I Bought This $13 Laptop From eBay...
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2018
- I'm back! Today we are looking at this $13 NEC Versa LX laptop I bought off of eBay for $13. It's old, very rough around the edges but it surprisingly works! Join me on my journey to discover just how capable a laptop from 1999 is :)
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*Side note, some scenes in this video were shot many months ago (before my channel was demonetized). I have tried to match all the new footage in with the old. Hope you all enjoy, many more videos to come!
Specifications:
NEC Versa LX
333MHz Pentium II CPU
128MB of PC100 SD Ram
5GB Hard disk
8MB ATI RAGE LT Pro Graphics
14.1" Display 1024x768
Music used:
"Your Call"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Psivewri I love your videos
Psivewri I dare you to mod this for a capable gaming laptop
Lackaboy but don’t make him upgrade it from me
which watch are you wearing in this video ??
You forgot to use cpuz and gpuz. Please try aida 64 and prime 95 for temperature test
You know it’s cheap when the Price of the computer is cheaper than the shipping.
SarsrPlayz mahwa yes and yes...
Hot Chocolate gotta get those 266 dollars
Lol
I have 50 laptop old like this
Shipping: $300
Andrian DaBoss oh yeah yeah
Andrian DaBoss oh
Ye
Andrian DaBoss i told u i had seen u before.. ive been stalking you
@@Juan-vn9fn no its just were almost everywhere
Oh yeah yeah that laptop is thicker than me
It has a headphone jack? This is more advanced than the iPhone
SingingChess so u r going to buy it ?
Ahead of its time
Or other newer phones. These guys who remove headphone jacks from their phones are f*cking idiots.
Indeed.
I know these apple fanboy motherfuckers are gonna say something stupid like “Apple did it because they had no space!” Then how did Samsung put S Pen with HEADPHONE JACK!
My mom got me this laptop when I was about 5 (in 2004) for playing computer games and using paint 😂and I remember at the time, thinking how amazing and useful the laptop was. I still have it, I think it was a 2000 version though, but it looks exactly the same as this one!
Props to u for still have it and not fucking explode it
Same😂😂😂
What version of windows
Lithium ion
@@AJVloggings ik
3:07 that moment when your pc is cheaper than your mouse
My car is cheaper than my plate number on it.
@@Todsor Nice. Refuel it and you will double it's price
My mouse is more expensive than my PC
I mean I have a 400$ Steel series Rival gaming mouse soo
@@phillipparra8356 Imagine spending $400 dollars on a mouse.
$13 to give myself a seizure? *Now that's a deal*
what anti-epileptic medications do you use?
Crack cocaine
ketamine
You'll spend more on Tylenol to remove your headache after using it
@Michael O Callaghan i like epilepsy i love mixed eyes colors its beautiful
This is better then my PC
Wait I don t have one
Weird flex but ok
Exactly
Ouch. I feel sorry for you.
Me too its sucks
Lol
If it can run MS paint, Im sold.
If it can turn on, Even i'd be sold.
Hehe
Can it run Explorer 3.0?
If it can exist I am sold
If it runs Mine sweeper. I'm sold too
Damn that's a thicc boi 😍😍
Luke Miani dude I love your videos
2 17’ MacBook Pro’s thickness LOL
Boi? It's a laptop lmao
Realllllyyy thicc👌👌
@@laromaxpower thiccer
Me: mom could I get a laptop
Mom: we have a laptop at home
Laptop at home:
More ports than macbook
/rwoooosh
@@geometrikselfelsefesi more ports than most modern laptops, moron
2:09 this got me good for some reason lmao
Trippy af
Me too 😂
It's actually a pretty decent laptop.
Sure it is
yeah if you run windows 98se on it
@@MrJ0mmy yeah xp pro makes it a lot slower
A E S T H E T I C
Some upgrades and a REALLY lightweight linux distro would make him very usefull. Puppy linux 7.5, even tho its quite heaavy, would probably perform pretty well.
Windows 98 se would be good but unfortunatly outdated.
I thought I got a deal with an HP netbook for $50...
hi proto
THAT'S NOT A KNIFE THIS IS A KNIFE
ProtoMario ur every where
BUT PROTO
But Proto! ProtoMario here?? Millions of videos on UA-cam and I found you here! xD
It's a very good laptop!I bought it for my grandma.She plays Solitaire all night!😂😂
Boi
Lol
Buy her a newer one, preferably still cheap like an old i3 or a newer pentium for web browsing. You just can’t use this pc properly anymore
Nitro-A girl- issa joke💀
andrew's edits oh shid lmao
1:11 brings back so much memories ❤️
I got my UA-cam Monetization back :) So, here is another video for you all. Also check out my twitter for the whole story: twitter.com/NathanPSI/status/1034221847871549440
That's great!
Nice work man, knew you’d sort it out
Psivewri congrats on getting your monetization back! Looking forward to any and all upcoming vids.
Psivewri great, I was really happy when I saw your new video pop up on my recommended videos
Awesome! Great to your content back out..
Investment = 13$ + free time
Return = 1000$
UA-cam is crazy.
sai vamsi 1200 and counting
How do you know that?
Normal:
Job: free time and an investment
Return Money... So whatever?
they just making up numbers
a YT content creator gets money depending on his partner, if he has patreon or other sponsors
You're crazy for not knowing that the dollar sign comes before the number.
I also listen the xp startup and shutdown sound over and over again like you ❤️
It‘s great for hardcore low level programming
5:06 I have never seen such a real message on a game’s front part.
*insert comment about how it’s better than my expensive computer*
XD
For starters i dont have one
Second, it has more nostalgia value than your does.
Imagine future people that doesn’t use nowadays electronics see this
That's awesome! A really cool laptop you've found. My laptop is from a couple of years ago, and it doesn't have HALF the features yours has!
Those bezzels are smaller than most laptops today...
xD
This is actually sad.
Alexa play Despacito
for example the macbook air
POWERCOC 989 q did you ever go to school?
Postage is more expensive than the laptop 😂👏😂
David St
lol
windown xp sound, beautiful memories
Very cool concept to making videos. I found this very cool and entertaining to watch. Definitely earned a new subscriber
Just for the sake of info:
NEC is a Japanese company mostly well known for info technology locally.
Basically, they are the ones responsible for wifi, mobile network, and such in Japan.
Making gadgets aren't their main focus, but they do make good ass laptops like the LaVie.
Also, my dad works there so there's that.
Glad to see you back ^_^
Also LaCie
i also read somewhere NEC was known 4 the console systems too.
They are responsible for every television brought for waiting rooms in the NHS.
Mystery solved
John-Paul thought the logo looked familiar
That thing is a miracle. Dead backlight, hard corrosion, BATTERY LEAK... how does this still boot?!?
Wicked and d d d g g remdfkjfj. I jvjdjdjkekrkrdifieiejrjr LOSS
Quality..
EpsilonGaming you tried.
EpsilonGaming she’s dead.
Pierre Gabory oh well 🙃
My goodness that is one very historic machine, the crazy low specs on the system are INSANE! but still faster than anything running Windows 10
Nope.
This laptop had enough specs back in 1999 and Windows 10 takes more resources these days
Wow your right, that screen is dim! I wonder how you'd go playing The Sims, they'd be dim Sims.
you're*
Dude.......
........
dude you should do a restoration video of this computer! That'd be so cool!
Yeeeah this will be awesome
Yes that would b awesome
He don't know how to do... i ques
Still better than the new 2018 MacBook pro
Care to explain how?
Pro Player 1⃣ and more ports
More ports, better value, and upgradability.
MS Paint Daily exactly
And the keyboard is better
True legendary man never forgot good luck with your new home hope everything goes well❤❤❤❤❤❤
That laptop is ringing all sorts of bells with me... I had a laptop about fifteen years ago - I think it was this thing rebadged as a "Tiny". It was a trooper... I got it from work and it plugged on in the family until around 2012 in my grandad's house... The little laptop that could.
Its about time you uploaded a new video, I started to get worried(Thought maybe your dead or something)
Anyway Thanks for uploading quality content. Keep up the good work!
Damn that boot sound is sweet
Lol love your overhead camera rig just like mine!!!
I like square laptops like this because the geometry makes them look very classic and elegant.
This laptop is thicker than my gf 😂
lmao
Yep I it's thicker than your hands
Damn 😂😂😂
Alexander Bautista it is ‘cause u don’t have one
abody379 I’m not going to sit here and argue with you or pretend I care if you think I have a gf or not 🤷🏽♂️😂
wow 1999..... That's actually super advance by that time
Your very lucky out here (in France) with so little wrapping the PC would of got here in pieces.. yeah it a sweet little graphic card. And Perhaps you can get around screen brightness using XP power tools 12 or some other software but not sure. Nice video as usual :-)
I love the boot sound.
Reinstall Windows 98! Great production values - enjoyed the video a lot.
Wow! Well worth the money. I love collecting old crap!
Well put together video.
Love your work! Salvaging old computers is good work
EDIT: And your videos are very interesting!
keep it. Maybe it will be a collector's piece or something in the future
I would gift it to my enemy
Lmao😂
@Chain Gamer oh, thank u very much! Appreciate that!
You know it’s gonna be good when the shipping costs more than the laptop, also there was a razer gaming laptop ad on this video
Lol that wobbly space bar triggered so many memories of my school computer room 😂
When laptops had vertically-mounted fans
but can it run fortnite
Sure no
If you install x64 windows which probably didn't exist in 1999
@@davidbazon r/woosh
Yes -199fps on max and -99fps on low
@ Cool Beans Here, No. Fortnite will run this device flawlessly 😂😂😂😂😂
Omg your back!
Just wondering why did you use the butter knife just to open the lid lmao ? love you're video !
Better than my 2014 hp
0:46 “there is some corrosion”
*entire area is completely covered with corrosion*
It's not corrosion if you call it patina ;)
i like your videos you are so handy and smart and you have in each new video new machines to fix thank you very much
Man that XP startup tone
why do i like watching this type of videos . super DOPE
I have a similar laptop to that: NEC VERSA LXi. it has a pentium 3
try gta 5
My first laptop in 2000! Wish NEC still made PCs they were awesome! Still have mine in storage and it still runs.
I had one similar of these, loved it for homework.
Cheaper than a netbook
You know, Old laptops in my opinion are better. I use an old laptop for my school work and people tell me "ew, that thing's a dinosaur." Well, if it's old, nobody will want to steal it from me vs. someone who has a $1,000+ macbook.
I hate when people say older laptops are horrible older laptops are almost always better
Challenges Time Okay, let's be honest though. Other than price, in what way are they better in a practical manner?
Classy Doctor I have a compaq presario and an HP stream from 2017 the HP stream has a 1.60 gigaherts and the compaq is 2.10 the compaq is from 2006 believe it or not but I don't think that just because of this I always only see laptops today that are a gigahert laptops today are always getting worse
@@challengestime5194 yeah, also i have a restored IBM R40 with 150gb hdd, Pentium4, and 1gb of ram on windows xp, it is awesome
@@challengestime5194 Imagine thinking like this unironically
Hello! Good day!
I hope you are doing well and safe and sound, despite of the challenges we are facing and experiencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. I am glad to know that you are safe since you are one of the greatest UA-cam video creators I am following and currently subscribed to.
I am a big fan of yours from the Philippines. I am Jerico Alba, a 2nd Year Mass Communication student and I watch how you restore PCs and other devices using your iconic eucalyptus oil and your skills in restoration of PC components (e.g. the laptop from 1990s, and repairing many Macbooks).
However, you told from one of your videos that you have so many laptops that you have restored and you have no idea of where and who to give it to? And have you mentioned that it can be sent to viewers?
I am one of your greatest fans since I subscribed you when you still have less than 100K subscribers, and I love sending likes to your videos. I have also recommended you to my friends and luckily, they are now an avid fan of yours.
I also learned a lot of things in restoring a PC and laptop. However, the profits I earn from fixing them only benefits to our daily livelihood, and I still struggle for online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for I only rent a laptop to use, just to pursue my education.
I hope you can notice my message and be one of the lucky fans that will be able to receive a free restored MacBook :( Moreover, the video was uploaded in September 15, which is my birthday.
I wish you a happy holidays, my friend! If so, this will be very lucky and best holiday for me. Thank you very much and I will still continue to be one of your avid fan no matter what! I love you and your videos! :)
1:11 omg that sound brought so many memories i'm about to cry
Wow what a brick
Like Minecraft xP
It's still very slim compared to laptops from just a few years before this one, like early-mid 90s
Yup but nothing starts out small.
But can it run Crysis
Yes, but 1 frame per day.
What about fortnite?
no
@gile lol :v
He did not enter in the game..
Why is that windows XP boot sound so satisfying...
Omg so old school !! Coooolll
The packaging costs more lmfao
This is much better than my laptop
Nice vid
That a good spec for its age
As for the slider instead of a power button, I think that was quite a common design choice in the 90s. I used to have an early IBM ThinkPad that had a slider too. I remember it being awkwardly placed, incredibly stiff and for some reason covered in little ridges that tore your finger apart every time you switched the damn thing on. I'm fairly glad that never caught on.
512MB ram better...try change thermal paste on cpu n clean fan on it
I HAD ONE OF THESE and waited about half an hour to load a Flash game of mario
Love these less than $50 laptop videos
The sound of my childhood is the Mac startup sound after 1998😂
what if you improve it
Dont use usb mouse and keyboard in such ould machines, the processing of the usb bus (that isnt dedicated to input), will likelly rise the cpu usage badly! At least that's what i saw some people commenting and was confirmed in my 1.2ghz amd duron!
My amd duron hardly runs windows xp sp2/3 well, and if i move the mouse too fast it actually maxes out the cpu, but getting a ps/2 mouse would just solve the issue, making the cpu usage dont pass 5% when i move and drag the mouse around as fast as i can.
He won't use that nor should anyone. If your computer can't handle a mouse, there's something wrong lmao. It couldn't hand shit, programs for work/hobbies or games lmao.
Jack Bashed You couldnt be more wrong!
The problem is a incompatibility with such systems, and these old systems are indeed very important!
Many, as mine, use ISA slots to comunicate with, for example cnc machines, equipament that costs thousands of dollars.
And even tho it cant "handle a mouse" it can playback youtube at 360p and 240p (with more ease). And considering that many, many usefull software, mostly scientific and research ones arent ported to newer windows versions, and wont work even under compatibility layers, nor emulators, he can and should use such pcs.
I'm sorry my friend, but the world is way more vast than your tiny closed box, that you call world, and is made just out of gaming and media consuption...
Also, if you werent so closed in your 'fortinite' (or whatever game you play) you would know that retrogaming is a thing, and you cant do in modern pcs.. So yes you can use such machines, and in many cases you still *have* to use them.
And i dont know what is your definition of hobby, but compiling programs for older OS'es and hardwares is a hobby, also collecting old hardware is a hobby, retrogaming, etc.
And lets mot forget, it costs less than a macdonalds (or whatever you eat), and can in fact still browse the web for less than a meal, now imagine people who dont have a computer receiving one? It would help alot of people around the world too.
Dont beleive me? Just search in linux forums people asking whats the best distro to even older hardware like pentium mmx, pentium overdrive, 486, to make use of, to use in churchs, etc.
I have a very old one, but with Intel's processor (1.33Ghz) and flying under Windpws XP Pro - SP3. with Lubuntu even better. So you will have a modern operating system and you will not have any problems with drivers and web browsing. It's a tiny, very nice interface and scary fast.
Thewz Do you get that your statement is paradoxal. If you commented here complaining about it, you care about it. Also, if you dont care about it, why the heck did you came to this video? This isnt for any random content viewer, but for people who really have interest in old hardware, people that would find that information usefull...
NEC make some of the best quality electronic products in the world. I have a NEC CRT tv from 1984 and it still works perfectly.
that laptop is thicker than me
My keyboard is expensive than this laptop $25🤣🤣🤣
1999 but its running windows xp - windows xp 2001.
Have a computer from 2001 and its in better condition
wut?
Yeah I’m sure someone installed the XP operating system right as it debuted. The computer was definitely got its money’s worth of use out of it from the looks of it.
Windows xp is 2002 os
Roland Nemes Roland, Windows XP was released on Oct 25, 2001
I got a Gateway M275 convertible on eBay for $23, and that includes shipping. It was listed as "For Parts and Repair." With the right power supply and a Puppy Linux install it works perfectly. Came with HD and DVD drive.
Man I miss when laptops had this many ports!
That laptop is thiccer than s frickin snicker, hm hm hmmm 😏
Do u think macbook pro can replace this? Nah
For 1999, that probably was considered top of the line.
For a 1999 product and also came with a DVD player makes this laptop feel revolutionary at the time. As you may know the PS2 didn't launch until 2000 so this thing had a DVD player a year before the PS2.
lego island 2... that just brought so many memories, was literally the game of my childhood
You'll get 60 fps in GTA V in this laptop. 🤣
It can’t even read the word gta V
Jes wie can
2:50 What watch do you have there ?:)
The dream sound...
i bet this will perform faster & better than the potato am using right now
Even for $13, almost every aspect of it is kind of an eyesore.
I thought it could at least be a cool as a retro game machine (like late 90's PC games), but I wouldn't want to play any games on that rotten keyboard and dim screen.
The only reason you guys hate fortnite is because your bandwagoning to feel like your part of a group and think redditors and pewdiepie are the gods of information
Boneless bananna I doubt it
Mio Liquid r/woosh
I know, and I’m wondering if I will be on GeoFilms now.
@@incognito6872 r /youfuckedyourselfuptopublic
K? Btw turned off my UA-cam notifications
Boot sound effect is my childhood memory
oh god, didn't know the XP sound could trigger so much memory