my dad taught me how to build my first computer when i was 12 or something. bought second hand parts off ebay and taught me what to check to make sure everything worked together. i wasnt some whiz kid but i doubt playing with one of these when i was 8 would have made it any easier for me.
I think this product could be more helpful, if they gave you more options to customize it, like putting in the ram, or screwing in things instead of the drag and drop that this is, I think raspberry pi is a good challenge for kids
well, things do get smaller however, that just means you can pack more into the space, and like upgrading your furniture in you house, people tend to swap things out for Bigger and Better. and not just better. like. sure, you could replace your old 2 seat couch for a new high quality 2 seat couch, however, the room can support a 3 seat couch in the space so might as well fill all the available space to make the most out of the room.
It is small if you compare it with last generation. The performance it gets per square centimeter is actually quite nice. But yes, its size can get a bit scary.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu To be fair, for 300$ I don't think you can really start a production line of a barebones system like this. Especially considering there're windows tablets in the market for a similar price that yes, are much more powerful, but they don't allow you to extract their components like this. Plus they're Chinese companies, with a scarily cheap manufacturing cost. My point is, you could definitely pull out a device that has better specifications than this at a similar price. However, making it into pieces you have to put together, and then developing some software oriented to kids would be out of the equation if you want to maintain the price tag at the same time. At least that's how I see it. You actually have to pay for innovation.
I feel like this is particularly good for right now with kids learning from home. Imagine putting together one's own laptop (as a 6 or 7 year old) and then being able to do work on it.
I'm 11 and can build a PC (probably), been working on it. A pc without installing RAM, storage, all that stuff, not worth it. Besides that laptop is so bad.
20 years ago, you COULD build a laptop. For a time there were generic cases and boards. If you look at some of the old Gateway and Dell models of the time, you'd notice they were in the exact same case. They also started to use the same kind of small form factor drives, which led us to having basically standardized optical drives for laptops, until we basically have now abandoned them now entirely.
I remember buying a Kano product running a custom version of linux and was a raspberry pi model b. Around 5 months after, the OS failed to boot and got stuck in a boot loop so that weekend we went to a Rasbperry pi store and bought and sd card with a different version of linux. I then fell out of love for the product and didnt touch it for a year. Recently I have reinstalled that version of linux and gave it to my neice. She absolutely loves the product and uses it everyday.
I am buying this for my 12 year old cousin because she desperately needs a windows computer. She told me even if it has 20 mins of battery life and a super slow processor, she would be over the moon. This will be above her expectations
If you really want to build your own laptop, I believe the closest you can get available currently would be a Framework laptop where EVERYTHING is modular so you choose what features you want and can even change out your I/O ports any time you wish. They even allow users to upgrade their processor and mainboard by changing them out themselves.
5:47 back in around the 2000s, most laptops actually had processor sockets. I remember my first laptop in around 2002 came with a standard Celeron installed, that I replaced with a standard desktop P4.
@@DorperSystems No, but many years later is started to just turn off from over-heating. I fixed the issue by replacing the heat sink compound with better stuff, and cleaning the fans.
You definitely can but thats not the point of this, its more of a STEM project for younger kids that introduces them to the basic principles of coding, not to be a fully functional budget rig
i wouldn't call it building.. if this is what building a device is.. then all the smart phones that had removeable batteries... were you building your phone
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I love this idea! I would love to build and spec out my own laptop. Would be expensive likely, but it could be sold as a bare bones rig, and you add memory, storage, processor, maybe screen? And you could either have the processor and heat sink be pre-built so that the most important heat components are smaller and integrated, where the normally removable is easily swapped out or in as you upgrade.
my problem with that is that it makes it seem like you are actually creating the image with your code, but i know that even the start, it would need an array to create that circle design. its still extremely simple, but it seems kind of strange they would start with that, instead of making something simple like shapes and lines, and not a fake design that takes more code.
I have been waiting for more reviews of this product! And its so nice to see a review from a name i trust! Thank you Austin and Matt! 😉 (also i have the original version of this computer, witch actually runs on a custom version of Linux, that one has a lot more to do, you literally have to put everything on the screen, no joke there is nothing besides the lcd control panel. So check that one out if you want more of a challenge)
Honestly, a mix between this and the thoughtbook would be nice, so we can have basically laptop parts (for energy efficiency) or even desktop parts, with anything we want from both worlds, with only some extension cables, to fit everything in neatly. Sure, we'd need some thin powersources, but it would most definitely be doable, and also possibly cheaper than trying to get everything ultra thin and ultra light. Basically, you would need to make a suitcase-like PC case designed to keep the components safe during transport, and make it fairly lightweight and sturdy. Definitely doable. Sure, you might need to make a few proprietary things, like using an air pump instead of a fan to cool the parts, taking air through one side and expelling it through another side, but it wouldn't be all that difficult, all things considered. Someone just needs to put in the time and to advertise it properly.
Heyy, I got a Kano Raspberry Pie for my 12th birthday a couple of years ago! Pretty sure you just pay extra for the Kano "OS" that comes pre-installed that I had to delete for Raspbian to actually do anything, but would 10 out of 10 recommend for younger kids to get them into building and coding! The OS has pretty restrictive Parental Controls, which is one of the main reasons I deleted the OS, but is, again, a good reason to get the product from the viewpoint of a parent seeking to bring out curiosity and creativity in their child!
@11:14 - unless the ipad is IOS14 or later, it's not going to play 2k/4k VP9 RUclips videos. The Celeron N4000/UHD 600 in this Kano PC/Laptop can hardware decode VP9 RUclips videos up to 4k/60 fps ( can also do h.264/265 4k too). Something a lot of the ~$2000 pc/laptops can't do from just 5 years ago! And I think a recent Windows update upgrade the Kano PC's Windows Home to "Pro".
Oh yeah, clear baxk designs are just really nice. There's this laptop called MNT reform which also has a transparent back panel and you can see your batteries and motherboard and ram etc etc. It just looks nice
I remember watching the Raspbery Pi version in EvanTubeHD channel back when i was little. It is more challenging like you have to put the Raspberry Pi in, the speaker, the memory, the OS pretty much almost everything
Is This Is the main channel now, the content in this channel is getting better than the main channel. Plus i want a podcast with austin, matt, ken and josh on random topics. Would be awesome
Even if there would be a "real" customizable laptop, I still wouldn't buy it and here's why: 1) The motherboard, cooling, speakers, GPU and all sorts of internal cables would need to be custom made for each seperate component. 2) Not only would it ne thicker, but also heavier and would lose in asthetics 3) Upgradeability - If you want let's say to upgrade the CPU to the latest version, you would need to replace the whole motherboard which basically means disconnect every single thing and then reconnect it (in Intel case at-least). 4) Battery - just like we saw in this video, the battery would be larger since it would require a special layer around it for protection It definitly sounds cool but you lose a lot of the things that defines laptops.
yeah... i wouildn't call this building it.. its plugging in a battery and speaker.. which tbf u don't need for a laptop to run anyway... you could literally just plug the power brick into the usb c port for the power bank and it'd probably work completly fine.... Core components of a computer are CPU , Ram, Motherboard and some form of power.. I guess if your cpu doesn't have an IGPU then you need some sort of display adapter but some motherboards can be run headless... and with the QCODE leds it's easy to tell if a computer has posted without a screen output sooo u don't need anything else for a computer to boot... not even storage, as it'll boot to bios
of course you wouldn't just leave them to their own devices once you get the thing. you're supposed to teach them and learn with them. that's what education is. stop with the doomsaying just because it's a simpler product. vtech used to be a thing before and taught kids about laptops and computers with way less actual content about what an actual computer can do. if it inspires a child to learn more about computers, learning coding and eventually stepping into more serious PC-building ventures, then great! objective achieved. but don't discount future generations because things are being streamlined so it'll be easier to get into.
I used to have one of these. It actually had a bloated razzberry pi version. Granted it was a bit older but still, im glad they decided to start adding windows to it.
It is possible to get a larger SD card and clone the original over to the new card. Basically, clone the partition then, increase the partition size on the new card. I've done it before and, it works like a charm. Use Linux to do it though! Much easier!
As for adult versions of the Kano, you can take one of those super cheap hp clinic office desktops from Walmart and do upgrades with them. My mom got one back in 2017 for 95 dollars. It was a steal of a deal. Or you can get a cheap dell. For the price of this Kano, you could get either one of them, and a side of parts and program parts and such. Maybe make a all-in-one compact pc with those desktops like a cyber punk or something.
1366 is halfway between 1080p and 720p because it has more pixels than 720, but less than 1080 its weird because 1920x1080 is 1080p and 1280x720 is 720p so 1366 is closer to 720, but its better at the same time, and 768 is far worse than 1080, but a tad better than 720
For being an “enthusiast” that does not game _at all,_ I’ve never built a PC and have been on MacBook Pro’s for like 15+ years now, now I’m on an iPad Pro and to be honest, It’s impressive what technology can do today even in thin, light, passively cooled and absolutely silent devices. When you see the motherboard of the new M1 Mac mini, you come to understand why integrated systems are the way to go and all the space and efficiency we lose with external power delivery circuits, dedicated PCIe lanes, sockets and compatibility, SO-DIMMs and so on. Obviously there’s a market for everyone but where we are headed, at least for consumer grade products, I think things like M1 are the future.
There is an active market out there for pc parts because there are many people who build their own computers (most of the time, specifically for gaming) and it saves a lot of money rather than buying a pre-built computer. I know with laptops it’s a different story because everything has to elbe so compact but I think it can work. I can unscrew the bottom of my ROG and switch out the SSD. I know many things are soldered on but I don’t think that necessarily has to be the case.
i think theres absolutely a gap in the market for diy laptops. this obvi isnt it buuut having a portable pc you can swap and upgrade certain parts for, beyond just the ram and storage, could be a huge thing. but with the current limitations on laptop cpus and gpus having to be sautered to the motherboard and it being very difficult to properly cool high performance parts and having a battery that fits, lasts long enough, but doesnt make your laptop weigh 20 pounds, etc etc etc, i dont see anything like FULLY diy laptops becoming a thing anytime soon. which is kinda sad, considering how far tech has come.
Also, I think yous may have overlooked this a little bit as a cool home experience with a parent and child. I think though it could have been better done on their end, asking them to get an adult to help them put in say the memory or sd card etc, and have them explain that to the kid as you build it. AND as for "installing" windows, they easily could have had Kano do a different first boot thing, where the Kano walks kids through an installation and why and "choose" some things. Like when it opens up it will say "Hello --name", background/wallpaper art, etc. Make it like a tutorial in a video game you HAVE to do to move on.
Specs for the inpatient: Intel Celeron N4020 1.10ghz (dual core, 2.80ghz turbo) 4GB ram, Looks to be ddr4 due to being 2400mhz, and looks like 2x2GB in dual channel. 64GB eMMC SLD64G 191/138 MB read/write, respectfully. It's not horrible for a low end PC, but that emmc is going to feel slow and once you fill it up, it's becomes trash. I have some HP Streamline with a 32gb emmc I had to throw windows 8 on due to windows 10 using the entire thing after a few months. 0 files. 1 program: chrome.
If anyone is considering this for a tech savy child... please don't. grab a used HP elitebook or something of that nature with an i3/i5, replaceable ram, and either an SSD or HDD that is m2 or sata for the sake of being able to swap it. I personally would take a 500/1TB HDD over this emmc just due to the fact I won't be able to use it anymore in such little time. 120GB will become "not enough" rather quickly. 250 to 500gb is what I'd recommend. SSD is always better :)
my dad taught me how to build my first computer when i was 12 or something. bought second hand parts off ebay and taught me what to check to make sure everything worked together. i wasnt some whiz kid but i doubt playing with one of these when i was 8 would have made it any easier for me.
i mean if you built your first computer... this is ALOT easier than that....
I took apart my first desktop and put it back together when I was 8 lol
@@kazekai8 you had a pc when you where 8?
I think this product could be more helpful, if they gave you more options to customize it, like putting in the ram, or screwing in things instead of the drag and drop that this is, I think raspberry pi is a good challenge for kids
This ready made stuff is good to learn on, but not a build
Austin: "This is for children"
Also Austin: "Matt you already f***ed up"
Also Austin: This has a internal SD card *proceeds to forget that EMMC Flash Storage exists*
Yet y
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@@trevordoesrandom3409 thanks!
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This isn't "building a pc" this is plugging in a speaker and power adapter!
Ok who cares? It’s a starter tablet to build for kids ok.
@@mars_designs I care, so not I know not to watch everything
it's a toy, right?
@@jameswave7832nuh uh
@@jameswave7832yes
"As technology advances, things get smaller"
*looks at the rtx 3090* Hmmmm
That gpu is huge, lol
well, things do get smaller however, that just means you can pack more into the space, and like upgrading your furniture in you house, people tend to swap things out for Bigger and Better. and not just better.
like. sure, you could replace your old 2 seat couch for a new high quality 2 seat couch, however, the room can support a 3 seat couch in the space so might as well fill all the available space to make the most out of the room.
Well, the transistors themselves got smaller, there's just more of them. Also, the (FE) PCB got way smaller, only the cooling system is huge.
It is small if you compare it with last generation. The performance it gets per square centimeter is actually quite nice. But yes, its size can get a bit scary.
LOL
"let's take a look at the specs of this kids laptop" Austin 2021
Someday they'll make a $300 kids tablet that doesn't have totally crap specs.
(That's not meant as sarcasm either I'm serious)
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu To be fair, for 300$ I don't think you can really start a production line of a barebones system like this. Especially considering there're windows tablets in the market for a similar price that yes, are much more powerful, but they don't allow you to extract their components like this. Plus they're Chinese companies, with a scarily cheap manufacturing cost.
My point is, you could definitely pull out a device that has better specifications than this at a similar price. However, making it into pieces you have to put together, and then developing some software oriented to kids would be out of the equation if you want to maintain the price tag at the same time. At least that's how I see it. You actually have to pay for innovation.
Laptop came in 2018
@@pittsburgh_.centralu
"There's no adult version of this, where you can build it up.. like SSD, ram"
It's called a PC
shut up
@@yusuf3489 chill man :/
@@khonarr and they were making a joke lol
A LAPTOP IS A PC AMD A PC IS A LAPTOP
@@CommandJellyBlued I could've changed it to desktop from PC but who gives a f
"Mom can I get the new Surface?"
Mom: "We have a Surface at home."
The Surface at home:
LOL
My mom probably: You have the floor right
@@dinkarfowkar999 I was gonna say the kitchen counter, but man you right. 😂
@@lepotato135 thanks XD
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I feel like this is particularly good for right now with kids learning from home. Imagine putting together one's own laptop (as a 6 or 7 year old) and then being able to do work on it.
I'm 11 and can build a PC (probably), been working on it. A pc without installing RAM, storage, all that stuff, not worth it. Besides that laptop is so bad.
@@JaketheMotorhead no one fucking cares bozo
20 years ago, you COULD build a laptop. For a time there were generic cases and boards. If you look at some of the old Gateway and Dell models of the time, you'd notice they were in the exact same case. They also started to use the same kind of small form factor drives, which led us to having basically standardized optical drives for laptops, until we basically have now abandoned them now entirely.
i have a gateway pc
@@MasterOfNoobClan OH MY GOD ACTUALLY SHUT UP AHHHHH
Matt: "Cool, Charging Brick"
Also Matt: "The speaker is mono..."
Me: **Facepalm**
7:45 the battery is batterying
-Austin Evans 2021
These are definitely some grade school level educational worthy devices.
Austin: "This is like teaching you a basic level of coding"
Coders: Austin, this is Python
@Uriel if it works, it works. It's not like python is scratch 2, it's a practical language. You don't need to write everything in assembly.
kind of, this is a cheap version of python
I think you meant lua
print(helloworld)
@@xanderplayz3446 nah, i think python 2 -- print "hello world"
**attach just a battery and a speaker**
BUILD YOUR OWN LAPTOP KIT!
I remember buying a Kano product running a custom version of linux and was a raspberry pi model b. Around 5 months after, the OS failed to boot and got stuck in a boot loop so that weekend we went to a Rasbperry pi store and bought and sd card with a different version of linux. I then fell out of love for the product and didnt touch it for a year. Recently I have reinstalled that version of linux and gave it to my neice. She absolutely loves the product and uses it everyday.
I am buying this for my 12 year old cousin because she desperately needs a windows computer. She told me even if it has 20 mins of battery life and a super slow processor, she would be over the moon. This will be above her expectations
If you really want to build your own laptop, I believe the closest you can get available currently would be a Framework laptop where EVERYTHING is modular so you choose what features you want and can even change out your I/O ports any time you wish. They even allow users to upgrade their processor and mainboard by changing them out themselves.
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5:47 back in around the 2000s, most laptops actually had processor sockets.
I remember my first laptop in around 2002 came with a standard Celeron installed, that I replaced with a standard desktop P4.
did your computer melt down afterwards from installing a P4?
@@DorperSystems No, but many years later is started to just turn off from over-heating. I fixed the issue by replacing the heat sink compound with better stuff, and cleaning the fans.
@@bobingabout haha that's crazy. never thought a desktop p4 could survive in a laptop. those things get hot.
Austin: The battery is batterying
this video is the equivalent of maxed out level players in a game playing the beginning levels
For 300$ you could gwt a lotta parts from the second hand market and build a PC that actually works lmao
You definitely can but thats not the point of this, its more of a STEM project for younger kids that introduces them to the basic principles of coding, not to be a fully functional budget rig
@@sircampbelltenson7297 this is still just a piece of shit. You can find coding somewhere else
Me using my phone and adding a 1 TB SD card
i wouldn't call it building.. if this is what building a device is.. then all the smart phones that had removeable batteries... were you building your phone
Yeah this more disappointing than i thought no wonder it’s made for kids
8:36 THAT IS NOT HOW YOU PRINT HELLO WORLD! IM SO TRIGGERED
Years ago I remember this coming out and I was like: “what kid would want this”
Honestly, as a kid, I would have loved this!
Probably me, because of the programming part
I wanted a raspberry pi back then xD
Since this is more simple than a laptop, and they label everything, I'd like to see you try to upgrade this if possible lol
I'm 14, my mom bought me this thinking it was a gaming laptop that I could build. The only thing you can upgrade is the storage. Nothing else
I'm such an Austin and Matt stan. You guys are great. Like one time Austin responded to me on twitter and I've been debating on getting a shirt made to have my own limited edition merch.
Also make more merch.
the older version of this kano had a lot more diy but it ran off of a modified raspberry pi 3, not even a 3b.
I love this idea! I would love to build and spec out my own laptop. Would be expensive likely, but it could be sold as a bare bones rig, and you add memory, storage, processor, maybe screen? And you could either have the processor and heat sink be pre-built so that the most important heat components are smaller and integrated, where the normally removable is easily swapped out or in as you upgrade.
Check out the Framework laptop bro!
11:30 flash storage is essentially an embedded SD card using the same cheap flash storage
Kid: Puts case on*
I BUILT A COMPUTER
my problem with that is that it makes it seem like you are actually creating the image with your code, but i know that even the start, it would need an array to create that circle design. its still extremely simple, but it seems kind of strange they would start with that, instead of making something simple like shapes and lines, and not a fake design that takes more code.
I had their first generation of it and it was more of a "build your own laptop" style
It's been possible to build your own laptop for years. It's called clevo shell.
I think the "adult" version is buying a broken laptop and fixing it.
How bout the mainframe?
Dude that thing is thinner than the chrome books that my school gives us
I have been waiting for more reviews of this product! And its so nice to see a review from a name i trust! Thank you Austin and Matt! 😉 (also i have the original version of this computer, witch actually runs on a custom version of Linux, that one has a lot more to do, you literally have to put everything on the screen, no joke there is nothing besides the lcd control panel. So check that one out if you want more of a challenge)
Guys, I know this sounds crazy and all, but I THINK he built a laptop.
Hm idk man
idunno man, seems like he built a laptop instead
Honestly, a mix between this and the thoughtbook would be nice, so we can have basically laptop parts (for energy efficiency) or even desktop parts, with anything we want from both worlds, with only some extension cables, to fit everything in neatly. Sure, we'd need some thin powersources, but it would most definitely be doable, and also possibly cheaper than trying to get everything ultra thin and ultra light. Basically, you would need to make a suitcase-like PC case designed to keep the components safe during transport, and make it fairly lightweight and sturdy. Definitely doable. Sure, you might need to make a few proprietary things, like using an air pump instead of a fan to cool the parts, taking air through one side and expelling it through another side, but it wouldn't be all that difficult, all things considered. Someone just needs to put in the time and to advertise it properly.
This is actually pretty damn cool!
12:36 2 years later: Framework Laptop... You predicted the future : )
Heyy, I got a Kano Raspberry Pie for my 12th birthday a couple of years ago! Pretty sure you just pay extra for the Kano "OS" that comes pre-installed that I had to delete for Raspbian to actually do anything, but would 10 out of 10 recommend for younger kids to get them into building and coding! The OS has pretty restrictive Parental Controls, which is one of the main reasons I deleted the OS, but is, again, a good reason to get the product from the viewpoint of a parent seeking to bring out curiosity and creativity in their child!
@11:14 - unless the ipad is IOS14 or later, it's not going to play 2k/4k VP9 RUclips videos. The Celeron N4000/UHD 600 in this Kano PC/Laptop can hardware decode VP9 RUclips videos up to 4k/60 fps ( can also do h.264/265 4k too). Something a lot of the ~$2000 pc/laptops can't do from just 5 years ago! And I think a recent Windows update upgrade the Kano PC's Windows Home to "Pro".
That is it. I am getting this for my little sister she likes to have a hybrid this is a cheap hybrid. She is 15 on her 16 birthday.
ooof shes a bit old for this. and it may not do what she needs it to do depending on what she does
"Ringaling the Dingaling" nice choice of words austin
Is it just me? Or does anyone else really appreciate the clear back design?
Oh yeah, clear baxk designs are just really nice. There's this laptop called MNT reform which also has a transparent back panel and you can see your batteries and motherboard and ram etc etc. It just looks nice
they need to simulate the 24-pin struggle
Side note: the battery does NOT work as a power bank. I tried...
You bought this?
@@MayankJairaj yes
@@abcd124 cool! And retailing at?
@@MayankJairaj $300 i think
Years ago OCZ sold a laptop you could put together yourself.
I remember watching the Raspbery Pi version in EvanTubeHD channel back when i was little. It is more challenging like you have to put the Raspberry Pi in, the speaker, the memory, the OS pretty much almost everything
As a kid a celeron does not cut it neither does an I9 but a Ryzen 9 5950x does
Did he just ask me if I want laptops to be as customizable as desktops like he doesn't already know the answer?
Specs say it has emmc storage expandable with a micro sd card.
now this just make every computer repair mad
Is This Is the main channel now, the content in this channel is getting better than the main channel. Plus i want a podcast with austin, matt, ken and josh on random topics. Would be awesome
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Even if there would be a "real" customizable laptop, I still wouldn't buy it and here's why:
1) The motherboard, cooling, speakers, GPU and all sorts of internal cables would need to be custom made for each seperate component.
2) Not only would it ne thicker, but also heavier and would lose in asthetics
3) Upgradeability - If you want let's say to upgrade the CPU to the latest version, you would need to replace the whole motherboard which basically means disconnect every single thing and then reconnect it (in Intel case at-least).
4) Battery - just like we saw in this video, the battery would be larger since it would require a special layer around it for protection
It definitly sounds cool but you lose a lot of the things that defines laptops.
Theckquickie:Why u can't build a laptop
This is:I built my own laptop
Now you need to build a GAMING LAPTOP
If this is what kids of the future think "build" means we are all doomed, well more doomed anyway
yeah... i wouildn't call this building it.. its plugging in a battery and speaker.. which tbf u don't need for a laptop to run anyway...
you could literally just plug the power brick into the usb c port for the power bank and it'd probably work completly fine....
Core components of a computer are
CPU , Ram, Motherboard and some form of power..
I guess if your cpu doesn't have an IGPU then you need some sort of display adapter but some motherboards can be run headless... and with the QCODE leds it's easy to tell if a computer has posted without a screen output sooo
u don't need anything else for a computer to boot... not even storage, as it'll boot to bios
I was about to type up a comment saying that this isn't building or assembling for that matter, it's just plugging in a speaker and a battery lol.
of course you wouldn't just leave them to their own devices once you get the thing. you're supposed to teach them and learn with them. that's what education is. stop with the doomsaying just because it's a simpler product. vtech used to be a thing before and taught kids about laptops and computers with way less actual content about what an actual computer can do. if it inspires a child to learn more about computers, learning coding and eventually stepping into more serious PC-building ventures, then great! objective achieved. but don't discount future generations because things are being streamlined so it'll be easier to get into.
I used to have one of these. It actually had a bloated razzberry pi version. Granted it was a bit older but still, im glad they decided to start adding windows to it.
this is not building , this is just connecting
Build your own PC but all I do is plug in two components. Weak Sauce. My 10 yr old built a full PC. It's not hard.
It is possible to get a larger SD card and clone the original over to the new card. Basically, clone the partition then, increase the partition size on the new card. I've done it before and, it works like a charm. Use Linux to do it though! Much easier!
My tiny pc building brain: WHAT IN TARNATION IS THIS!?!?!
even as a kid I'd feel like I hadn't really 'built' anything after putting this together. Basically just plugging a few things together
As for adult versions of the Kano, you can take one of those super cheap hp clinic office desktops from Walmart and do upgrades with them. My mom got one back in 2017 for 95 dollars. It was a steal of a deal. Or you can get a cheap dell. For the price of this Kano, you could get either one of them, and a side of parts and program parts and such. Maybe make a all-in-one compact pc with those desktops like a cyber punk or something.
I miss optical drives in laptops. I would build my own laptop and include that in it. This way, we can watch Blu-rays on road trips.
We just left DOS and are now back in real UI world
2 years ago I remember being fascinated by this thing. I wonder if it could run windows xp though.
Windows Xperia is ollld
Depends on the processor and if it has Legacy boot mode.
if i bought that i would take apart the thick stuff and make the tablet/laptop more thin
Matt should have said "Only you Kano if you can build your own laptop."
Spend an extra $75 to finish snapping together your own computer. That's rich.
1366 is halfway between 1080p and 720p because it has more pixels than 720, but less than 1080
its weird because 1920x1080 is 1080p and 1280x720 is 720p so 1366 is closer to 720, but its better at the same time, and 768 is far worse than 1080, but a tad better than 720
Ah, the build a bare laptop project
I still think this things a genius idea for versatility. I’m half tempted to get one and change it to be a bit better looking
For being an “enthusiast” that does not game _at all,_ I’ve never built a PC and have been on MacBook Pro’s for like 15+ years now, now I’m on an iPad Pro and to be honest, It’s impressive what technology can do today even in thin, light, passively cooled and absolutely silent devices. When you see the motherboard of the new M1 Mac mini, you come to understand why integrated systems are the way to go and all the space and efficiency we lose with external power delivery circuits, dedicated PCIe lanes, sockets and compatibility, SO-DIMMs and so on. Obviously there’s a market for everyone but where we are headed, at least for consumer grade products, I think things like M1 are the future.
"Austin: We built the world's first PS6! But it isn't available for anyone to buy, as we are experiencing massive shortages on parts..."
They actually sell a version of that where it's a desktop PC and that uses a raspberry Pi 3
This looks like it could have been the Framework laptop, version 0.1 ......... before they started thinking about it.
Austin, build the ultimate gaming laptop
It doesn't list specs, and we won't either!
There is an active market out there for pc parts because there are many people who build their own computers (most of the time, specifically for gaming) and it saves a lot of money rather than buying a pre-built computer. I know with laptops it’s a different story because everything has to elbe so compact but I think it can work. I can unscrew the bottom of my ROG and switch out the SSD. I know many things are soldered on but I don’t think that necessarily has to be the case.
I have the very first Kickstarter Kano kit. It used to be way more involved.
How was the process for yours?
10:30 The boot drive should be an eMMC, but Windows cannot distinguish an eMMC and an SD. (The same happens to other eMMC based PC, so I can tell)
These are $100 now at Best Buy. $77 for refurbs.
i think theres absolutely a gap in the market for diy laptops. this obvi isnt it buuut having a portable pc you can swap and upgrade certain parts for, beyond just the ram and storage, could be a huge thing. but with the current limitations on laptop cpus and gpus having to be sautered to the motherboard and it being very difficult to properly cool high performance parts and having a battery that fits, lasts long enough, but doesnt make your laptop weigh 20 pounds, etc etc etc, i dont see anything like FULLY diy laptops becoming a thing anytime soon. which is kinda sad, considering how far tech has come.
Why would someone need this i built my first pc when I was just a fetus
0:19 you absolutely could.
I Can't stop laughing. they are building a computer with just attaching battery and speaker jack
I saw this at Best Buy and was like.
It’s a raspberry pi but a laptop
Reminds me of the Socrates learning computer from the 80s
Bro that laptop is better then my pc
Also, I think yous may have overlooked this a little bit as a cool home experience with a parent and child. I think though it could have been better done on their end, asking them to get an adult to help them put in say the memory or sd card etc, and have them explain that to the kid as you build it. AND as for "installing" windows, they easily could have had Kano do a different first boot thing, where the Kano walks kids through an installation and why and "choose" some things. Like when it opens up it will say "Hello --name", background/wallpaper art, etc. Make it like a tutorial in a video game you HAVE to do to move on.
Specs for the inpatient:
Intel Celeron N4020 1.10ghz (dual core, 2.80ghz turbo)
4GB ram, Looks to be ddr4 due to being 2400mhz, and looks like 2x2GB in dual channel.
64GB eMMC SLD64G 191/138 MB read/write, respectfully.
It's not horrible for a low end PC, but that emmc is going to feel slow and once you fill it up, it's becomes trash. I have some HP Streamline with a 32gb emmc I had to throw windows 8 on due to windows 10 using the entire thing after a few months. 0 files. 1 program: chrome.
If anyone is considering this for a tech savy child... please don't. grab a used HP elitebook or something of that nature with an i3/i5, replaceable ram, and either an SSD or HDD that is m2 or sata for the sake of being able to swap it. I personally would take a 500/1TB HDD over this emmc just due to the fact I won't be able to use it anymore in such little time. 120GB will become "not enough" rather quickly. 250 to 500gb is what I'd recommend. SSD is always better :)
Hey Austin I got a challenge for you. Turn that laptop into the ULTIMATE LAPTOP with external specs and breaking down the hardware and software.
The adult version of this is called Raspberry Pi