
and, they're making $80 from a cheapo USB drive.
Thank you young man you have a good voice and very wise more than most your age.
I'm almost 30 and seen a RUclips add for this and typed in "Xtra PC scam" in youtube and boom your video saved my ass.
Thank you so much. I was asked about this from my folks. I tried to explain to them to just do a quick restore and or clean out temp files and start ups. I will donate in the future.
Thank you for your informative video. You have saved more than 500 people from getting ripped off.
I get your points. I thought this was a good idea to help people that didn't know much about PC get a quick fix. I was about to purchase a xtra-pc but realized the only extra thing that they got is the price. I'm thankful you made this video. I thought I was the only one.
On the flip side, isn't everything expensive until it hits mainstream. I'm sure walmart will have these in a year or two. Damn! They do! It's the sundisk USB DIY
I can burn a 20 cent CD and get a free copy of DSL or Puppy Linux with like 10 minutes of effort, who in their right mind would pay 34.95 for that piece of crap?
It's also pretty scummy to charge $$$ for a free linux distro!
Well the USB stick and shipping isn't free but still, this is a pretty sad scam. I wonder if the creators of this trash actually don't have any knowledge of tech or if they're actually that trashy to actively scam old people
Happens a lot honestly in most things. Especially automotive air filters and even oil is really easy to replace on most cars for around $25. Won’t stop most shops from charging $50+.
You meant $35 -$80 dollars! $35 version only has16gb
@@RelaxingStudios Just cuz folks are old does not mean they are computer illiterate. I am in my 70's and before I retired I used to design websites. So please drop your obvious bias against old folks.
@@RelaxingStudioswe need to ban it from google
Great Review ! Right on point....oh, and.... “Grub is better then SystemD”.
Great info, thanks buddy 👏👏👏👍
"ADs"? What are "Adverts"? I have a Advert-FREE browsing experience.
Wait, I saw this Advert the other night on my phone, I giggled.
Thanks for the timely tip
I saw this ad on youtube... I love how that guy plays dumb. And that apron
That's how I bought it via that ad. Got it cheap.
But not happy with result. No computer knowledge let me down
I am glad i checked this out before buying into this scam. Thanks for the video kid 👍
Thank you so much for this video and the behind the scenes information. Very helpful.
I will be back to your channel!!
Thanks again, to he best!!!👍😀
I was considering to purchase this product. But sometimes some things are too good to be true. In this day and age there AR so many scammers out there. I decided to do more research. I found your Channel. You sure sound very intelligent and what you say does make sense. Thank you for putting the truth out there for us older consumers and people who don't know much about computers!
Very intelligent and easy to understand review. Great job!
Dude, never seen your vids before, but after doing some quick research when this USB product kept popping up on RUclips, yours was the first vid that came up exposing this product. Like most, I’m not clued up too much on computers, but you’ve just saved me money by getting this product myself for much cheaper.
Yes for the price of a USB drive and the time to learn to use basic Linux techniques. Lmao
Nice vid, I knew it was probably something like that cause I made one of these Linux USBs when I couldn't boot up my large pc. Then I did use it a few times on other yokes, but I forgot about since then so I'll be checking out your vid soon. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for this information. I look forward to listening to more of your videos. Still trying to make sales on the internet but not as easy as it sounds ...especially in the older age bracket. Nice to hear an honest voice on the internet.
Thanks, great video. Keep up the good work.
Hey Pete - thanks for your work. You just saved me $80 plus. I am 74 and I always do research on stuff like this - some of us realize how many scams there are out there looking for us.
For anyone who has an older person in their life tell them to check these things out by searching for
reviews of ... and fill in whatever you are checking on. Works every time. Going to watch your linux video.
You're amazing genius kid.
Keep it up !
hahahahaha savage break down. This is GOLD, keep up the good work.
Great revalation thanks mate ! !
Near the end of your video you pointed out that half of their programs won’t work anymore with the new operating system, This important point should be highlighted.
Thanks for explaining this, was considering this and curious its purpose
I’m just here for the Swedish Fish.
Hey hey!
I hope you're doing well!
The whole Xtra-PC sounded too good to be true.
I'm just here for the blonde gal with the laptop issues.... What were we talking about....???
Leornende Eald Englisc hey! Yeah, I’m well. Just in an odd place mentally. It’s great to see you!! Your songs _really_ mean a lot to me these days.
That's funny, I have never heard of candy called Swedish fish, never seen them in the stores here in Sweden. Then again, he didn't say he had them imported from Sweden either, it might just be a gimmick to sell the candy in the US.
Hi PizzaLoving! I wanted to know what exactly is IN the USB (which I didn't see any information explaining in the add). But like you explained, it is an operating system that has been stored in a normal USB key. Thanks for sharing your point of view on the product :) !
Lol I just saw this ad just a few minutes ago. I didn't realize it was Linux at a first glance (mainly because I have a very limited experience with the OS), but I knew right away this was phony. A slow machine is a sign of either malware or hardware shortcomings. Some little USB stick isn't going to change that at all. Thanks for making the video that I don't have the talent for making.
That guy really doesn't know what he is talking about, I saw this ad and another ad where it he class to "remove the hard drive", and he holds what appears to be an optical drive...
anybody who would buy this is not doing their research ,it's people like you who give us heads up on these scammers.thank you
Heyy, came here from Twitter! By looking at TechHut's retweet! You're looking awesome man!
Well done for exposing these people, I myself have a few years knowledge of PC's going back to my first with win95 but you are bang on saying there are some people who have limited knowledge and like the idea of a faster pc. 👍👍
Thanks, Bro. I will check out your channel!
There is one xtra pc ad where the guy states you can boot without your hard drive and proceeds to wave his optical drive about
Thanks for this info!
Thank you for this informative clip .
Good info to have & why I clicked on your video, Thanks!
Well done. Keep it up.
Thanks for the video!
I like how funny the new ads are, the kid says something about it running without a hard drive and then says it's in his hand but that a CD drive lol
Can it be used to boot a PC using too much memory one time to move files from drive c to drive d? That's the only reason I was intested in it - to do that one maneuver, remove a few things, then be able to boot it up normally afterwards. I just dont want to reset the pc to make space on the c drive.
Nice job. Very informative
I am grateful for your video. I am a new subscriber. You are good people. God bless.
Good job. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the video pizza
Thanx I appreciate your honesty my brother...
So helpful...thank you so much
Thanks for the info.
I appreciate your in depth analysis of this product, I commend you on your intelligence and ability to make a point and then prove it. I know you will be extremely successful in life and would like to follow your journey, start a Facebook Page and let us see what you are doing these days.
I don't use Facebook, but I have Discord and Twitter.
@@PizzaLovingNerd Too bad you don't use Facebook and RUclips. We would love to watch your channels and updates.
PizzaLovingNerd I would too. I love seeing smart young people take a stand. You did it so respectfully without trashing anyone. We need more like you. Smart, sweet, kind and caring.
look not trying to be rude but you guys sound like boomers lol
Dylan Navarro and the problem of being a boomer is WHAT?
I saw this ad also and it instantly infuriated me! I wonder did you notice in the small print at the bottom of their site they are claiming to be the inventors of this. I'd like to add that I have been using this portable OS method for over 20 years and always can boot perfectly in any PC. It actually costs me only £5 and about 20 mins of my time to do so. I have installed various Linux systems to USB Drives countless times. Thank you for doing this video we need more people like you. I hope more people can become aware of scams like this. I could happily make this same product and sell it for just £10. A 16gb Flash drive only costs me £5 to buy and I can buy a 32gb one for just £8. (which I am currently using on GNU Linux Debian 10) I can boot my own system in anybody's PC anywhere and anytime. I have even done the same with Android x86 and x64 OSes that can boot anywhere. It's nice to see somebody so young as yourself doing a video like this. I was really starting to think that good honest/tech knowlegable people like you don't exist any more. (I haven't met one for a long time who doesn't scam people). Thank you so much for proving me wrong. To all who don't know.. you can usually get a decent USB drive for under £10 and Linux comes under the GNU Public licence. It's completely FREE and open source which means you can legally obtain and modify the system in any way you can dream up and also redistribute it as your own edition.
He didn't start the time until he got to boot menu. On the windows boot he includes that. Has also says the boot up menu comes up quick... that is nothing to do with the usb stick at that point.
Good video dude. good info. I was trying to find out if this was a scam or not. found exactly what i'm looking for. sad that some people wouldn't do the research and will get scammed.
I installed a security camera on my desktop dell eight years ago and it ate up my memory. It will only start in safe mode and it’s just been sitting. What can I do? Thank you in advance, chef John in Oklahoma.
respect man.. good video
nice work young fella
Thank you fellow pizza lover!
Thanks bro. You are really cool. Saved me some bucks.
I am shocked at how many scams are out there. I er "fall into their target demographic" but have just learned to check things out, which is what brought me to you. Scammers hide behind Facebook, PayPal and RUclips to give them legitimacy. That so needs to stop. Thanks very much for stopping me getting scammed (again, if I'm honest). Keep up the good work.
I was always suspicious of this video and what they were trying to sell which is why I find myself on your video rather than on their reviews, so thank you very much for confirming my doubts about them.
Nice video. So if I were to get this xtrapc or preferably a stick with linux on it , would I still be able to access my microsoft software ...lift e cell, word etc. This way I can still gain access to all that software that you could use for free but now need to "rent" from Microsoft every year.
rockin young guy. I have a light linux os on a flash that I down loaded years ago . It loads from the flash and stays on the flash. great call broski.. most people will not know this. great great job looking out for people!!!!!
Awesome 👏 I was researching this today ! I worked in Linux in school 🏫 recently and it’s slightly better and faster than windows!
Thank you for sharing it
Thank you because I was thinking of buying one for my old Acer computer, and decided to do some research before buying.
Thanks for the information!
Any time!
I'm 60 and I'm doing the research! Thanks for the video!
Hey. 🙂 U r correct. I am elderly and pc illiterate 😫, and I have seen the ads for this product. Fortunately, I always try to seek out videos like yrs, to double check these products. Urs is not the first video I have seen about this product and both of them explain the scamming part very well. Thanks for this video to let us know what is going on. Appreciate u!👍👍😊😊
Thank you very much for this. I almost bought this today....but for some reason....I decided to google some reviews or feedbacks.
But dude, regular price is $159.99 ! That's a 50% savings !
Hey , PLN, if you want to reach an older audience, and make them believe you, CLEAN THAT ROOM BEHIND YOU! I realize you are a tech genius, but with older people, the "look" of your initial screen shot is important. Your presentation and narration are perfect, and it is obvious you are brilliant. But optics count for much in this business, and your personal habits may make it look as if you are merely a smart teen-ager. Thanks for saving me $80. (I am 69 years old, and was about to buy into the "X-tra PC scam!) You have a great career ahead of you!
Thanks, I was wondering.
how did xtra-pc get their logo on the customers pc once they booted their pc up?
Great job kiddo! IMHO the ad is ok, that is what ads are in general that you are criticising and explaining, "the surprised man" etc. part. The ad would be a scam if the usb would contain some software stealing from the buyer. If the Linux on usb is "clean" it even might be helpful to people who are not willing to invest their time on things like Linux, who rather do other stuff. Surely the OS on the usb might be full of security holes, thus causing losses to the buyer. Keep up the good work!
I'm pretty computer-literate and tbh, even I was somewhat taken in by this 'product'.
However, I'm also quite cautious and suspicious about 'revolutionary' products. So I stuck xtra pc into Google and scrolled past the ads. Thankfully, your video appeared, so I clicked and here I am.
What is good about your video is that you don't use a lot of tech-speak. Even though it's difficult and at times unavoidable. So when you *do* use it, you use it in a way that is understandable and non-patronising. Calling yourself a nerd is pretty self-deprecatory and shows humility (even though the word has been appropriated by nerds and twisted back on itself, lol).
There are literally thousands and thousands of computer help channels. But yours is one I'm gonna' subscribe to. And I don't subscribe lightly.
All in all mate, you're doing good work and I applaud you. Hopefully many others will see this video and avoid spending money that they will then go on to regret. Even worse, they may become jaded towards new products and avoid purchasing anything. Which could include products that are genuine.
Bravo fella'. 😊
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Thanks for your help.
I am not computer literate and would like to make my hp laptop faster to watch things of RUclips etc at the moment it takes way to long for me to watch can you recommend what usb I should use I am U.K. based. Thanks
Great video. An alternate way to do this would be to burn LUBUNTU (which I believe is what XTRA-PC uses) or some other LINUX onto a CD or DVD if the pc has an internal optical drive. Many LINUX versions offer a "Live distro". Which is what would be needed. This would make it safer than having the USB drive "sticking out".
Nice!!! You Rock Young Man Red Bricks to you.
What program are you using to put your video in corner of focus video?
Thank you I always do researsh and glad you also have the link I was wondering why he didn't just set the bios to automatically find USB rather that keep doing what he did.
research*
Wow.... and Thanks for the helpful informations. Thanks to warning us that your MS windows is gone and replace with Linux that is compatible less then 50% to MS. Thanks again PizzaLovingNerd
Thanks for the video. I wish to god I has seen your video BEFORE I bought 2 of them. Both didn't work - the Windows version and the iMac version. Avoid, avoid, avoid.