Actual chief mechanical engineer and a Nobel Prize winner here - I love how condescending your comment is, but how you end up praising him - classy guy!
There already exist laptops with mechanical keyboards for a few years now, most notably variations produced by clevo. You could refine your version to replicate a sleeker fit like them, and since framework exists now I believe it would be much more easier for you to source their parts and incorporate a low profile keyboard into their framework laptop and possibly sell some units to other framework users.
Doesn't frame work support 3rd party mods? He could produce a drop in mechanical keyboard and sell them. Sales numbers would be the best way to get framework's attention.
We now live in an age where personal electronics are so affordable and accessible and small and uniformly identical that projects like this automatically become more interesting and desirable than more polished products.
UA-cam recommended this video to me. I watched it from beginning to end, and it is truly spectacular... The development of the video, the recordings, documenting everything like a good engineer, creating a retro design reminiscent of the 80s, using high-quality construction materials, good colors and excellent music. You really conveyed a lot of emotions to those of us who share the same passion for hardware. I am subscribing!!!! Greetings from Chile.
I submitted this to Hackaday with the following comment, RIP your comments section: So some nerd (who am I kidding, I wish I was this good) kept breaking his laptop's keyboard (because design flaws) and finally gave up and did what we all wish we could - rebuilt the laptop to house a mechanical keyboard. I'm kinda in awe, and I hope you all are too.
This is one of the best looking laptops i have seen in years. Thin laptops are cool but a thick laptop with cool things like a big battery or a mechanical keyboard are cooler. Also the clear bottom is like icing on the cake.
I love how wet your mouth sounds come through on that mic, really gives it that chef's kiss of "good thing this guy's an engineer because I think he'd be a serial killer if he didn't have this kind of stuff to keep him busy"
I’m learning PCBWay will pretty much sponsor any crazy electronics idea on UA-cam. That said, as someone who hates laptop keyboards with a passion, I commend you.
I was cleaning my house today and ran across some of my 10+ year old laptops, and boy are they chonkers, just a bit thinner than your great creation. VGA, HDMI, 4x usb 2.0, PCMIA, RJ11, RJ45, firewire, some weird proprietary port I never used, blu ray, 2 headphone out, 1 mic in, 1 audio line out, and also had a slot for a remote control. Absolute media beast. Hats off to you for your sweet chassis and giving new life to a dying laptop.
@@gamecuber6 Very close, it's a HP paviliion DV5. My main memory of the thing is it was great, but ran hot like a furnace. I ran it for so long the fan bearings now sound awful. Not very useful anymore as it runs vista and only has 4gb of ram.
@@TastidiousYabbie genuinely surprised that the gpu in it hasn't yet failed most of those pavillions with dedicated GPUs had an issue where the gpu would overheat to a point where it would crack the solder balls and require a reflow
Being crazy enough to pull a trigger leaves a man unchanged. Unevolved. Middling. Forgettable. Being gangster enough to 100% that mission with AA-grade precision, finesse, and style however... leaves something beyond a man. You sir are hereby certified: Legendary Operator. Incredible work. Liked and subbed. 👏
great job! it takes a lot of patience and determination to work out and fix every one of those little (and big) problems you had assembling the laptop, the outcome looks superb and Chucky in a good way, keep up the great videos :)
this genuienly felt like a thng a ThinkPad modder would do. You honestly did a wonderful job; I've never ever seen anyone do something like this ever before, and the way you executed it along with the final product is just spectacular. I want one now 😭
Dang. That reminds me of the MNT reform with the transparent bottom. Excellent job with the design, it has the right amount of jank, and to be able to see that jank through the bottom is just perfect. Adding bumpons on the bottom could be a final addition i suppose? You deserve my sub
this ... this is life i love this type of energy I have no idea how i stumbled onto your channel but this is everything i have been wanting to see from youtube
I've been feeling kinda down on engineering lately, being forced to waste time on classes that wont add to anything, and each class I miss just makes the nextt one more pointless. But seeing stuff like this gives reminds me why I chose this area. Yesterday I soldered some broken keys from a non-hot swapable mechanical keyboard, switch by switch (12 in total), and it felt great
Don’t feel down, you’re an engineer! You can make whatever you can dream up. Don’t be afraid to fail, and fail again, thats how I got to this point, and I still fail more than I would like to admit. So many projects, built and rebuilt. I believe in you :). Sorry for the bit of a tangent lol. Don’t quit.
I got recommended this cause I like silly stuff like this and man, I was not expecting to laugh so hard in the first few minutes to the point where I had to pause, I think it was the silly transitions followed by a dark joke about getting hit with a scooter then some warping sound effect. I have definitely subscribed.
I really like the light colored classic style and no sharp edge laptop shape and the mechanical keyboard is cool too. I'm not sure if that's engineering or just thinking.
Man this is super cool! And now im really tempted to do this myself with my old Dell XPS laptop its always having thermal issues so making a bigger custom case in CAD would allow for a much better heatsink/air flow and maybe an integrated custom keyboard like you did (Tho i would probly go for a NuPhy Air60V2 or Lofree flow board since I like their sound and build quality) I think your over all end product looks super sick in a kind of janky way and totally has that homemade DIY vibe going for it lol
Was looking up laptop stands for my MacBook Pro at 3:30am, and youtube recommended THIS to me... And somehow I'm not disappointed in the SLIGHTEST! 😃 Even though I have no intention of doing this project, this was beyond entertaining! 😁
Especially on a laptop, the instability and rolling-release nature of Arch can really bite you in the ass sometimes when you have time sensitive stuff you need to do on it. Since he's a university student, I don't blame him for not wanting to deal with that.
@@fotnite_ ok thats a fair point but I was really just thinking along the lines of someone hardcore enough to take on this type of project would be on Arch btw or straight up linux from scratch
large tech companies like Apple and Nintendo need to recognise that they don't control technology. They merely provide the tools. People will always want to personalise, tinker, or modify something they use often to live and work to suit their specific needs as best they can. This is the future that we ought to openly embrace. Computers, keyboards, headphones, mobile phones, etc are all personal devices that we use to live and work. They naturally will need to suit a lot of peoples' specific needs, and the only way to achieve that is to make such devices as modular and open to modifications by the end user as possible. It's happening whether Apple and others like it nor not. This channel demonstrates that it's not only possible, but necessary to enable this kind of modularity and flexibility in our tools and instruments. Standardisation is great for mass production but it stifles innovation and exploration for millions. Locking out so many ideas and edge cases leads to stagnation that will see today's giants toppled by upstarts that WILL take advantage of this. Evolve or die. Marcin, you keep this going. I am fascinated and I want to learn myself.
a bit jank but with the advent of low profile mechanical keyboards I've been hoping for a laptop manufacturer to come out with a laptop with a decent keyboard option. mechnical and trackpoint thinkpad style throwback with a ryzen CPU? It's a no brainer.
Wow, color me thoroughly impressed! I love videos like this. I have been dreaming up all kinds of custom build ideas and this is totally something I would love to make. For me, its not about how "janky" something is, but the fact that it is functional and you did it yourself. Mad props and keep at it!
that was an experience and you did not disappoint, I just might do something like this to my Thinkpad T530 provided I can replace the processor that is. it was used as a linux distro testing machine and it just decided to give out i'm currently writing this on a different Thinkpad (a Yoga 11E 5th Generation)
this just made me realize that normal people don't care about rattly stabilizers or whatever those disgusting sounds the switches make (it's only disgusting to me don't worry), overall i wish i could do all this, its so satisfying to see your idea come to life by your own hands
Dang that's crazy! I just was watching this while doing my CS hw and I saw you're from UF! It was just a random video I chose too. Great video! I'm a freshman at UF this year!
No joke that's the sickest custom laptop build i've ever seen, no competition. I'd wanted to do a similar thing with mine, custom lower frame to accommodate as many 21700 5ah cells as i could fit. it was both kinda funny but also frustrating seeing you encounter so many of the issues i figured i'd run into. subbed af
Really good build and it looks fire. But with the keybord you did its fire but if you removed all of the case parts then it can fit better and look better also. But got to say cool keybord
Totally agree, using Livesplit or speedrun for something like this makes it so much more exciting! 🚀🔥 Gonna try this for my next project, thanks for the inspiration! 🙌👏
This is so GOOD! 👍🔥🔥
why is this guy's voice so intensely annoying
PCBWay please give me a pcb
@@cheater00 because your judgemental and "intensely annoying" yourself
@@BonelessMoose oh my god bro stop
@@ArkboiX nah I think im good
you cooked bro.
yup 100%
Is bro ok after being cooked?
bro cooked a ytp
bro cooked a new dish, new to the world.
bro cooked the bro bruh blud bro is totally cooked doe bro is fr doeeeee 😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀ohio!
Actual mechanical engineer here - I love how janky it is but how great it turned out to be in the end - looks great
But have you used pcbway?
Actual chief mechanical engineer and a Nobel Prize winner here - I love how condescending your comment is, but how you end up praising him - classy guy!
@@lickdonuts1210I love how he compliments himself before praising him 😂
Your mother and I are so proud of you. See what you can accomplish when you stop smoking drugs?
crazy
crazy
bro what
@@bryce7566 crazy*
crazy*@@bryce7566
jeffrey dahmar in a parallel Universe
For real lol
That's what I thought 😂😂😂😂
It doesn't help at all that he drilled the fuck out of that pc lmao
🤣🤣🤣
"I put a mechanical keyboard in a laptop, and fuman flesh inn a barrel'
I love Japanese laptops that feel stuck in the 80's and this feels like a modern one.. and I flippin love it!
for example panasonic?
LTT did a video on one of those I would unironically daily drive one of those if given the chance
@@unusedaccount-b7t yup, also fujitsu with his Lest Note series are awesome
@@mrtetillas7504 oh yeah. also toshiba libretto
👏👍 well this thing is ugly, but i like it. You should implement a car key mechanism to start it up
Those air holes are begging for some rubber feet to help them do their job. :)
fr fr
hope he sees this and does it
imagine adding current little legs like those ones of keyboards to that custom build
fr fr
bro is this jeffrey dahmer
Literally lamo
Litterly the reason why i clicked the video😂
Jeffrey if he was smart in the right way and funny
I hope a Laptop company sees this and hires you, Framework maybe?
Yes. They should. I could be the resident insane fake engineer.
But actually Framework👉👈🥺
some team has to go first...
There already exist laptops with mechanical keyboards for a few years now, most notably variations produced by clevo. You could refine your version to replicate a sleeker fit like them, and since framework exists now I believe it would be much more easier for you to source their parts and incorporate a low profile keyboard into their framework laptop and possibly sell some units to other framework users.
@@karakuri002yeah, I'm kinda doing that with a framework, but building my own bottom chassis
Doesn't frame work support 3rd party mods? He could produce a drop in mechanical keyboard and sell them. Sales numbers would be the best way to get framework's attention.
We now live in an age where personal electronics are so affordable and accessible and small and uniformly identical that projects like this automatically become more interesting and desirable than more polished products.
This vid is so good, the transitions, animations and 2010 quality webcam sections. aaaa you really deserve more subs.
check him after a month
UA-cam recommended this video to me. I watched it from beginning to end, and it is truly spectacular... The development of the video, the recordings, documenting everything like a good engineer, creating a retro design reminiscent of the 80s, using high-quality construction materials, good colors and excellent music. You really conveyed a lot of emotions to those of us who share the same passion for hardware. I am subscribing!!!! Greetings from Chile.
10:10
Yoga: Pls let me die
Marcin: I love you
LoL
"I love it not because it looks good. I love it because I made it" vibes
its strangly comforting to have no music in the background. super underrated channel, you deserve at least 2.23k subs
The subtle computer hum makes the video juuuuussst perfect
at least 2.3k subs
>no music
but shitton of random unnecessary cuts and noises. Top notch producing here
@@MrBratkenSolov unnecessary? pleb
Agreed. No background music, no subway surfers at the bottom half, pure bliss.
jeffrey dahmer??
💀💀💀
A product to make any Apple engineer blush with jealousy.
that's cool mr. dahmer
I submitted this to Hackaday with the following comment, RIP your comments section:
So some nerd (who am I kidding, I wish I was this good) kept breaking his laptop's keyboard (because design flaws) and finally gave up and did what we all wish we could - rebuilt the laptop to house a mechanical keyboard. I'm kinda in awe, and I hope you all are too.
That's why I'm here.
This is one of the best looking laptops i have seen in years. Thin laptops are cool but a thick laptop with cool things like a big battery or a mechanical keyboard are cooler. Also the clear bottom is like icing on the cake.
i cant believe you posted this two days ago and not 15 years ago
Builds a Chad of a laptop. Runs Linux. Kings the whole thing. Someone said it already, you cooked. Also, your editing is F4acking Supreme!!!
Imagine if Akira Nakai were to tune laptops instead of Porsche's, this has the same spirit and I love it
I loved your work jeffery !!! keep it up
Good video. Very funny. Bit high noise floor on mic, you can hear it whine. Otherwise very funny
Thank you, yeah I swapped mics later in the video when I noticed it :|
@@MarcinPlazaI actually thought it was part of the joke ngl
I love how wet your mouth sounds come through on that mic, really gives it that chef's kiss of "good thing this guy's an engineer because I think he'd be a serial killer if he didn't have this kind of stuff to keep him busy"
I would happily have a laptop that thick if it had a mechanical keyboard.
Well he is just a guy. If a brand like lenovo tries it it won't be that thick at all
Good job that looks really good
Reminds me of old youtube, well done
nice video jeffrey dahmer
I’m learning PCBWay will pretty much sponsor any crazy electronics idea on UA-cam. That said, as someone who hates laptop keyboards with a passion, I commend you.
holy crap. that actually looks really good in the end. am impressed.
I was cleaning my house today and ran across some of my 10+ year old laptops, and boy are they chonkers, just a bit thinner than your great creation.
VGA, HDMI, 4x usb 2.0, PCMIA, RJ11, RJ45, firewire, some weird proprietary port I never used, blu ray, 2 headphone out, 1 mic in, 1 audio line out, and also had a slot for a remote control. Absolute media beast.
Hats off to you for your sweet chassis and giving new life to a dying laptop.
is that laptop you found by any chance an HP Pavillion DV6?
@@gamecuber6 Very close, it's a HP paviliion DV5. My main memory of the thing is it was great, but ran hot like a furnace. I ran it for so long the fan bearings now sound awful. Not very useful anymore as it runs vista and only has 4gb of ram.
@@TastidiousYabbie 4GB will be decent for Vista actually
@@TastidiousYabbie genuinely surprised that the gpu in it hasn't yet failed
most of those pavillions with dedicated GPUs had an issue where the gpu would overheat to a point where it would crack the solder balls and require a reflow
i thank god it came
on for you page, great project hope to see more
Being crazy enough to pull a trigger leaves a man unchanged. Unevolved. Middling. Forgettable.
Being gangster enough to 100% that mission with AA-grade precision, finesse, and style however... leaves something beyond a man. You sir are hereby certified: Legendary Operator. Incredible work. Liked and subbed.
👏
thank you for the peel, and the sound of the keyboard is proper loud in that case. nice work.
great job! it takes a lot of patience and determination to work out and fix every one of those little (and big) problems you had assembling the laptop, the outcome looks superb and Chucky in a good way, keep up the great videos :)
that looks amazing well done!
this genuienly felt like a thng a ThinkPad modder would do. You honestly did a wonderful job; I've never ever seen anyone do something like this ever before, and the way you executed it along with the final product is just spectacular.
I want one now 😭
I love how it turned out looking so nice and clean but the entire process was so stressful looking
Dang. That reminds me of the MNT reform with the transparent bottom. Excellent job with the design, it has the right amount of jank, and to be able to see that jank through the bottom is just perfect. Adding bumpons on the bottom could be a final addition i suppose?
You deserve my sub
petition for this guy to start a kickstarter
👇
I love the editing style of this video. Definitely gonna check out more. The low quality camera footage bits cooked
Jeff Dahmer and Keyboards
Perfect mix of creative humour and actual tech channel chaos
this ... this is life
i love this type of energy I have no idea how i stumbled onto your channel but this is everything i have been wanting to see from youtube
I've been feeling kinda down on engineering lately, being forced to waste time on classes that wont add to anything, and each class I miss just makes the nextt one more pointless. But seeing stuff like this gives reminds me why I chose this area.
Yesterday I soldered some broken keys from a non-hot swapable mechanical keyboard, switch by switch (12 in total), and it felt great
Don’t feel down, you’re an engineer! You can make whatever you can dream up. Don’t be afraid to fail, and fail again, thats how I got to this point, and I still fail more than I would like to admit. So many projects, built and rebuilt. I believe in you :).
Sorry for the bit of a tangent lol. Don’t quit.
The comedic timing, jokes and editing are some of the best i have ever seen! 11/10 love the vid. Keep it up!
Most underrated channel I know. Hope you get the recognition you deserve.
Dude the direction and creativity in this video is far more impressive to me than the actual modification of that laptop.
@9:27 THE USB PORT IS UPDIDE DOWN
The usb-c port really is
I got recommended this cause I like silly stuff like this and man, I was not expecting to laugh so hard in the first few minutes to the point where I had to pause, I think it was the silly transitions followed by a dark joke about getting hit with a scooter then some warping sound effect. I have definitely subscribed.
thats really fancy
I really like the light colored classic style and no sharp edge laptop shape and the mechanical keyboard is cool too. I'm not sure if that's engineering or just thinking.
Man this is super cool! And now im really tempted to do this myself with my old Dell XPS laptop its always having thermal issues so making a bigger custom case in CAD would allow for a much better heatsink/air flow and maybe an integrated custom keyboard like you did (Tho i would probly go for a NuPhy Air60V2 or Lofree flow board since I like their sound and build quality) I think your over all end product looks super sick in a kind of janky way and totally has that homemade DIY vibe going for it lol
you could try and source a beefier cooler even with the extra real estate
Watched this at 3am, oh boy!
But seriously, great work, this gives me so many ideas on what future projects ideas! Awesome job!
Was looking up laptop stands for my MacBook Pro at 3:30am, and youtube recommended THIS to me...
And somehow I'm not disappointed in the SLIGHTEST! 😃
Even though I have no intention of doing this project, this was beyond entertaining! 😁
Want the same. Probably the most upgradable laptop ever made ! Take that, Greta !
Im not surprised you use linux, but Im straight up shocked you dont use Arch btw
Especially on a laptop, the instability and rolling-release nature of Arch can really bite you in the ass sometimes when you have time sensitive stuff you need to do on it. Since he's a university student, I don't blame him for not wanting to deal with that.
@@fotnite_ ok thats a fair point but I was really just thinking along the lines of someone hardcore enough to take on this type of project would be on Arch btw or straight up linux from scratch
@@thomasnuggets9719 nah, nowadays the "hardcore" people are all using NixOS
large tech companies like Apple and Nintendo need to recognise that they don't control technology. They merely provide the tools. People will always want to personalise, tinker, or modify something they use often to live and work to suit their specific needs as best they can.
This is the future that we ought to openly embrace. Computers, keyboards, headphones, mobile phones, etc are all personal devices that we use to live and work. They naturally will need to suit a lot of peoples' specific needs, and the only way to achieve that is to make such devices as modular and open to modifications by the end user as possible.
It's happening whether Apple and others like it nor not.
This channel demonstrates that it's not only possible, but necessary to enable this kind of modularity and flexibility in our tools and instruments. Standardisation is great for mass production but it stifles innovation and exploration for millions. Locking out so many ideas and edge cases leads to stagnation that will see today's giants toppled by upstarts that WILL take advantage of this.
Evolve or die.
Marcin, you keep this going. I am fascinated and I want to learn myself.
PC modding Jeffrey Dahmer drilling up custom PCs
I must say the motherboard mod does a great job on the thocciness of the keyboard. great job.
For a second, I thought Jeffrey Dahmer was trying to sell me a laptop
Come to my house I'll let u play some video games😈
a bit jank but with the advent of low profile mechanical keyboards I've been hoping for a laptop manufacturer to come out with a laptop with a decent keyboard option. mechnical and trackpoint thinkpad style throwback with a ryzen CPU? It's a no brainer.
Bro looks like jeffrey dahmer 😅
real
Because he is😂
You feel like such a big boy now that you said that, huh? 🙄
As long as he doesn't kill me, good
Hope he's not gay
Wow, color me thoroughly impressed! I love videos like this. I have been dreaming up all kinds of custom build ideas and this is totally something I would love to make. For me, its not about how "janky" something is, but the fact that it is functional and you did it yourself. Mad props and keep at it!
bro looks like jeffery dahmer lmao
Congrats man on your new job. Way harder than anyone in the comment think. Respect to you and good work.
Absolutely love this, subscribed and really hope to see more laptop mods!!!
WOW amazing work.. you cooked it bro. Keep it up
No offence bro, but you look a bit like Jeffrey dahmer
Chunky laptops were always cool, great video editing, it was so fun to watch.
0:11 I hear beeping. Fix your mic
I don't hear any beefing,must be a notification from someone's phone
@@mr.cantillasz1912 it's more like a constant buzz. definitely noticeable though, at least on headphones
Zzzzznnnnnnnnnnnn
that was an experience and you did not disappoint, I just might do something like this to my Thinkpad T530 provided I can replace the processor that is. it was used as a linux distro testing machine and it just decided to give out i'm currently writing this on a different Thinkpad (a Yoga 11E 5th Generation)
Honestly not too bad! You can do so much more nowadays with companies like PCBWay.
The butterfly keyboard was a mess by apple. ( Its mechanical)
this just made me realize that normal people don't care about rattly stabilizers or whatever those disgusting sounds the switches make (it's only disgusting to me don't worry), overall i wish i could do all this, its so satisfying to see your idea come to life by your own hands
This was so cool. You should try making your own beefy laptop from scratch with motherboard custom case and stuff.
I love the format of this video. I laughed, I learned, I loved.
Edit: 5:42 is hilarious and creative
Dang that's crazy! I just was watching this while doing my CS hw and I saw you're from UF! It was just a random video I chose too. Great video! I'm a freshman at UF this year!
first video i've seen of you and i subbed in the first minute
This is amazing and what I've always wanted from a laptop. The only thing I would change is the switches; I'd put Kailh Choc Navies in there.
damn linus torvalds is still cooking
i love those kind of videos, you got yourself new subscriber!!!!!
No joke that's the sickest custom laptop build i've ever seen, no competition. I'd wanted to do a similar thing with mine, custom lower frame to accommodate as many 21700 5ah cells as i could fit. it was both kinda funny but also frustrating seeing you encounter so many of the issues i figured i'd run into. subbed af
3:27 this made me giggle heartfully, and the anvil is an amazing touch! Tickles that nostalgic childhood funny bone when I was young
great video ngl. funny, learned something, and watchable. like a low budget michael reeves
Really good build and it looks fire. But with the keybord you did its fire but if you removed all of the case parts then it can fit better and look better also. But got to say cool keybord
this looks incredible, excellent work!
This is so impressive… oh my god you are amazing! That’s truly a rare laptop. You made something that is undoubtedly yours!
I can FEEEL the pain you went through doing this but the end product is so cool on so many levels
The humming/coil whine in the background really makes the video 😂😂❤️❤️
in the first half bro was pretending to be noob until the cinematic shots came in, nice Bro keep it up :)
That's freaking good bro you done well
Great job. Loved watching the video.
Quality content! Keep up man!
This has to be one of the coolest videos I've ever seen!!!
Totally agree, using Livesplit or speedrun for something like this makes it so much more exciting! 🚀🔥 Gonna try this for my next project, thanks for the inspiration! 🙌👏
You'll blow up some day with the originality you brought with this video. I just know it! Keep pushing content, because I'm a new subscriber :)))
2 minutes in and I like this video already, keep up bro, really looking forward to things like this