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schvabek
Приєднався 27 тра 2008
Hi! I like playing with old tech and fixing retro stuff. Computers, laptops, games, consoles and more!
I Bought an M1 Max Macbook For $120
Join me as a explore this insane find. I found a 2021 M1 Max MacBook Pro with some pretty nice specs for very cheap. Will it work? How the heck was I able to get it at this price? Enjoy finding out!
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2020 Asus Laptop Found in the Dumpster
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Join me as we take a look at this broken Asus D509 Vivobook notebook, which I found in my local dumpster. No, it is not staged or faked. I've managed to get it working and it's been my dedicated Windows 10 computer ever since. Enjoy!
$10 Mac Mini from 2011. Any Good Today?
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$10 Mac Mini from 2011. Any Good Today?
eMac: When Apple Cared About Education
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Join me in fixing up and exploring this awesome all-in-one computer released around 20002. Emac is Apple’s last CRT computer and I had a blast messing around with it! Enjoy!
Power Mac G4. When Apple Was Thinking Different
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Join me as we take a look at this gorgeous piece of Apple history, from back when Apple was doing everything it could to establish itself, through… Interesting tactics. This is a Power Mac G4 3,6 (also known as the MDD - Mirrored Drive Doors). It sports dual 867 MHz G4 processors, 2GB of RAM and a 64 MB graphics card. Let’s take it for a spin.
Fixing a Drunken PS4 Controller
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Watch me troubleshoot and fix a broken PS4 controller, which had beer spilled on it. It would just flash an orange light when plugged in and wouldn’t turn on. I used some conductive ink to repair traces on the membrane. Enjoy!
Tiny Netbook From 2008
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Watch me explore this 10-inch Acer Aspire One (model D250). Is it any good? No. Was it fun to mess around with? Yep.
Rocking a $5 MacBook
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Watch me fix up an old Stratocaster copy (Rockwood by Hohner, model LX90) and make some music on an old 2006 MacBook. Enjoy!
Are Old Apple Keyboards Fixable?
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Watch me attempt to fix this old A1048 Apple Keyboard with broken traces, corroded membranes and disgusting plastics. Enjoy!
I Still Use This Mac Pro From 2006
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Can you still use an ancient work station from 2006? Yep, This Mac Pro 1.1 proves to be somewhat useful. And yes, even for gaming.
How Good is a $4 Computer?
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Let’s explore what can you do with a 10 year old computer? This one was sold to me for $4. Turns out, you can do quite a lot.
Rocking a 10$ MacBook
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In this video we’ll explore an old 17 inch MacBook Pro from 2007. We’ll try double booting Windows 7 and later get some RNR. Enjoy!
Remove Batteries From Your Retro Computers!
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In this video we’ll take a look why it’s important to check your computers for old leaky batteries.
3$ Corroded Apple Keyboard Repair
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Watch me restore this dirty, corroded Apple keyboard model A1048. Apart from being disgusting, it had a bunch of broken and corroded traces, which I repaired using conductive ink. It was a new experience for me and I’ve learned a lot. The main thing being that you actually CAN fix these sorts of traces, although it was a bit of a chore, given that the keyboard has so many traces. Enjoy the video!
5$ IBM Thinkpad Refurb
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Watch me tinker with an old Thinkpad model A20m.
Fix stick drift with nothing but a screwdriver
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Fix stick drift with nothing but a screwdriver
Mac Pro 1.1 Thermal Paste Replacement
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Mac Pro 1.1 Thermal Paste Replacement
Gameboy Retrobright and Screen Lines Fix
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Gameboy Retrobright and Screen Lines Fix
me watching this on the same spec machine i paid over 2k for: 😶
Congrats. Very nice machine!
broken MacBooks make such great desktops, apart from the overheating issue on the intel ones, I recently downgraded from my 8gb 256 m1 Mac mini to a 2019, core i9, 16 inch, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, radeon 5500m. im running it on no turbo boost so that it can't overheat, and its still faster, and I made £200 by downgrading haha and I just want to talk about how stupid turbo boost is on the MacBooks that can't handle heat, it boosts itself to +40% power to speed up, overheats, then within 30 seconds to a minute it throttles over 50%, sometimes up to 70%, so you are trading in a 30 second speed boost for it to go slower afterwards its ridiculous, I'm glad I disabled it
with these macbooks i dont think you can replace the screen without it looking how it does with no issues, typical apple but it has parts of the screen lighter and darker with things disabled. Youd have to get it replaced by apple if they even do it which would be very expensive id imagine.
The screen is actually fine, more than likely. It’s the backlight circuitry that should be replaced.
4:01 It's usually a good idea to test battery voltages whilst under some sort of load. Older batteries sometimes produce seemingly reasonable voltages that drop considerably as soon as a load is connected.
@@KernelGhost That’s true! However, this battery clearly had some life left in it, because I had batteries which show absolutely nothing or very little when hooked up to the multimeter. Cheers!
Needs ssd
@@sahandehteshami7404 It’s running the os from the ssd
Jackpot!
I’ve hit it! 🤟
unpopular opinion: remove screen and use this as a keyboard with touchpad and bonus m1 max, your hands and keyboard can be in one line with monitor
People keep recommending it, but I honestly don’t get it - not only do you have to take the screen off, but you lose the camera and it looks weirder in my opinion 🤷♂️ and you get dust in your keyboard. With it on the stand like this it’s much more convenient. But each to his own!
What switches do you have on your keyboard ? Great find btw
Thanks man! I think they are cherry blues.
this is such a feel good content :D happy for that find of yours, man!
Man, thanks so much, glad you like it ❤❤
Congrats, you took the chance and hit the jackpot. Enjoy!!
Thanks man, that’s exactly how I feel! 🤟❤️
if the seller messages you pls let me know what they say. the universe really wants ur youtube channel to grow
Haha, hopefully it does! What do you mean by if the seller messages me? Why would he message me?
brutalan deal i super engleski stari, nisam ni skuzio dok nisam vidio naziv diska i njuskalo hahahaha
Ej, stari, hvala ti puno, puno mi znaci to, pogotovo od zemljaka 😂❤️ Ostavim ovako tragove za naše da me služe hahaha
Русский поляк? Офигенная находка и офигенное видео)
Спасибо дружище)) Почему поляк? Сайт (и маты) хорватские 😁 Привет из Загреба!
@schvabek Ой, перепутал языки... Хахахахха) Ну ладно главное что друг друга поняли:)))
@@mexdy3915 Да норм, тут перепутать легко. Да и никто про хорватский не вспомнит 😂 У меня русский типа второй родной.
now that you've hit your jackpot & you are done with your older mac, can I have that?
Hey, thanks for commenting! I’m still using the old one as a portable, as I can’t use the screen on the new one. Cheers! 🤟
you are a absolute legend! fond memories ...
Hey, thanks! I’m glad this brought back memories man 🤟❤️
There’s no lie that it’s an insane value, but given that the display on these is “the best display on any laptop for non gaming purposes” - hardware cannucks It’s kinda sad you won’t get to experience that, but given your main concern is video editing & storage this thing should do incredible in your usage. I personally have a 16” m3 max MacBook Pro with 2tb SSD and 36gb ram About a year ago I paid over 6 and a half grand Australian dollarydoos for it And yes if you look at purely ram and storage it’s a bad value, but laptops are SOOOOO much more than ram and storage For example until these new m4 Mac’s just got announced today, the m3 max was the highest speedometer web browsing performance scores in the world Or in video editing my m3 max, on battery is able to edit more layers of 8k than my pc with ryzen 9 7950x3d, 128gb ram, and an rtx 4090 Which is absolutely bonkers levels of performance Or the insane battery Great trackpads, speakers, keyboards And of course I have to mention the display And just overall being built to feel nice with high quality hinges You combine that with macOS QOL features like built in OCR and integration with my iPhone and you have a winning combo of a computer. worth every cent I paid for it. Since I got my first m1 MacBook Air in 2020 my PCs are only used for gaming because for daily tasks and my work, MacBooks are just so enjoyable to use. My friend got a fully working almost brand new condition M1 Pro 16” recently for $1600 aud and he loves it as well (he also upgraded from the MacBook Air m1 since 2020 when I got mine) PCMR people who hate Apple for the sake of hating apple go crazy when they make reddit posts about how bad of a value these things are And honestly I don’t care what they think, I’ve used enough similar class windows laptops to know that Apple chargers a premium on things like ram and storage because there truely is no other option, and yes it’s bad for the consumers, I’m still gonna buy it because it’s the best there is
isus dragi
@@whoami497 tak ga nazoveš pa si siguran 😂
Bro decided to take the "splash screen" literally
@@josephjadukuzhil9951 hahahaha that’s a good one 😂
you can modify the macbook as headless mac and use the keyboard and trackpad
@@strayfie2757 Well I can still use them 🤷♂️ I also use the webcam quite often
7:45 sounds like its not just the OS that came
@@mutee333 Yeah, sorry about that 😂
Bro is speaking at 0.75 speed
@@collateralizeddebtobligati2932 yeah, sorry about that 😂 try 1.25/1.50 speed 😂
That’s an amazing deal you found.
Thanks man, appreciated 🤟❤️
ayoooo siiick deal man !!! congrats on the purchase hopefully you can get a display for it later, those laptops are awesome
@@mukhtar__ Thanks man!! I’m looking into fixing the display, we’ll see how that goes! Cheers!
@ subbed with the bell on, waiting for that video ;)
@@mukhtar__ Thanks so much man! I’ll probably make some other videos in the meantime 😂
Backlight is surprisingly fixable! This unlikely is an issue with the display itself, if you're ever considering getting it fixed, do NOT buy a new display assembly as this will unlikely fix your issue! Your problem with the backlight is on the motherboard, the backlight circuitry is relatively simple for anyone with microsoldering electronics experience. I assume in your area you can likely get this fixed for $150-$250 at a 3rd party MacBook repair store. Or if you're experienced enough with microsoldering and bga work, one hour of your time
@@Purple__ Hey man, thanks so much for your input! Yeah, I’ve already figured it’s a backlight problem, the issue is I’ve been getting crazy expensive repair quotas from service shops. But I’ll keep looking! Even though I do own a hot air station and I do have some soldering experience, I just don’t trust myself with this thing lol 😂
@@schvabek Good luck, usually the best 3rd party repair stores from my experience are the smaller non-chain stores. Make sure they're not "apple authorised" as they won't be allowed to do motherboard repairs (only replacements, which are really expensive). Great find regardless, even with the broken backlight!
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@@Lebron01234 🤟🤟
@@schvabek 👍
i think its stolen device
@@RubelTelecom-Mirpur1 have you watched the video?
I need one macook pro 2018 to purchase
@@franksam4825 Good luck finding one man! 🤟
A lot of orgasm
Yeah, sorry about that 😂
I have a late 2012 mac mini somewhere in my storage closet lol, it looks much like that one in this video, but yeah its upgraded to 16 gb of memory and its a good little device, but I bought a mac mini late 2020 m1 and i still have it on a desk in the living, but I don't really use it much.
@@CRYPTiCEXiLE Hey, that’s awesome! I will also upgrade this thing in a future video. Hopefully you keep using that thing! Cheers 🤟
Hey, man! I'm so happy for your find. So lucky! I was giggling of happiness the whole way through while you were discovering how much of a monster this laptop is. I also love bargains, so it makes me really happy to see people finding their own. Just like some other comment said, you totally deserve this lucky find, hehehe!
@@vinniethedrifter Man, that’s so nice of you to say ❤️ You’re a real G for being happy for me. And as I’ve also said, having you guys be happy for me, makes this even better than just buying this computer for cheap. You are the real deal here! Cheers! 🤟
An insane find indeed! Very happy for you :)
@@goodtimeswerehad thanks so much man! I’m happy to have you in my comment section ❤️
najebal chelika
Почему наебал? Он же сам по этой цене продавал.
What an absolutely once in a lifetime find!
@@Sphyxx Man, thanks so much 🤟 I also feel that way. Cheers ❤️
Rygen 3 with Raideon 2600! that fucking awesome
@@RubelTelecom-Mirpur1 Right?? Only it actually has integrated graphics, but still, not bad for a dumpster find!
@@schvabek LCD price is higher than Laptop! thats why granny dumpster this
@@RubelTelecom-Mirpur1 Lol probably. I’m just fine using it without the screen 🤟
Probably this mac was used in corporation or company. There are lots of such macs available for sell way cheaper than normally but they are 90% time blocked.
@@adziak Yeah, that’s what I figured too. They probably felt it was easier to just upgrade to an M2/M3, rather than repair the old one. Cheers!
You've basically got a flattened mac mini haha What a score!
@@willm5032 Haha, pretty much, yeah 😁 Thanks so much man! ❤️🤟
Congrats, bro. Always nice when someone nice gets lucky.
Thanks so much, man! So nice of you to be happy for me ❤️🤟
Vjerojatno je neki servis u blizini pa se rješavaju viška otpada. Znao sam i ja haračiti po kontenerima blizu servisa pa mi ovo izgleda poznato :D Na kraju sam počeo ulaziti u servise na mjesečnoj bazi pa bi pobrao stvari koje oni ne mogu popraviti, pa bi ih sam popravio.
@@themrworf1701 Ma dam se kladit da se neki iznervirani klinac iskalio na ovom 😂 ovo je moj kontejner u kvartu, nema servisa. Jedino ako je neko bas bacio usput, ali sumnjam 🤷♂️ Hvala na komentaru, pozdrav iz Zagreba 🤟
you sound like stephen Hawking, anyway nice vid have you tried installing linux on it its really good for this sort of old hardware
@@tomanderson2006 Hahaha, that’s a new one, I’ll add it to my list of sound a-likes 😂 Thanks for the nice input! I may play with Linux in the future. Cheers!
What is the local market platform where you find it?
It’s called Njuskalo
I couldn't unnotice u are Balkan guy (Serbian I suppose) and I wanna say Svaka čast! jako dobar video!!!
@@viners1531 Ej, stari, iz Hrvatske sam zapravo 😁 Hvala ti puno, pozdrav iz Zagreba ❤️
I have a HP Z600 Workstation they are quite similar to these power mac pc i dont really use it anymore though as this model reminds of the hp workstation quite a lot.
@@CRYPTiCEXiLE Those were monsters! I really like workstations and servers from back then (DELL, HP, Apple…), even playing with them 20 years later. Insane. Cheers!
this is most likely the backlight fuse or the lid sensor. take this to someone who does SMD repair
@@pathfinderproject9381 yeah, it probably is. I’ve actually asked around my service shops, but I’ve been quoted insane prices. I’ll keep looking!
I hate apple products, and I would have bought it.
Hahaha right 😂🤟
where do you buy such
@@atabac I got this one on a local marketplace site here where I live called Njuskalo
Dude makes IA voices sound human
@@fantikhacked9870 Lol 😂 Sorry you didn’t like my lame voice 🤟
Dude! i'm so happy for you! u are really lucky, enjoy!
@@StudioKReviews Happy to have you as a viewer, man ❤️🤟 Have a wonderful day!
So THIS is definitely my fav video of yours so far and has become a part of my morning routine- it's literally so uplifting, and a great mindset shift for the day! 😍 Also ASTOUNDING to see the climbing numbers each time! That computer find was by no means a coincidence. I truly believe it was a prayer that was answered- you were meant to be a full time content creator! 😊
@@thethriftyfawn hahahaha whaaat 😂 it was such a random thing to, like it was Saturday, I hadn’t had the time to produce a “real” video that week, so I just went, meh, I’ll share this laptop I’ve found 😂 next morning - boom! So glad you’re enjoying. Again, thanks for your support! Already working on this weeks video ❤️🤟
@schvabek It's one of those things that anyone can relate to in one way or another, it's easy to connect with, but most of all it's how the video makes a person FEEL- there's a huge rush of happiness and joy! There's that saying- people don't always remember what you said, but they always remember how you made them FEEL. The video definitely did that! Take whatever time you need for the next one, and notifications are ON! 😁