@@MarvinMonroe To be fair, the 2010s are a lot more recent than the 80s and 90s stuff Clint usually talks about. The last laptop was only five years ago.
I was tapped as a design consulant for that HP Omen X 900. I had no clue they were going to charge that much when we were first sketching it up. Staggering. Our mission was to create a rivalry with Alienware, then use that new found direction to give the Omen line some momentum with the upcoming laptop and standard tower releases. Then it was to infitity, and then beyond, or so the executives thought. It was an exciting and interesting project. I learned a lot, mostly from the engineering team that HP paired us with. The admins on the project were great to work with as well. Essentially tossing me the keys and letting me drive for a few miles, they were open to anything it seemed. About the PC: I was strictly involved with component layout, air flow, chambers, and features. I had little to do with the spec of the system that was to be built inside of this monster including I/O. We were told it had to Zig where Alienware Zagged. A tall task considering how much longer Dell has been in the game. After many meetings and reviews, the crew and I finally got a demo to testdrive. It was fast, like any new upper teir PC at the time of its birth. However, there were some serious issues I and (reviews speak for themselves) many others had with the final product. The prototype was near perfect! I was so bummed to learn they had changed many aspects to save a few bucks. Another lesson learned. I wanted to keep the prototype when the job was done, building my daily driver into it. I am proud of the project, and consider myself lucky to have collaborated with such talented people. Bitter-sour-sweet was the day I found it for sale on a shelf at my local big box electronics store. Good times though, everything considered. If you made it this far... Thanks, just felt like sharing. Didn't even cross my mind that I might see Omen X on the list. When your algorithm works for you... thanks youtube haha. Great video, subscribed :)
The Floral Kiss makes a bit more sense when you compare it with the Japanese phone market, specially at the time It was always super gendered and the whole ultrabook aesthetic is really really close to flip phones and sumahos, including apps for scrapbooking and purikura
I know two women who (were they in the market for an ultrabook) would totally get one even with the jewel accents. Add one more without them. All of them in different countries, so I feel that sleek but more delicate approach to design definitely has some wider appeal. And as a male myself I don't think they look too bad either. But I don't think I nor anyone I know wants an ultrabook.
They did look pretty nice! I think if they had not gone so hard on the "for women" marketing, and let the design speak for itself, they probably wouldn't have faced so much backlash.
@@BRUXXUS I think this is where they dropped the ball as well. The design itself overall isn't half bad, if only the tone deaf, unable to read the room marketing didn't poison the well.
I applaud anyone doing unique, weird designs. PCs/Gaming can get boring, as much as I like industrial brushed aluminum. Also, it's almost like a rectangle box is the most efficient use of space or something lol
I'm designing my own case for a little mATX build in the near future. My plan is to have a horizontal layout I can comfortably set my monitor on top of like a monitor riser.
You could probably get a little more space efficiency by just removing the case and keeping the internals in a pile on your desk, maybe a nightmare for cooling, but just think about what you could do with the extra space
That Apple "trash can" brings back memories and it has really nice small details like all of the connector labels being backlit. Though to save power the labels smoothly lit for certain period of time if you moved the unit. That worked really well with the shape of the machine as the shape made it easy to rotate to hide the cables and expose them when needed.
The real problem with Trashcan Mac Pro was it's poor cooling. It put way too much thermal load to single heatsink. The design was innovative but very ill suited for a high performance workstation.
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
Because around sandy bridge they were finally adding pcie slots making them more than just a mini pc. Even if at the time high powered low profile cards were not availible
The Open Labs Neko XXL was a portable studio that was sold in the early 2010s for $8,000. The computer used standardized parts so the Neko could be upgraded with newer components as time went on. Truly the embodiment of early 2000s design.
Wow I didn't know I needed this! That's so cool and I'm shocked I've never come across it before since I'm super into weird computer cases AND audio equipment
The neko was not alone in using standard PC hardware but it's a rare one that runs Windows instead of Linux. That's the key to future hardware upgrades, as for everyone else you will have to update the Linux kernel version which will probably end up breaking everything.
I'm using a PC case of the early 2010's, the cooler master HAF XB cube, mostly because there hasn't been any better one yet. I like cubes and horizontal desktops with high air flow.
During the 10's, Cooler master had a case that I call the murder weapon. It's called the HAF XB EVO. This case is heavy, ugly, and atypical, and I swear to God with how component sizes and weight is going, would be damn perfect nowadays.
Just wanna say, those FloralKiss laptops look pretty dope. I wouldn't mind a pearl power button and fake-diamond-studded keyboard. That brown color was pretty fire too.
It's genuinely a good design, the marketing is just so obnoxious that it ruins it. I mean that feature for opening it would also be super useful if you're wearing gloves or just have dirty hands.
I worked at HP and we had THE CUBE in our "gaming" room with two other Omen gaming desktops. It was a table that could accommodate 4 of the gaming desktops, but of course the cube took up all the space so we just had 3. It felt silly playing seated next to the giant cube towering over your head. Good times!
This is such a surreal video, seeing stuff I followed at launch being recapped in retrospect is wild. Like it's an age specific thing but feels wild to be looking back at stuff I watched the launch coverage for.
I love how companies try to "improve cooling" by cramming all of the hardware into obliquely shaped, closed-off furnaces that take up more space than a standard mid-tower PC.
Very nice to see this classic series back. Perhaps there might be hope still that Tech Tales might make a return.. If that series still holds any interest for you to make. :)
@@PremierSullivan well, unless you have a time machine to skip atleast 18 years, then your going to have to wait the same amount of time it takes to become an adult. XD
I love it. The only sad aspect of this recap of 2010’s PCs is that I will most likely have to wait a decade for the continuation of this series. You can be certain that should it ever come out, I will watch it too ;)
I had an exhausting day and couldn't find anything chill to watch on YT, before clicking this. This was nice. There is always a calm but upbeat energy in LGR videos.
This is different from your usual videos but really enjoyed it. I'd love to see you going through all the odd things that Sony has done through history on the VAIO brand (and any others).
I do remember on a podcast, the founder of a VR startup had one of those predator laptops because at the time it was the only 'portable' VR capable system able to drive several headsets to pitch investors his VR studio software
Ah, when 2010s is considered retro, haha. Boy, time flies too fast. Great video as always. Also looking forward for "What Happened?" or "Tech Tales" series again, like history of Mcafee or Dell.. love it.
Well, he didn't call it retro. It's just a look back at the weirdness found during the last decade. Though, keep in mind that the PS4 XBone were both launched in november of 2013, almost nine years ago... So while not quite retro, things have changed since the 2010s, a lot.
Was so bummed about the project Valerie laptop being scrapped and almost forgot about their prototypes getting snagged. Sucks almost 6 years later they never caught the guys.
I remember back in 2011 the day I wanted to build my ultimate dream PC for gaming and work. I used the Alienware Area 51 as a reference to what I wanted in it. I went to Alienware's website and basically maxed all the specs for the PC, minus the extra stuff and saw it came up to about $9000. So I started a saving project budget for the PC. It was ripe by 2020 and I got to work collecting the parts. In the end I got all that I wanted for a fraction of the cost because I built it on my own. The best part is securing the two brand new RTX 2080s at retail price from Newegg while the dreaded GPU miner scalpers was upon us.
@@deusvult2651 i9-9900k MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Mother board 2x MSI RTX 2080 gaming x trio in NVLink Seasoning SSR-1300PD 2x Samsung 970 EVO plus 2TB m.2 SSD Noctua NH-D15 cooler 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 RAM As for the case, I went with a Rosewill Culinan MX RGB ATX case.
@@deusvult2651 in the end It cost somewhere over a third of the retail price of the Area 51 PC. Which was fantastic as I was able to upgrade to dual 2k gaming monitors and buy some better accessories for my new PC with plenty of leftover money.
"These ultrabook laptops aimed to create a PC women would find appealing" is extra funny to me considering I'm watching the video on my pride and joy: the obnoxious and overpowered RGB-ridden gaming laptop I wouldn't trade for the world
You gotta respect how fucking extra they went with it, though. The pearl power button, the diamond-like stones in the keyboard, that wildly impractical mouse. @Kaitlyn L I don't have long nails, so I wouldn't know, but how would you even break a nail opening a laptop?
@@jesuszamora6949 If you have to use your nail to pry open the laptop the first bit then you can easily break a nail, especially because most people with long nails don't actually have long nails but glue a little plastic extension on that obviously isn't attached very securely.
I always loved the Trinity Extreme case. Just something way out there that caught my eye. I always use it in PC Building Simulator. It’s really weird to see all these familiar machines on LGR. I got into PC gaming in 2012-2013. It feels like yesterday, but now PC’s I strived for are now featured on LGR. Oh how time flies lol
Fun video as always! Considering project valerie, maybe it'd be intersting to do a video about neat products and prototypes that never made it to market?
Cool video, thought you were going to talk about the weird liquid modular Razer pc Project Christine where it was supposed to make it easier for the general public to swap parts you'd order from Razer Incase you needed more ram, better GPU, CPU, or more HDD space while keeping everything water-cooled.
you mean the acer predator ? Hehe if i'm rich i'll go on a hunt for one because it's looks so awesome plus gtx 1080 is still a beast but i have to admit double of them is kinda a waste since sli is pretty much dead
If it were such a one-off, the 2016 GPD Win would have certainly belonged here simply because it tried to make a handheld gaming machine our of extremely compact PC parts. Now that Steam Deck has caught on and is stomping the competitors everywhere, the "strange" factor is not really there anymore.
If your going that route need to talk about the openpandora nothing can compare to it and the community can thank them for the amazing ds emulater we have today.
@@kirkanos3968 Man I always wanted to get an Open Pandora/ Dragobox Pyra but between the cost and the availability I was never in a place to actually buy one. They are cool as hell though. The only thing I wish the Steam Deck could do is have some sort of physical keyboard, other than that, it is perfect to me, both as a traditional computing device and a games-specific computing device.
Good thing you mentioned the CDO Volta V was the first /commercially/ produced wooden case, as I built my own wood case in 2014 as my previous computer and it's case were destroyed during an unfortunate accident. Yes, I built my replacement computer (I affectionately dubbed The Breadbox) out of wood ironically because I couldn't afford a proper case at the time. I don't know how the Volta V was constructed, but mine had a problem where the solder points on the back of the mobo scratched the inside of the case pretty badly. I wouldn't want to buy a $2,000 computer for it's wood case and have the varnish scratched up from transporting it too many times.
As a guy that's been doing woodworking since freshman year of high school, and also a PC/tech enthusiast, I've been thinking about building a wooden PC case for quite a few years. Only looked into it a little, though. Seems like it'd be a pretty big project! Did you use threaded inserts for the mobo standoffs? I think a mahogany, padouk, purple heart, or tiger maple case with glass panels (also plenty of ventilation), could look really, really nice!
@@BRUXXUS Honestly it wasn't particularly spectacular. I could have built something impressive if I had really wanted, but the point of building a wood case was just so the computer components had /something/ to sit in. It was built from whatever spare plywood was lying around the house, and the mobo wasn't even screwed into the case: gravity held the whole thing together. This is undoubtedly why the case had so many scratches at the bottom, but in the five years I used that computer the only times it moved was from room to room, and when I bumped the desk it sat on top of. The scratches were to be expected, but the severity of the damage is not what you would have expected from little more than vibrations. Probably a combination of cheap plywood and shoddy mobo were to blame.
Still love the look of the HP OMEN X. An OMEN series Laptop was my first ever "gaming computer" so I really have a soft spot for that red & black aesthetic they ran with for like 3 years.
I've been anticipating this video for the last couple of years and I just knew the Predator 21X would be here! One of the most insane "laptops" ever put to market.
The Floral Kiss is so pretty! The jeweled accents on the power cord is a bit much, but I don’t hate the look of the pearl power button. Colors are nice too!
it also looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
I disagree. We finally have functional pc parts that focus on performance while looking sleek unlike the past. Perfect example of this is the Fractal North, an absolutely beautiful case.
@@tek1645And gaming laptops are relatively thin now, unlike the chubby fatboys of the 2010s. Once we got under the 10nm node threshold, cooling is no longer the challenge it once was.
I had a post on Facebook recently wondering when we'd start to see people talking about stereotypes of the 2010's and what were they -- and now here we are for computers!
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
XPS 720: A steel case so strong that, if the front panel wasn't plastic the unit could survive a house fire. And every part inside is proprietary minus the ram, cpu and gpu... I suggest one of these machines for a future oddware episode.
If you ever do an episode on weird cases, the Thermaltake Level 10 might be a contender. I owned the cheaper version, the Level 10 GT, at one point. Had an X-Ray in it.
Thought the Acer predator was so cool when it came out and I still feel like keyboard level displays could still be implemented in a much better way in the future. Asus Zenbook is getting there but I still feel like they could do better. Awesome video!
Acer always had a habit of getting the ball to the endzone, but then saying "eh good enough" and just dropping the ball and walking off. They had a lot of good ideas and were clearly throwing things at the wall to see what the market would want, but they never put in the full effort to go all in. They just did something halfway decent then ditched it and went for another gimmick rather than seeing through with the design and backing it. They had some really great PC's that were powerful while still being affordable. I had their Ferrari F20 20" monitors. Absolutely badass and amazing monitors and still held up to modern day gaming with only a little bit of screen tear which is understandable playing a 2019 game on a monitor from 2005.
I hope you know that these videos are just as entertaining as the ones where you actually have the real computers to demo. Don't let the lack of a particular computer discourage you from covering it. Keep up the excellent work! 🎉
My office might have a successor to the Alienware shown here. Bought around 2018-19, the case IIRC (have been working from home since last year) is not as triangular as this and is a proper ATX case, but the triangular design is there. And suddenly, I feel like building an oddly shaped PC (especially if I can find that triple-blade case) or one with a smaller form factor.
I find it funny how no matter how many radical new PC concepts have been created over the years, nothing has ever been more popular than just a box with a normal mobo in it.
I've got a Cyberpower Trinity case taking up space in the bottom of a cupboard! The case suffered from a fault where the graphics card riser was miss-located causing a bad connection and constant stability issues, all of the useful parts were stripped out and used in a build in a far more sensible case which I still have and use as a media PC in my lounge
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
nice video, talking about weird computers always reminds me of this "computer" I saw in a magazine around 2013 that was like a tower, and all the components just slotted into into it.
You forgot to mention that the Trinity PC was immensely heavy. I've worked on one of those cases, and those shells around each of the blades a very much not plastic, but instead some very heavy metal, probably steel if I had to guess. So, even when fully unloaded, it weighs a good amount. According to an amazon listing, it weighs around 40 pounds. Not sure if that's with packing material or if it includes the keyboard and mouse, but I'd be willing to bet that the case is at least a good 25 or 30 pounds.
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
The "death of PC" argument is easy to laugh at now. Windows laptops/tablets and Macbooks flood campuses, businesses are still filled with Windows machines and outside iPads the tablet market is struggling. Kids and teens all go on about wanting a gaming rig and streamers are all playing meme-worthy million-view games on Windows. Most with tablets still have a PC in some form too. The gaming market will keep PCs alive in some form. Valve is definitely gonna expand SteamOS again, Steam Deck being like a relaunch to get people into the ecosystem and future proof the concept of gaming with upgradeable hardware. We'll eventually just be using Linux distros once Microsoft moves full to the more closed-nature Windows they've wanted since Win8. Will be a dark time but, again, Linux will save us.
People tend to overestimate the potential of novel things. When microwaves first became a thing, a lot of people thought that stoves would eventually be replaced with stove-sized microwaves.
@@EnigmaticLucas Wonder if VR is the next one. While I see it taking off more with the mainstream eventually but there'll always be a use for today's tech usage (but who knows? We'll have to see)
The basic problem is that nothing can really replace the PC when it comes to productivity. Physical keyboards are simply the best typing device available and proper multitasking is a necessity for any kind of productivity. And of course gaming on the PC is unmatched, smart devices are only really good for fairly simple time wasting games because touch screens just kinda suck as an input device. The only thing that has really fallen out of style is the home desktop and now we basically only have gaming desktops and high end work stations, but both of those have become a lot more widespread since people have gotten more tech savvy overall.
Public reaction to the Floral Kiss may have been poor, but they actually sold pretty decently and it isn't hard to find units even today. One thing you did miss was that there was also a Japanese model sold in conjuction with the agete company, with purple and gold colouring and a unique tan/brown keyboard with a distinctive font. I own one of those machines and it is definitely distinctive! The Japanese model code was CH55/J.
Yeah, the floral Kiss at least wasn't barbie pink, which would have been the most obnoxious thing ever, so there's that. I have to admit, it looks pretty and the opening flaps are kinda smart. Not because I worry for my nails, but because opening a laptop sometimes is just kind of difficult for no reason
@@Bane_Amesta Still pretty patronizing to assume that a woman's dream PC would be pink with fake pearls and diamonds, and not simply a well built machine with good specs at a reasonable price, just like everyone else.
@@benn454 Yeah that's the issue. Without the patronizing advertising it could have been more popular, I think, since the computer itself isn't too bad.
I actually owned a GX800VH! Died when a friend of mine decided it looked thirsty and needed a drink of juice. But before then, it was my main machine, and I took that thing everywhere. Was amazing having my entire gaming library with me literally wherever I decided to go!
I got a pretty nice wireless mouse from a woman at work... She said "it's pink so I don't want it" and I said "well it's a nice mouse, so I'll take it". Works great on a test bench because it doesn't get lost in a sea of black and grey.
Ok but the Floral Kiss seems like it'd be a really neat product on its own, the aesthetics are just really nice plus the special case to open it with would be useful regardless of nails, lol
5:40 It would be no surprise to me that a bunch of old Japanese men designed this in the early 2010s. "This is what GIRLS want, right? Pink and dainty and with pearls and diamonds!" God it's so condescending. Even as a woman who likes pretty and cute things.
This isn't the only one of these I've seen. There was that one Casio video game console blatantly marketed to girls. IIRC it even had a little built-in sticker printer.
It feels so weird hearing LGR talk about computers that I distinctly remember like they came out yesterday!
Not only that, I saw in person several of them as I walked by an office depot or a local departmental store.
You're getting old!
@@MarvinMonroe To be fair, the 2010s are a lot more recent than the 80s and 90s stuff Clint usually talks about. The last laptop was only five years ago.
@@transfo47 Yeah, my PC is older than that.
@@transfo47 nevertheless, when people do "remember when's" and you remember the stuff like it was yesterday, thats a sign you're getting old
I was tapped as a design consulant for that HP Omen X 900. I had no clue they were going to charge that much when we were first sketching it up. Staggering. Our mission was to create a rivalry with Alienware, then use that new found direction to give the Omen line some momentum with the upcoming laptop and standard tower releases. Then it was to infitity, and then beyond, or so the executives thought. It was an exciting and interesting project. I learned a lot, mostly from the engineering team that HP paired us with. The admins on the project were great to work with as well. Essentially tossing me the keys and letting me drive for a few miles, they were open to anything it seemed. About the PC: I was strictly involved with component layout, air flow, chambers, and features. I had little to do with the spec of the system that was to be built inside of this monster including I/O. We were told it had to Zig where Alienware Zagged. A tall task considering how much longer Dell has been in the game. After many meetings and reviews, the crew and I finally got a demo to testdrive. It was fast, like any new upper teir PC at the time of its birth. However, there were some serious issues I and (reviews speak for themselves) many others had with the final product. The prototype was near perfect! I was so bummed to learn they had changed many aspects to save a few bucks. Another lesson learned. I wanted to keep the prototype when the job was done, building my daily driver into it. I am proud of the project, and consider myself lucky to have collaborated with such talented people. Bitter-sour-sweet was the day I found it for sale on a shelf at my local big box electronics store. Good times though, everything considered. If you made it this far... Thanks, just felt like sharing. Didn't even cross my mind that I might see Omen X on the list. When your algorithm works for you... thanks youtube haha. Great video, subscribed :)
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I like turtles and seagulls.
Hey thanks for helping bring something cool to the pc world :D
@@BigMacOrange I have a turtle and cat!!!
Love me some good, solid lore. Thank you
The Floral Kiss makes a bit more sense when you compare it with the Japanese phone market, specially at the time
It was always super gendered and the whole ultrabook aesthetic is really really close to flip phones and sumahos, including apps for scrapbooking and purikura
Yes we know. The Japanese are sexist.
True, but I still LOLed at the “Luxury Brown Floral Kiss”
@@AllonKirtchik I won't lie, the whole "luxury brown" thing made me laugh. It's really very silly, even for the Japanese.
It's so weird to see how many "weird computers" I've owned, built, modded, or seen in person. Thank you for all this wonderful content, Clint.
I wasn't familiar with any of these.
Some of the weird computers I've seen are downright hideous tbh. I loathe those which leave the motherboard exposed.
Pics?
Same
the irony is that floral kiss design is actually super sleek, minus the silly jewelry accents. i'd have definitely looked at getting one
Same
Yep, it reminds me of the LG Velvet.
I know two women who (were they in the market for an ultrabook) would totally get one even with the jewel accents. Add one more without them. All of them in different countries, so I feel that sleek but more delicate approach to design definitely has some wider appeal.
And as a male myself I don't think they look too bad either. But I don't think I nor anyone I know wants an ultrabook.
They did look pretty nice! I think if they had not gone so hard on the "for women" marketing, and let the design speak for itself, they probably wouldn't have faced so much backlash.
@@BRUXXUS I think this is where they dropped the ball as well. The design itself overall isn't half bad, if only the tone deaf, unable to read the room marketing didn't poison the well.
I applaud anyone doing unique, weird designs. PCs/Gaming can get boring, as much as I like industrial brushed aluminum. Also, it's almost like a rectangle box is the most efficient use of space or something lol
I'm designing my own case for a little mATX build in the near future. My plan is to have a horizontal layout I can comfortably set my monitor on top of like a monitor riser.
You could probably get a little more space efficiency by just removing the case and keeping the internals in a pile on your desk, maybe a nightmare for cooling, but just think about what you could do with the extra space
When the "brains" are somewhere out of sight, there's more flexibility for what's on the table.
I remember so many of these. What a walk through the last decade.
Yes, what an exciting time to be among the living.
Wierd 2000’s Computers was the reason why i started watching this channel. Im glad you made a follow up!
Nice, I’m glad you stuck around!
That Apple "trash can" brings back memories and it has really nice small details like all of the connector labels being backlit. Though to save power the labels smoothly lit for certain period of time if you moved the unit. That worked really well with the shape of the machine as the shape made it easy to rotate to hide the cables and expose them when needed.
The real problem with Trashcan Mac Pro was it's poor cooling.
It put way too much thermal load to single heatsink. The design was innovative but very ill suited for a high performance workstation.
The Cyberpower Trinity looks like a 90's scifi movie's idea of what a futuristic computer would look like.
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
I suspect quantum computers will come in the form of a cube.
Even in the 2010s, ITX-standard motherboards were actively selling, so I heard a lot of concept PCs.
Because around sandy bridge they were finally adding pcie slots making them more than just a mini pc. Even if at the time high powered low profile cards were not availible
When you realized that 2010s was just 3 years ago.
Feels oddly nostalgic to watch an LGR List video in this style i feel like there hasn’t been one in a long time 😊
The Open Labs Neko XXL was a portable studio that was sold in the early 2010s for $8,000. The computer used standardized parts so the Neko could be upgraded with newer components as time went on. Truly the embodiment of early 2000s design.
Wow I didn't know I needed this! That's so cool and I'm shocked I've never come across it before since I'm super into weird computer cases AND audio equipment
And how's that goinf
The neko was not alone in using standard PC hardware but it's a rare one that runs Windows instead of Linux. That's the key to future hardware upgrades, as for everyone else you will have to update the Linux kernel version which will probably end up breaking everything.
@@Play-On7 You didn't read my comment at all
@@s8wc3 Understandable have a nice day.
I'm stuck in the 2010s
My desktop machine has a 4770K in it… i can relate.
My sympathies you didn't get stuck in a better decade
My gpu is
I'm using a PC case of the early 2010's, the cooler master HAF XB cube, mostly because there hasn't been any better one yet. I like cubes and horizontal desktops with high air flow.
My recent build from February of this year, is stuck in 2010. Blue, non-RGB fans included.
That Area 51 was ahead of its time. It could probably fit a 4090.
During the 10's, Cooler master had a case that I call the murder weapon. It's called the HAF XB EVO. This case is heavy, ugly, and atypical, and I swear to God with how component sizes and weight is going, would be damn perfect nowadays.
@@roetemeteor They made so many of the things that you can still find them for sale, years after they've been discontinued!
Just wanna say, those FloralKiss laptops look pretty dope. I wouldn't mind a pearl power button and fake-diamond-studded keyboard. That brown color was pretty fire too.
It's genuinely a good design, the marketing is just so obnoxious that it ruins it. I mean that feature for opening it would also be super useful if you're wearing gloves or just have dirty hands.
I worked at HP and we had THE CUBE in our "gaming" room with two other Omen gaming desktops. It was a table that could accommodate 4 of the gaming desktops, but of course the cube took up all the space so we just had 3. It felt silly playing seated next to the giant cube towering over your head. Good times!
The Fujitsu Floral Kiss is the ultimate example of a product developed by committee
This is such a surreal video, seeing stuff I followed at launch being recapped in retrospect is wild. Like it's an age specific thing but feels wild to be looking back at stuff I watched the launch coverage for.
This series was how I discovered LGR in the first place, so I'm glad to see it updated!
I loved going to Frys electronics to see the -ugly- interesting cases.
Also the IBM slide out laptop displays were cool
Used to be one right off I-20 in Arlington TX but it closed down sadly (not that I live in DFW anymore).
@@Copper20 all Fry's closed down
Ugly? The cases were awesome.
That Mac pro looks exactly like a black ceramic guitar slide I have. It has less processing power, but it was $3.
Does it overheat easily
@@Buckwheat_Spaghetti Only if I get all Allman Brothers on it…
I love how companies try to "improve cooling" by cramming all of the hardware into obliquely shaped, closed-off furnaces that take up more space than a standard mid-tower PC.
Very nice to see this classic series back. Perhaps there might be hope still that Tech Tales might make a return.. If that series still holds any interest for you to make. :)
Maybe in 8 years Clint can do "top 10 weirdest computers of the 2020's".
Can't wait for "top 10 weirdest computers of the 2030s"
"top 10 weirdest computers of the 1940s"
Top Ten Systems for running DOS in the 1260s.
@@PremierSullivan well, unless you have a time machine to skip atleast 18 years, then your going to have to wait the same amount of time it takes to become an adult. XD
I love it. The only sad aspect of this recap of 2010’s PCs is that I will most likely have to wait a decade for the continuation of this series. You can be certain that should it ever come out, I will watch it too ;)
I had an exhausting day and couldn't find anything chill to watch on YT, before clicking this. This was nice. There is always a calm but upbeat energy in LGR videos.
This is different from your usual videos but really enjoyed it. I'd love to see you going through all the odd things that Sony has done through history on the VAIO brand (and any others).
I do remember on a podcast, the founder of a VR startup had one of those predator laptops because at the time it was the only 'portable' VR capable system able to drive several headsets to pitch investors his VR studio software
Ah, when 2010s is considered retro, haha. Boy, time flies too fast. Great video as always. Also looking forward for "What Happened?" or "Tech Tales" series again, like history of Mcafee or Dell.. love it.
Well, he didn't call it retro. It's just a look back at the weirdness found during the last decade. Though, keep in mind that the PS4 XBone were both launched in november of 2013, almost nine years ago... So while not quite retro, things have changed since the 2010s, a lot.
@@JonVonBasslake Farcry 3 is a retro game
I still make the mistake of saying "20 years ago" when talking about the 80s, then I realize the 80s was more than 30 years ago and I get depressed.
Definitely not considered retro. This is just an ongoing series about interesting things :)
@@AdhamOhm Same thing with 90s
Was so bummed about the project Valerie laptop being scrapped and almost forgot about their prototypes getting snagged. Sucks almost 6 years later they never caught the guys.
Also, there are no triple-screen laptop solutions above 1080p for the secondary displays. Sad!
I remember back in 2011 the day I wanted to build my ultimate dream PC for gaming and work. I used the Alienware Area 51 as a reference to what I wanted in it. I went to Alienware's website and basically maxed all the specs for the PC, minus the extra stuff and saw it came up to about $9000. So I started a saving project budget for the PC. It was ripe by 2020 and I got to work collecting the parts. In the end I got all that I wanted for a fraction of the cost because I built it on my own. The best part is securing the two brand new RTX 2080s at retail price from Newegg while the dreaded GPU miner scalpers was upon us.
Crazy you bought two Rtx cards as sli doesn’t exist anymore
that's a cool story pal, would you mind to share your specs? I'm just a little curious
@@deusvult2651
i9-9900k
MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Mother board
2x MSI RTX 2080 gaming x trio in NVLink
Seasoning SSR-1300PD
2x Samsung 970 EVO plus 2TB m.2 SSD
Noctua NH-D15 cooler
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 RAM
As for the case, I went with a Rosewill Culinan MX RGB ATX case.
@@SuperSpyMario bawww gawwdd that's one hell of a rig!! How much you paid for it? Anyway, congrats budd, that's a really impressive rig.
@@deusvult2651 in the end It cost somewhere over a third of the retail price of the Area 51 PC. Which was fantastic as I was able to upgrade to dual 2k gaming monitors and buy some better accessories for my new PC with plenty of leftover money.
I like how the ZBOX isn't even a box...you had 1 job Zotac!
"These ultrabook laptops aimed to create a PC women would find appealing" is extra funny to me considering I'm watching the video on my pride and joy: the obnoxious and overpowered RGB-ridden gaming laptop I wouldn't trade for the world
No matter the gender - we all love colorful flashing lights :D
You gotta respect how fucking extra they went with it, though. The pearl power button, the diamond-like stones in the keyboard, that wildly impractical mouse.
@Kaitlyn L I don't have long nails, so I wouldn't know, but how would you even break a nail opening a laptop?
@@jesuszamora6949 If you have to use your nail to pry open the laptop the first bit then you can easily break a nail, especially because most people with long nails don't actually have long nails but glue a little plastic extension on that obviously isn't attached very securely.
I always loved the Trinity Extreme case. Just something way out there that caught my eye. I always use it in PC Building Simulator.
It’s really weird to see all these familiar machines on LGR. I got into PC gaming in 2012-2013. It feels like yesterday, but now PC’s I strived for are now featured on LGR. Oh how time flies lol
Thanks for making me feel old Clint - I built my first PC around ~10 years ago
Thanks for putting in proper chapters, man. Super appreciate it!
Fun video as always! Considering project valerie, maybe it'd be intersting to do a video about neat products and prototypes that never made it to market?
that Fujitsu really caught me by surprise. man it's things like this that makes it feel like 2012 was much longer ago than it actually was
The collapse is accelerating
Cool video, thought you were going to talk about the weird liquid modular Razer pc Project Christine where it was supposed to make it easier for the general public to swap parts you'd order from Razer Incase you needed more ram, better GPU, CPU, or more HDD space while keeping everything water-cooled.
Wow! I had no idea that all these different form factors existed! Thanks for the great reviews!
Nice been waiting on weird designs
Only LGR can revive an old UA-cam genre "top-10 style" of videos and yet make it better than ever!!
I heard that that curved laptop literally can still game today. Still worth buying too if you can find them for under a grand.
Most laptops can still 'game today' if you don't insist on playing the latest bloated crap.
Except because of its limited run nature, even finding them at all is a luxury.
you mean the acer predator ? Hehe if i'm rich i'll go on a hunt for one because it's looks so awesome plus gtx 1080 is still a beast but i have to admit double of them is kinda a waste since sli is pretty much dead
@@lord_khufu but i can stream and edit on it
@@mikeymaiku as long as you have some good earmuffs or place in a different room. Those machines are ridiculously loud
Your videos are so relaxing and nostalgic, they’ve really helped me through some of the hardest times in my life. Thank you!
The weird computers of the 2020's is going to be a wild video.
Hell yea. Been waiting years for a new installment of this series lol. Great Stuff 😊
If it were such a one-off, the 2016 GPD Win would have certainly belonged here simply because it tried to make a handheld gaming machine our of extremely compact PC parts. Now that Steam Deck has caught on and is stomping the competitors everywhere, the "strange" factor is not really there anymore.
If your going that route need to talk about the openpandora nothing can compare to it and the community can thank them for the amazing ds emulater we have today.
@@kirkanos3968 Man I always wanted to get an Open Pandora/ Dragobox Pyra but between the cost and the availability I was never in a place to actually buy one. They are cool as hell though. The only thing I wish the Steam Deck could do is have some sort of physical keyboard, other than that, it is perfect to me, both as a traditional computing device and a games-specific computing device.
Steam Deck basically resurrected the UMPC form factor.
@@Reusable-Box yea wish i kept my rebirth i had that thing for the time was just hands down amazing
@@kirkanos3968 DAMN IT, NOW I WANT TO OWN ONE ALREADY Though someone could probably make a similarly specced facsimile with a Pi...
God that Mac Pro Trash Can was odd. It makes me think there are not near enough people at Apple willing to say “No”.
Good thing you mentioned the CDO Volta V was the first /commercially/ produced wooden case, as I built my own wood case in 2014 as my previous computer and it's case were destroyed during an unfortunate accident. Yes, I built my replacement computer (I affectionately dubbed The Breadbox) out of wood ironically because I couldn't afford a proper case at the time.
I don't know how the Volta V was constructed, but mine had a problem where the solder points on the back of the mobo scratched the inside of the case pretty badly. I wouldn't want to buy a $2,000 computer for it's wood case and have the varnish scratched up from transporting it too many times.
As a guy that's been doing woodworking since freshman year of high school, and also a PC/tech enthusiast, I've been thinking about building a wooden PC case for quite a few years. Only looked into it a little, though. Seems like it'd be a pretty big project! Did you use threaded inserts for the mobo standoffs?
I think a mahogany, padouk, purple heart, or tiger maple case with glass panels (also plenty of ventilation), could look really, really nice!
@@BRUXXUS Honestly it wasn't particularly spectacular. I could have built something impressive if I had really wanted, but the point of building a wood case was just so the computer components had /something/ to sit in.
It was built from whatever spare plywood was lying around the house, and the mobo wasn't even screwed into the case: gravity held the whole thing together. This is undoubtedly why the case had so many scratches at the bottom, but in the five years I used that computer the only times it moved was from room to room, and when I bumped the desk it sat on top of. The scratches were to be expected, but the severity of the damage is not what you would have expected from little more than vibrations. Probably a combination of cheap plywood and shoddy mobo were to blame.
@@GammaMAXXdotcom Hey, nothing wrong with the utilitarian approach! :)
You cover the coolest stuff, man. Keep it up :)
Still love the look of the HP OMEN X. An OMEN series Laptop was my first ever "gaming computer" so I really have a soft spot for that red & black aesthetic they ran with for like 3 years.
Some day, videos like these will become the computer chronicles of the future
I've been anticipating this video for the last couple of years and I just knew the Predator 21X would be here! One of the most insane "laptops" ever put to market.
The Floral Kiss is so pretty! The jeweled accents on the power cord is a bit much, but I don’t hate the look of the pearl power button. Colors are nice too!
Hey :D never thought id see this mini series come back, happy to see more Bizarre AF computer cases :3
Man, the Surface Pro was so cool. I was glad to have a tablet I could do real work on - a small PC rather than a big phone.
Hey, Clint, something about your cheerful and enthusiastic vocal delivery in this REALLY wants me to hear you announce The Price Is Right someday.
The trinity looks like an energy storage device from a sci Fi movie
it also looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
Listening to him talk about omen, receives a UA-cam ad for an omen product, just absolutely brilliant. 👏
So happy to see a jump into the Future! Marty, we need to go back! To 2015!
That Acer Predator is such a hilariously impractical design, yet I can't help but love it.
I miss the weird 2000s and 2010s PCs. They were so unique compared to how standard everything is nowadays
The 20s just started, calm down, stop with the nostalgia addiction
I disagree. We finally have functional pc parts that focus on performance while looking sleek unlike the past. Perfect example of this is the Fractal North, an absolutely beautiful case.
@@diegooo283 lot of people on the internet that dont see the sunlight..
@@tek1645And gaming laptops are relatively thin now, unlike the chubby fatboys of the 2010s. Once we got under the 10nm node threshold, cooling is no longer the challenge it once was.
I had a post on Facebook recently wondering when we'd start to see people talking about stereotypes of the 2010's and what were they -- and now here we are for computers!
One of the best reviews LTT ever did, in my opinion was of the Predator 21X. It was a bonkers machine, and got a similarly outrageous review.
Whoever designed the Cyberpower Trinity was like, "case fan, fan case, who's keeping track anyways!"
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
LGR, love your show, try collecting these weird designs and do a review :)) damn cool
Finally! A list like this where I've heard of a few of the entries
Who wouldn't love the ZBOX? ITS SPHERICAL!
XPS 720: A steel case so strong that, if the front panel wasn't plastic the unit could survive a house fire.
And every part inside is proprietary minus the ram, cpu and gpu... I suggest one of these machines for a future oddware episode.
If you ever do an episode on weird cases, the Thermaltake Level 10 might be a contender. I owned the cheaper version, the Level 10 GT, at one point. Had an X-Ray in it.
Was pretty surprised it wasn't included actually, I remember this was my "white whale" for a while
Looking forward to watching this video on 10yrs with even more nostalgia:D
some of these machines are truly works of art in their own right regardless of the hardware inside.
It's Friday and we get a LGR video. That's good stuff!
You are now aware than 2010 is someone's childhood nostalgia now.
Yes finally! Been waiting for this video for awhile!
Thought the Acer predator was so cool when it came out and I still feel like keyboard level displays could still be implemented in a much better way in the future. Asus Zenbook is getting there but I still feel like they could do better. Awesome video!
Acer always had a habit of getting the ball to the endzone, but then saying "eh good enough" and just dropping the ball and walking off. They had a lot of good ideas and were clearly throwing things at the wall to see what the market would want, but they never put in the full effort to go all in. They just did something halfway decent then ditched it and went for another gimmick rather than seeing through with the design and backing it. They had some really great PC's that were powerful while still being affordable. I had their Ferrari F20 20" monitors. Absolutely badass and amazing monitors and still held up to modern day gaming with only a little bit of screen tear which is understandable playing a 2019 game on a monitor from 2005.
I hope you know that these videos are just as entertaining as the ones where you actually have the real computers to demo. Don't let the lack of a particular computer discourage you from covering it. Keep up the excellent work! 🎉
My office might have a successor to the Alienware shown here. Bought around 2018-19, the case IIRC (have been working from home since last year) is not as triangular as this and is a proper ATX case, but the triangular design is there.
And suddenly, I feel like building an oddly shaped PC (especially if I can find that triple-blade case) or one with a smaller form factor.
I find it funny how no matter how many radical new PC concepts have been created over the years, nothing has ever been more popular than just a box with a normal mobo in it.
Damn, you think deep.)
Oh shid, it's official! The 2010s are nostalgic now!
Seeing a nostalgic look at computers from 2010 really makes me feel old.
when there are kids online that were born the same year as my dog (2008) THAT makes me feel old.
I've got a Cyberpower Trinity case taking up space in the bottom of a cupboard! The case suffered from a fault where the graphics card riser was miss-located causing a bad connection and constant stability issues, all of the useful parts were stripped out and used in a build in a far more sensible case which I still have and use as a media PC in my lounge
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
nice video, talking about weird computers always reminds me of this "computer" I saw in a magazine around 2013 that was like a tower, and all the components just slotted into into it.
A laptop that needs a suitcase to be transported is the perfect oxymoron.
Oh my God... that computer is SPHERICAL.
You forgot to mention that the Trinity PC was immensely heavy. I've worked on one of those cases, and those shells around each of the blades a very much not plastic, but instead some very heavy metal, probably steel if I had to guess. So, even when fully unloaded, it weighs a good amount. According to an amazon listing, it weighs around 40 pounds. Not sure if that's with packing material or if it includes the keyboard and mouse, but I'd be willing to bet that the case is at least a good 25 or 30 pounds.
the trinity case looks like the guide bot from descent 2, almost expect it to fire flare darts! careful, those things can pin you to a wall like you are a trash collection day calender!
Would love to see a dedicated video on the history of voodoo PC. I remember them being the holy grail of PCs back in the day
You always make things very interesting even to a non pc enthusiast 👍
Well never thought you'd make another one of these
The "death of PC" argument is easy to laugh at now. Windows laptops/tablets and Macbooks flood campuses, businesses are still filled with Windows machines and outside iPads the tablet market is struggling. Kids and teens all go on about wanting a gaming rig and streamers are all playing meme-worthy million-view games on Windows. Most with tablets still have a PC in some form too. The gaming market will keep PCs alive in some form. Valve is definitely gonna expand SteamOS again, Steam Deck being like a relaunch to get people into the ecosystem and future proof the concept of gaming with upgradeable hardware. We'll eventually just be using Linux distros once Microsoft moves full to the more closed-nature Windows they've wanted since Win8. Will be a dark time but, again, Linux will save us.
People tend to overestimate the potential of novel things.
When microwaves first became a thing, a lot of people thought that stoves would eventually be replaced with stove-sized microwaves.
@@EnigmaticLucas Wonder if VR is the next one. While I see it taking off more with the mainstream eventually but there'll always be a use for today's tech usage (but who knows? We'll have to see)
The basic problem is that nothing can really replace the PC when it comes to productivity. Physical keyboards are simply the best typing device available and proper multitasking is a necessity for any kind of productivity. And of course gaming on the PC is unmatched, smart devices are only really good for fairly simple time wasting games because touch screens just kinda suck as an input device. The only thing that has really fallen out of style is the home desktop and now we basically only have gaming desktops and high end work stations, but both of those have become a lot more widespread since people have gotten more tech savvy overall.
Thank you for existing. Please continue to exist.
Public reaction to the Floral Kiss may have been poor, but they actually sold pretty decently and it isn't hard to find units even today. One thing you did miss was that there was also a Japanese model sold in conjuction with the agete company, with purple and gold colouring and a unique tan/brown keyboard with a distinctive font. I own one of those machines and it is definitely distinctive! The Japanese model code was CH55/J.
Yeah, the floral Kiss at least wasn't barbie pink, which would have been the most obnoxious thing ever, so there's that.
I have to admit, it looks pretty and the opening flaps are kinda smart. Not because I worry for my nails, but because opening a laptop sometimes is just kind of difficult for no reason
It's awful and hugely sexist in concept but I kinda really want one. Especially in brown. Underrated laptop colour apparently.
@@Bane_Amesta Still pretty patronizing to assume that a woman's dream PC would be pink with fake pearls and diamonds, and not simply a well built machine with good specs at a reasonable price, just like everyone else.
@@benn454 Yeah that's the issue. Without the patronizing advertising it could have been more popular, I think, since the computer itself isn't too bad.
The public reaction in Japan itself wasn't really negative. It's quite common to have products branded in that way in Japan.
Dawg is great to see this series back
I miss those days when companies are making PCs in various artform styles.
I actually owned a GX800VH! Died when a friend of mine decided it looked thirsty and needed a drink of juice. But before then, it was my main machine, and I took that thing everywhere. Was amazing having my entire gaming library with me literally wherever I decided to go!
i might hate “pink is for girls” marketing, but i fucking love pink shit
I got a pretty nice wireless mouse from a woman at work... She said "it's pink so I don't want it" and I said "well it's a nice mouse, so I'll take it".
Works great on a test bench because it doesn't get lost in a sea of black and grey.
Same. I actually love that laptop. I wish there were more pretty computers.
@@em84c I just wish there were more cases that didn't scream "ESPORTS LUNATIC." Gimmie the old school boxes. Hell, give me a soft pink case.
I genuinely like the hardwood casing of that Volta V. Beautiful
He finally moved to the 21st Century! WooHoo!
Ok but the Floral Kiss seems like it'd be a really neat product on its own, the aesthetics are just really nice
plus the special case to open it with would be useful regardless of nails, lol
5:40 It would be no surprise to me that a bunch of old Japanese men designed this in the early 2010s. "This is what GIRLS want, right? Pink and dainty and with pearls and diamonds!" God it's so condescending. Even as a woman who likes pretty and cute things.
This isn't the only one of these I've seen. There was that one Casio video game console blatantly marketed to girls. IIRC it even had a little built-in sticker printer.