Was Windows XP as Good as we Remember?

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  • @Bagley2014
    @Bagley2014 2 місяці тому +15378

    I'm 28, but watching that kid struggle to open a CD case really made me feel old.

    • @beardsntools
      @beardsntools 2 місяці тому +754

      And then they complain about the speed too lmao. "In that time I could go to youtube and use a downloader".. then he says "don't do that btw" Yeah don't do that because the quality you get from lossy to lossy will be terrible.

    • @chippyyyy
      @chippyyyy 2 місяці тому +460

      im 24 and he made me feel old 😂

    • @Hungry_Senko
      @Hungry_Senko 2 місяці тому +452

      I am 19 and it made me feel really old...

    • @xXJerry202Xx
      @xXJerry202Xx 2 місяці тому +256

      SAMEEE. I turn 29 in 2 months and watching that hurt 🫠🫠 I used to play the pinball game for hours and hearing him say "it's sad" made me want to punch the screen 😂😂

    • @BryanLu0
      @BryanLu0 2 місяці тому +61

      ​@@beardsntoolsIt's a direct rip from UA-cam, only UA-cam's compression

  • @danielowentech
    @danielowentech 2 місяці тому +7015

    Now check if they can use windows 11. Most of my high school students have no idea how to do anything on a PC that isn't in a browser.

    • @d9zirable
      @d9zirable 2 місяці тому +794

      That is depressing to hear

    • @ZaPirate
      @ZaPirate 2 місяці тому +831

      ah yes, the touchscreen generation.

    • @gergoilles-nemeth9021
      @gergoilles-nemeth9021 2 місяці тому +394

      To be fair, Im 21 years old, grow up on the 98, XP, 7 than 10. Yet I have no clue how to use Win11. I had to do an exam once, where all of the pcs were running win11, man I have never been that lost in my life, couldnt find the paste or copy buttons, than I tought, ok, lets use ctrl+V, but shortcuts were disabled because of the exam, I spent another 5 mins looking for the copy and paste buttons 😓

    • @dappermuis5002
      @dappermuis5002 2 місяці тому +218

      The irony in that is that when I left High school all the jobs you applied for actually asked if you were computer literate as computers were just starting to be come a thing you needed to know how to use. Never thought I'd see the day again, where that question has to come up with kids leaving High School and applying for jobs. Do you know how to use a computer?

    • @robson124
      @robson124 2 місяці тому +37

      At that Era, internet was in a huge box and a crt 14' monitor to all family share minutes of use, so everyone had to learn how to use it, today even fridges have internet hahahah.

  • @toufusoup
    @toufusoup 2 місяці тому +4912

    It blows my mind at 2:08 that Elijah is a year older than me but has never used BOTH operating systems that made up my childhood as a 1999 kid. Usually it’s people under the age of 21 but I guess I’ve found an outlier.

    • @DaimyoD0
      @DaimyoD0 2 місяці тому +524

      I cannot BELIEVE he is 26. I was thinking he was a lot younger.

    • @MINEZ461
      @MINEZ461 2 місяці тому +249

      im 23 and ive used from win 98

    • @simonfredheim9581
      @simonfredheim9581 2 місяці тому +418

      Yeah how has he never used windows 7 even? I guess his family just didnt have a pc? But even then what about school computers or pc-s at the library? This guy just avoided pc's at all cost?

    • @NottJoeyOfficial
      @NottJoeyOfficial 2 місяці тому +162

      Windows XP was my first ever OS, Windows 7 is my most used OS. I'm also 26. That was insane to hear, guess he was in an Apple or Vista household lol.

    • @joester4life
      @joester4life 2 місяці тому +57

      @@DaimyoD0 He's 26..? He looks damn older than me. And I just hit 40.

  • @countrymanWayne
    @countrymanWayne Місяць тому +8160

    The Struggle is real man, My cousin had an ancient pc with Windows XP, he was using it for work, you can imagine, I want to help him building a decent one, should I get him Windows 11 right? where I can get it?

    • @JohnJacobson555
      @JohnJacobson555 Місяць тому

      Seriously?? 😅😅😅 How he was working, no way... well about Windows, from BNH Software, easy...

    • @joshuaLLM1
      @joshuaLLM1 Місяць тому +2

      Poor guy, you should help him, I agree with John and you should get him a Ryzen 5 at least...

    • @NLJuzzzNL
      @NLJuzzzNL Місяць тому +3

      Let hum struggle a bit with Vista first :P

    • @weskirkland5850
      @weskirkland5850 Місяць тому +1

      kinguin

    • @theguyfromsaturn
      @theguyfromsaturn Місяць тому +2

      Wouldn't wish Windows 11 on any one though. He's probably better off with XP. Actually, even Millenium Edition would be better.

  • @lolzlolz69
    @lolzlolz69 2 місяці тому +1562

    8:23 Requiring the disc in the drive to run was also an attempt at piracy control.

    • @Masterrunescapeer
      @Masterrunescapeer 2 місяці тому +202

      Most games did this, downloaded cracks for my own games so didn't have to take it out the box all the time.

    • @stephencoakley
      @stephencoakley 2 місяці тому +63

      Effective, too, for the average user... though not all CDs had very good copy protection and you could just duplicate the CD pretty easily.

    • @CyFr
      @CyFr 2 місяці тому +39

      ​@@stephencoakleyuseful for when your disk got scratched all to heck

    • @stephencoakley
      @stephencoakley 2 місяці тому +17

      @@CyFr yeah we made copies of many game CDs as a backup in case the original was damaged. At least once that came in handy.

    • @stephencoakley
      @stephencoakley 2 місяці тому +78

      @@lolzlolz69 Another thing you could do was make ISOs of the disks and mount them with Daemon Tools. Several programs were not smart enough to recognize that it wasn't a real CD drive and then you could use the software without the disk. The first Halo was one such game if I recall...

  • @Scarlet_Soul
    @Scarlet_Soul 2 місяці тому +3624

    4:07 Them trying to open a CD case was just painful

    • @abekurianisac9159
      @abekurianisac9159 2 місяці тому +72

      @@Scarlet_Soul oh man! Felt a chill run down my spine 🥶

    • @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_
      @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_ 2 місяці тому +100

      *crunch*

    • @MadMaxGyver
      @MadMaxGyver 2 місяці тому +248

      The fact that adult people who have never opened a CD case in their lives exist, man that was brutal, I feel very old..

    • @MrCed122
      @MrCed122 2 місяці тому +229

      Yeah, I hate that stupid boomer joke of "youngsters don't know how to open a book", but man, they were right on that one. Like... it's a CD case, you open it, there's no steps or anything, did they never opened a DVD / Blu-Ray / Playstation / Xbox / Switch case before? They're 18, no 6, they should know something as basic as that (and don't get me started on the whole screen saver thing, XP and 11 are identical on that aspect and they still managed to do it in the most convoluted way).

    • @leeward6762
      @leeward6762 2 місяці тому +58

      Youth is no excuse for that. 😂

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta 2 місяці тому +2346

    I am rightly proud of Windows XP...I was at Microsoft during development of this OS.
    It was the only OS that Microsoft actually spent the time to make things right.
    "We don't want a Service Pack in 3 months...fix EVERYTHING now!"
    The release date got slipped several times...quality was being held as the highest standard.
    We did our best to make a great product...I think we did OK.

    • @jaytee444444
      @jaytee444444 2 місяці тому +121

      SP3 was non existent for most. It came way too late... 2008. And by this time Vista had been out for nearly a year.
      Most people (myself included) spent the entirety of the XP years with SP2 and that was pretty much perfect.

    • @EnlightenedSavage
      @EnlightenedSavage 2 місяці тому

      ​@@jaytee444444 he didn't say sp3. He said they wanted no service pack in 3 months. XP was fantastic.

    • @YODAddyLIVE
      @YODAddyLIVE 2 місяці тому +40

      XP MCE and MUI Packs, the glory days. Now it's literally there are no testers, you ARE the tester.

    • @Rysysys
      @Rysysys 2 місяці тому +45

      Yeah, You did! Thank You for that!

    • @raynjpg
      @raynjpg 2 місяці тому +34

      I think you guys did pretty darn good. I'm 21, and Windows XP was my first operating system. I played Roblox on it from 2013 until 2015-2016ish, when the textures quit loading on it and the game just quit running properly. It was the OS on my grandparents' computer, till they got a machine with Windows 10.
      The OS ran fine, and it was fairly intuitive to use. That being said, Windows 10 was a breath of fresh air in comparison lol. Windows 7, which my mom's PC still runs, felt about the same to me at that age.
      My short run on Windows XP, learning how to navigate it, and my longer run on Windows 7 and 10, are a huge reason I'm so familiar with computers now and I'm pursuing a Computer Science degree.

  • @dsmith5940
    @dsmith5940 Місяць тому +131

    It’s cute that the teens were actually quite ‘pleased’ that they got their own physical media - “I’ve got my own CD!” 🤗

    • @dorukkepce7586
      @dorukkepce7586 Місяць тому +13

      Back then when we actually owned anything... no everything is digitally bought, or subscription based, we dont own sht :D Thats why I started making my own archive of movies, series, music etc. 🙃

    • @evanr1940
      @evanr1940 17 днів тому

      should have asked whether they have access to a cd player ;)

  • @Seed
    @Seed 2 місяці тому +1700

    2:09 How the hell has Elijah never used windows 7 lol.. He’s 26..? 1998? Was he a mac user or something..

    • @Henrex2000
      @Henrex2000 2 місяці тому +125

      not even in school?

    • @Seed
      @Seed 2 місяці тому +185

      He was 13 when 8 released.. Had he never used a like computer outside of school before being 13 lol..

    • @jackbro655
      @jackbro655 2 місяці тому +29

      He probably skipped it, i kinda did the same thing, i used mostly WinXP Machines and only used Win7 on my mother's laptop, later when I got my own laptop it had Win8

    • @joelneedham4548
      @joelneedham4548 2 місяці тому +126

      @@jackbro655 He said he hadn't used xp either though lol

    • @BabaSmithVideos
      @BabaSmithVideos 2 місяці тому +24

      Yeah, kinda interesting. I'm the same age as him and we had our first computer in 2005 with Windows XP

  • @pedrodavid6041
    @pedrodavid6041 2 місяці тому +367

    Struggle at 8:05 unlocked my core memory of leaving the mouse on the progress bar to check back minutes later if it had moved

    • @Jokervision744
      @Jokervision744 2 місяці тому +6

      Part of the fun.

    • @UpJumpsDaParty
      @UpJumpsDaParty Місяць тому +6

      I recall that trick 😂😂😂

    • @timderks5960
      @timderks5960 Місяць тому +3

      God I forgot all about that... How things have changed...

    • @vaclav_fejt
      @vaclav_fejt Місяць тому +5

      @@pedrodavid6041 Oh yes! And if a game was loading (e.g. Mafia: City of Lost Heaven), I laid a finger over the last coloured dot.

    • @kalvincatugas7593
      @kalvincatugas7593 Місяць тому

      Back when developers prefer useless bars than using numbers for progress percentage. Hahahah

  • @windowsxpprofessional
    @windowsxpprofessional 2 місяці тому +12924

    Aha. They are trying me finally

    • @nottoxicroz1213
      @nottoxicroz1213 2 місяці тому +288

      Pause

    • @S.I.M.P
      @S.I.M.P 2 місяці тому +41

      Też tak myśle kolego

    • @DJRGYT
      @DJRGYT 2 місяці тому +332

      Bro was waiting for this moment

    • @nexovec
      @nexovec 2 місяці тому +93

      can we pin this please?

    • @PMitchell1011Real
      @PMitchell1011Real 2 місяці тому +22

      ​@@nottoxicroz1213 just boutta say that

  • @aidanhelfrich4887
    @aidanhelfrich4887 Місяць тому +162

    Being 19 and seeing people in my generation struggle with CDs makes me feel so much older than I am

    • @berndl_3925
      @berndl_3925 Місяць тому +4

      I remember when I played pinball on my dad's pc - why do I feel so old, I'm only 19 as well qwq

    • @leafingaround6077
      @leafingaround6077 Місяць тому +5

      same im 21 and i grew up with the tech that theyre struggling with. it made me feel so old

    • @daggern15
      @daggern15 Місяць тому +3

      Just consider them ignorant and give yourself a pat on the back.

    • @SimulatedGoat
      @SimulatedGoat Місяць тому +3

      It does feel jarring when other 20 somethings don't know how to use old tech

    • @aidanhelfrich4887
      @aidanhelfrich4887 9 днів тому +2

      @@daggern15 yep I make it a point to know how to use this older tech since so much of what we use now requires an internet connection there’s something much more fitting and nostalgic about using something that doesn’t require internet

  • @hyperpug2898
    @hyperpug2898 2 місяці тому +1691

    But have you noticed one tiny but VERY important detail...
    There are no ads and no tracking in XP!

    • @thelaurens1996
      @thelaurens1996 2 місяці тому +63

      Well at least you don't really notice the tracking now either , Microsoft hides that pretty well. 😅

    • @Hash6624
      @Hash6624 2 місяці тому +144

      Yea but if you use XP nowadays, you're gunna get tracked by someone else...

    • @EmilGlockner
      @EmilGlockner 2 місяці тому +38

      I still haven't found an add in Windows 10. Where would I look for one? Or does living in the EU get rid of those, automatically?

    • @pupip55
      @pupip55 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Hash6624 Windows xp is still supported if you fee. a few services still use it for thier backend

    • @kuromiLayfe
      @kuromiLayfe 2 місяці тому +29

      Tracking existed but they didn’t notify you about it during install (reason lots of people always suggested to not have your internet connected when not needed, that was not just to save costs but also the hidden tracking from lots of embedded software in the OEM versions)

  • @FSAPOJake
    @FSAPOJake 2 місяці тому +1154

    Windows XP felt so comforting and homely in a way no other Windows OS ever has.
    I miss the 2000s.

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 2 місяці тому +47

      I'd argue Windows Vista & 7 looked better. 7 was the last good version. 8 was the beginning of the end of Windows and the beginning of the enshittifcation of Windows.

    • @kirby21-xz4rx
      @kirby21-xz4rx 2 місяці тому +11

      Windows 7 says hello 😂

    • @Ticklestein
      @Ticklestein 2 місяці тому +2

      Which one was the one that did terrible and then had a .1 version that fixed basically everything?
      Win7?
      Basically would prefer 7.1 over XP, but XP is a close second.

    • @roanv
      @roanv 2 місяці тому +20

      @@Ticklestein Windows 8
      They removed the desktop lol, changed it to an app screen of sorts
      8.1 brought the desktop back

    • @nobrakes7892
      @nobrakes7892 2 місяці тому +1

      bAcK iN Ma dAy

  • @antares8826
    @antares8826 2 місяці тому +537

    4:12 Him not knowing how to open a CD case broke me

    • @Aleagueplayer
      @Aleagueplayer 2 місяці тому +23

      @@antares8826 i had to pause the video and cry real quick

    • @lukefrahn8538
      @lukefrahn8538 2 місяці тому +47

      broke the case as well

    • @aaronb7990
      @aaronb7990 2 місяці тому +19

      I paused to comment... give him a cassette tape case next 😂🤙

    • @Lemon10.5
      @Lemon10.5 2 місяці тому +7

      Same and I’m younger than him

    • @boundish1
      @boundish1 2 місяці тому +5

      I said wtf out loud when the case creaked.

  • @PropaMusicUK
    @PropaMusicUK 2 місяці тому +29

    When Elijah was told he was the only person to go through properties to get to screen savers, I knew he was a real one 😂😂😂 I was watching them piss about in control panel waiting for the chosen one to do it correctly 👏👏

  • @gustavo1837
    @gustavo1837 2 місяці тому +605

    I'm also 26, and there's no way Elijah didn't know that CDs scratch easily. By the way, if you know how to use Windows 11 properly, you can 100% use Windows XP. It's pretty much the same thing, just less fancy and convenient.

    • @JardTheRat
      @JardTheRat 2 місяці тому +111

      Yea he also said he had never used windows 7 which is even more strange.

    • @Zeb-nh6hj
      @Zeb-nh6hj 2 місяці тому +8

      @@JardTheRat this is very true i did the math and the last time i used windows 7 i was 12... Im 17

    • @kalebg.7507
      @kalebg.7507 2 місяці тому +50

      I get the vibe he sometimes just says stuff to say stuff lol

    • @WisteriaBerlitz
      @WisteriaBerlitz 2 місяці тому +28

      @@JardTheRat I wonder if his family didn't have a PC for a long time, or he was using other OS like MacOS, Ubuntu-Linux

    • @rohanofgondor
      @rohanofgondor 2 місяці тому +11

      bro is a content creator through and through

  • @joshuadelaughter
    @joshuadelaughter 2 місяці тому +635

    Did Elijah not have a computer until he was 18 or something? How has he not even used Windows 7? I'm a year younger than him and I grew up on XP.

    • @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_
      @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_ 2 місяці тому +106

      I'm confused too. Even if he didn't have one at home surely he used one at school right?

    • @drewb63
      @drewb63 2 місяці тому +81

      i have friends who's parents only had macs in their houses growing up, so he's probably just less familiar with older windows

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou 2 місяці тому +31

      And also at the same time knew what the pipe screensaver was in XP despite never having used it or I presume 98/95 that also had it

    • @vordt4139
      @vordt4139 2 місяці тому +27

      Lying for camera lol

    • @TheHeuschen
      @TheHeuschen 2 місяці тому +9

      it baffled me also, seriously the dude looks much older than 26, but even if he is 26, or 36, or 40 there must have been some exposure to XP or 7 at least

  • @CoolCrescent186
    @CoolCrescent186 2 місяці тому +1004

    As a 19 year old, watching people be UNABLE to open a CD case was painful. I love CDs, because it means you own the content, in higher bitrate than YT>MP3s or whatever.

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad 2 місяці тому +43

      I mean in hindsight I guess it isn't very obvious how to open them compared to dvd & blu-ray cases. You have to know which sides are part of the front and back so you hold it right.

    • @farawaythrower
      @farawaythrower 2 місяці тому +6

      What about vinyl :)

    • @Freakmaster480
      @Freakmaster480 2 місяці тому +68

      You could always just download higher quality files. Cds aren't really any better than just having it on a hard drive.

    • @SanchoDomain
      @SanchoDomain 2 місяці тому +18

      @@farawaythrower no

    • @DJ3thenew23
      @DJ3thenew23 2 місяці тому +17

      Until your CD player breaks and you can't buy a new one because they're not made anymore lmao

  • @AudiosurfSongs1
    @AudiosurfSongs1 Місяць тому +22

    Millennial here. XP and 7 are Microsoft's best OS to this day. The only reason I switched to 10 is because Lost Ark stopped supporting 7.

    • @johncenashi5117
      @johncenashi5117 Місяць тому

      Oh yeh 100% For sure. 32 here, XP was the best OS. Well, maybe for that time you know. W10 is good and smooth for today. 7 was totally fine, basically just an upgraded XP.

    • @FPAlpha
      @FPAlpha Місяць тому

      @@johncenashi5117 7 was a pain in the ass. It screwed up permissions for various drive partitions i had and when i moved to 10 i had to invest major effort in unscrewing access to my drives and getting back all the data.
      Ever since i moved to 10 i have not looked back, won't even upgrade to 11 as it works completely fine and without hassle.

    • @yincimaster8530
      @yincimaster8530 20 днів тому

      Forced to update to keep your PC running, but if we could, we'd go back forever. Imo XP was good, 7 was better, and since then it's been downhill only. Even simple organisatory tasks are even hard now, like removing the folders from the "My Computer" section. All the "you need to be an admin" shit WHILE YOU ARE AN ADMIN. God, it's been made so complex. Sure, once you get used to it, but the thing is, a good interface doesn't require people to get used to it. That's why Apple has always been so successful, because it's just so straight forward.

  • @sacredeyes3508
    @sacredeyes3508 2 місяці тому +140

    Him opening the cd gem case hurt more than i couldve imagined

    • @LS3ftw15
      @LS3ftw15 2 місяці тому

      @@sacredeyes3508 jewel case?

    • @LS3ftw15
      @LS3ftw15 2 місяці тому

      Jewel case?

    • @Monstah7
      @Monstah7 2 місяці тому +1

      🤣🤣 Felt the same way..

    • @HolyRamanRajya
      @HolyRamanRajya 2 місяці тому +2

      imagine if he was given floppy(with a similar "disc" inside) and he broke the floppy case before inserting huehuehue

  • @rhkips
    @rhkips 2 місяці тому +245

    Back in middle school, our classroom computer decided to corrupt itself, and me and a friend elected to get out of class for the day by upgrading it from Windows 3.1, to Windows 95, via floppy disks that said friend happened to have in his backpack. Our teacher was so excited, as there was a push from administration to utilize more computer-based learning. We were the first classroom to upgrade to Win95, and the only classroom to have upgraded for the next year and a half. Good times!

    • @EikottXD
      @EikottXD 2 місяці тому +4

      I'm surprised it ran it.

    • @robertjones1081
      @robertjones1081 2 місяці тому +2

      ya blame the computer??????

    • @MietoK
      @MietoK 2 місяці тому +5

      Yeah, back in 92 we of got few 386sx machines to our school. First computers ever. I was like 10 years old and I got tired of waiting for someone to come and set it up. So I installed DOS 5 in to it. One week later system administrator finally came and he wondered who did this. And when he found out he asked permission from me that could he upgrade it to DOS6 and Win3.11 😅 And at the same time we got VGA graphics as well. Happy day 😂 Been working with computers since.

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 2 місяці тому

      Wait, isn't that piracy?🤣Or did they buy a license?

    • @rhkips
      @rhkips 2 місяці тому +3

      @@Exachad The floppies were not copied! New-in-box official release. :D

  • @virpatrakar1404
    @virpatrakar1404 2 місяці тому +370

    2:12 "Plouffe [young at heart]" LMAO

  • @BNWilliamGaming
    @BNWilliamGaming 23 дні тому +4

    As someone born in Gen Alpha, I can say that I’m probably better at Windows XP than they are. I guess it’s not fair though, as my first computer experiences were on Windows XP. I also used CDs for years before streaming was introduced to my family. On top of that, I guess I’ve just always had a fascination with older technology…

  • @random_n
    @random_n 2 місяці тому +83

    This needs a follow-up with old mobile systems like iOS 4 and Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Both were new when XP was just beginning to fade away, but each has changed far more than Windows has since then.

    • @lucaspagote3042
      @lucaspagote3042 2 місяці тому +5

      @@random_n this! I never knew it before, but I want this.

    • @asdfomfglol
      @asdfomfglol 2 місяці тому +2

      Nah, go all the way back to nokia.

    • @nomenmasi8964
      @nomenmasi8964 2 місяці тому +6

      Seeing Ice Cream Sandwich being an old mobile system really makes me feel old

    • @KBRoller
      @KBRoller 2 місяці тому

      @@asdfomfglol I wanna see them launch and play Snake on a Nokia brick phone!

  • @StephenKennington
    @StephenKennington 2 місяці тому +108

    Watching the burning of CD brings back PTSD flash backs of waiting 20 minutes or so for a CD or DVD worth of data to be burnt only for it to fail at the very end and having to start all over again.

    • @adsable
      @adsable 2 місяці тому +6

      @@StephenKennington Even worse was burning read-only disks only for it be corrupted after it was done.

    • @malrofo
      @malrofo 2 місяці тому +9

      I learned the hard way to burn at 1x always

    • @XzTS-Roostro
      @XzTS-Roostro 2 місяці тому +1

      That's why you write at the slowest speed

    • @GizmoTheGreen
      @GizmoTheGreen 2 місяці тому +3

      you didn't suffer through the very first burners, that was 1x? aka 65 minutes to fill a whole disc.

    • @StephenKennington
      @StephenKennington 2 місяці тому +5

      Remember getting a spindle of 100 CDs at a to good to be true prices. 60-70% failure rate. After that only got quality branded ones, cost more but saved my sanity.

  • @dragonhak
    @dragonhak 2 місяці тому +690

    We still use XP at my job for a specific software that's too expensive on it's modern version and they're running on Athlon II X2, with a lot of frozen in time versions of VNC, Nod, Firefox and patched IE for the bunch of non restricted access websites for work. New ones have W10 and they still need that software so we have a VM just for that, and I have to say.. still works pretty fine today, Microsoft would never expected this futureproof kind of use

    • @chriswright8074
      @chriswright8074 2 місяці тому +5

      Just update

    • @LilOleTinyMe
      @LilOleTinyMe 2 місяці тому +77

      @@chriswright8074 I think you are severely underestimating the cost of custom software in some companies. For example if the hardware is one of 3 of its kind in the US and has custom software to run, and the factory needs to run it to test their product? The software provider charges as much as they can get away with.

    • @HA05GER
      @HA05GER 2 місяці тому

      ​@@chriswright8074if only it was that simple. Company I worked for held on because the cost to upgrade was massive. All of our machines worked fine with the old system. For a company that's making less than a million in profit it just isn't viable to spend 10s of thousands upgrading lots of equipment. Better to spend the money on having more machine instead of LEss machines with upgraded systems. They still did the same job either way so what's the point.

    • @chriscooper3503
      @chriscooper3503 2 місяці тому +20

      @dragonhak don't listen to the lies. Keep Windows XP alive. I lost my last windows xp computer back in 2017 due to a cracked motherboard. I miss it

    • @SamWulfign
      @SamWulfign 2 місяці тому

      @@chriswright8074 proprietary custom software is not that simple to "just update" for. you could be looking at 5 figures to have it "updated"

  • @eldonhill4840
    @eldonhill4840 7 днів тому +2

    I'll always have a soft spot for Windows XP for one reason: My dad created Cleartype and was incredibly passionate about on-screen readability, so I remember his excitement leading up to release that it was finally bundled with a mainline version of Windows. Of course he was a little peeved that it was off by default, but they ended up remedying that later. I know some people are mixed on Cleartype now, but back then when displays were lower resolution and there were no other forms of text anti-aliasing it really made a big difference. RIP Bill Hill.

  • @true_dinos
    @true_dinos 2 місяці тому +479

    I'm 18 and people "Young People" strugling with my first windows makes me feel older them i am...

    • @p1nstark
      @p1nstark 2 місяці тому +5

      Same xD

    • @Ahmed_Ehab.
      @Ahmed_Ehab. 2 місяці тому +1

      Same..

    • @ManzoorKhn212
      @ManzoorKhn212 2 місяці тому +2

      Aha me too I remember my older brother using this windows so I know some stuff aswell

    • @roblogez
      @roblogez 2 місяці тому +8

      im 15 and i used XP for a long time I can remember like how to do 90% of stuff you would do normally

    • @adendragon705
      @adendragon705 2 місяці тому +2

      I'm going to be honest I was not ready for a video like this about windows XP yet... I'm not that old yet.... Am I?

  • @yaneproduction
    @yaneproduction 2 місяці тому +635

    As a 20 year old it's hard for me to imagine 17 year old never touching Win XP since I grew up with this system. Loved to destroy my desktop in a flash game

    • @Sol4rOnYt
      @Sol4rOnYt 2 місяці тому +46

      im 15 and i've used windows 7 and xp so idk what these man are doing

    • @chassycy
      @chassycy 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Sol4rOnYtfr

    • @arianamirgholami9555
      @arianamirgholami9555 2 місяці тому +8

      I'm 23 and I had 98 for my personal computer for many years

    • @chrisr267
      @chrisr267 2 місяці тому +4

      @@yaneproduction How did you grow up with XP? By the time you were old enough to even reasonably use a computer, Windows 7 or even 8 was already out. A solid 2/3 versions of windows after XP. By that time, computers with XP weren't even sold or supported by manufacturers.

    • @username-mb2qh
      @username-mb2qh 2 місяці тому +36

      Windows XP was pretty much the dominant OS up until at least 2014 and even after that it still retained some relevance for a while. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still used in some institutions at least.
      Honestly I reckon just about anyone of double digit age encountered XP at least at some point.

  • @MinecrafterPictures
    @MinecrafterPictures 2 місяці тому +42

    As a guy born in 2003, currently 21, I first discovered UA-cam in my mom's office, on a work computer that just so happened to have Windows XP and I remember using Powerpoint on Office 2003 or so.
    And this is why Windows XP holds a special place in my heat as my first ever version of Windows.

  • @ingloriousdane
    @ingloriousdane 2 місяці тому +255

    You guys forgot the part when burning on a CD - DON'T WALK HARD ON THE FLOOR OR SHAKE THE DESK! The slightest vibrations through the floor or desk could shake the PC and corrupt (or what it is you call it when it gets damaged) the CD and make it unusable - just to throw it in the bin and you had to start all over.

    • @stephenluttrell8958
      @stephenluttrell8958 2 місяці тому +19

      Oh man, I remember that. I remember starting a burn and doing my best not to even touch the desk as I slowly moved my chair away from it and walked out of the room and stayed out of the room until I knew it was done, getting annoyed with my dog if she chose that time to jump off the bed.

    • @burnt1ce85
      @burnt1ce85 2 місяці тому +8

      Hahaha those were the good old days. I remember i would be so happy to get a spindle of 50 top quality CDRs for christmas

    • @debashisraykarmakar836
      @debashisraykarmakar836 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah I remember that

    • @CHPadyx
      @CHPadyx 2 місяці тому +11

      And the anxiety when you hear the drive's sound pitch drop suddenly, which could signal another doomed burn...

    • @Thomas-im6ft
      @Thomas-im6ft 2 місяці тому +4

      It was called a coaster. (the style at the time)

  • @josephoberlander
    @josephoberlander 2 місяці тому +208

    Having used over 20 OSs in my life, I can say that XP's major achievement was that it finally started acting like an operating system. Before that, one bad process or hung window - sorry, reboot, lose your data. It could multitask, but nothing was really compartmentalized. Even the user accounts and data was a mess before. XP was amazing in a corporate environment as we could image and have replacement drives. Very similar to Linux today, even. Dead drive? Plug in a new one, reboot. 5 minutes to configure and you're back at work. We could manage workarounds with Windows 7, but by Windows 8/10, it was nearly impossible to just have machines ready to go. Most of us old-timers still think XP was the best because of the reduced workload on the IT staff.

    • @AbuelitoMunchnutz
      @AbuelitoMunchnutz 2 місяці тому +3

      A couple other benefits of XP were the full-on blowup of new devices that could now use USB connectivity, and not having to reboot to access DOS directly (which You videomakers all seem to find a hindrance instead of a help - DOS was kinda necessary when You got a Windows-based virus to clean).
      And then there was the built-in compatibility moe that allowed the use of all the software from the past versions in a real 16bit mode (Early virtualization), and the use of DirectX supporting both software & hardware GPU functions.

    • @josephoberlander
      @josephoberlander 2 місяці тому +1

      @@AbuelitoMunchnutz It has really a few ease of life issues on top of 2000, which I used for a long time. (until 7 came out) We used it at work, but it was less stable than 2000.

    • @lunemay5013
      @lunemay5013 2 місяці тому

      Wait, hold on, you can't image later windows versions? I don't think I believe that, even the slightest

    • @HaydenH
      @HaydenH 2 місяці тому

      ​@@lunemay5013You can image all modern Windows versions. I'm not sure what they are talking about, maybe they made a mistake when typing?

    • @lunemay5013
      @lunemay5013 2 місяці тому

      @@HaydenH Yeah, I dont understand what he is trying to say at all.

  • @eagle_and_the_dragon
    @eagle_and_the_dragon 2 місяці тому +1390

    "young people" I didn't know I was old, I'm only 22; I was raised on XP.

    • @partechild0221
      @partechild0221 2 місяці тому +39

      I'm 36...I grew up with Windows 95, 98, and 2000 before XP was even thought about xD

    • @ChristianPierce
      @ChristianPierce 2 місяці тому +3

      same

    • @SegunLive1999
      @SegunLive1999 2 місяці тому +13

      @@eagle_and_the_dragon so true me as well I grew up even in school lol the 26 yrs old probably didn’t have a computer when he was younger hand families with windows because even in his time this was a thing.

    • @RandoWisLuL
      @RandoWisLuL 2 місяці тому +5

      @@partechild0221 i mean that would only follow suit with your age though, anyone in the 34-36 range will have that experience. But someone born in the 2000s using XP whilst growing up? definitely odd.

    • @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_
      @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_ 2 місяці тому +15

      Go to bed grandpa
      (I'm 23)

  • @PJxpanterx
    @PJxpanterx Місяць тому +6

    Nobodby called it "apps" back then, I also miss the old start menu, made it easy to find/click on a game, now my desktop is full of shortcuts instead...

  • @ThePizzaMan_
    @ThePizzaMan_ 2 місяці тому +174

    "This would drive me crazy [because it's so slow]" It wouldn't though because you wouldn't know any different! That was the beauty of it. This felt so fast to us oldies, because everything else before that was slower and/or more obtuse!

    • @ikkuranus
      @ikkuranus 2 місяці тому +21

      Exactly. Flash media existed in the XP era but it was tiny in capacity, slow, and expensive.

    • @DrewDoesThings
      @DrewDoesThings 2 місяці тому +12

      They are also most definitely using SSDs in the systems built for this too, judging from one of the comments they made. It would've been even slower usually........

    • @kentahirono
      @kentahirono 2 місяці тому +2

      @@ikkuranus Any 20y old hdd is way faster than the faster CD/DVD drive, a 22x DVD got up to 33.2MB/s, a 52x CD just 7,8MB/s.
      Likely it was slow coz junk pc.

    • @garcjr
      @garcjr 2 місяці тому +7

      Having been on dial-up internet until 2005. Most of these guys don't know the struggle.

    • @Deliveredmean42
      @Deliveredmean42 2 місяці тому +2

      Altho it helps that you do other stuff in the meantime.

  • @YourSweatyUncle
    @YourSweatyUncle 2 місяці тому +190

    Kids will never know the feeling of installing WoW in 2004 with 5 CDs then hear the music blast as it was completed 40 minutes later

    • @CathrineMacNiel
      @CathrineMacNiel 2 місяці тому +3

      Wasn't it 4 CDs when it launched?

    • @mallorychacon
      @mallorychacon 2 місяці тому +4

      40 mins? Holy smokes, I did the download over the evening

    • @ricardos8307
      @ricardos8307 2 місяці тому +2

      @@CathrineMacNiel I'm almost sure it was 5 CDs atleast in Europe the vanilla version I had

    • @fleurdewin7958
      @fleurdewin7958 2 місяці тому +3

      The thing I remember was the optical drive sounding like a spooling turbo when it spins up. PC these days are so much quieter without optical drives.

    • @Yuriel1981
      @Yuriel1981 2 місяці тому +1

      I can taste the sweet sweet nostalgia.

  • @MasonMenzies
    @MasonMenzies 2 місяці тому +289

    WHO IS THIS CHILD RIPPING ON 3D PINBALL??? 24, and I feel old. It's happening.

    • @Bl4ckSer4ph
      @Bl4ckSer4ph 2 місяці тому +15

      "24, and I feel old"
      lmfao, what would i have to say...? "ancient"...? i'm twice your age... 🤣

    • @chrisbednar3578
      @chrisbednar3578 2 місяці тому +8

      28 here. It only gets worse 🙃

    • @PraxisAbraxis
      @PraxisAbraxis 2 місяці тому +4

      34.... ayup.
      Just wait till you can look back, say, 5 years and have it feel like a blink of the eye... to follow the morbid trajectory that your life is shorter than you could have ever imagined
      and the speedometer only seems to be climbing...

    • @leto_saa
      @leto_saa 2 місяці тому +3

      22 and i really wouldnt have thought someone just 5 years younger than me could be so different

    • @midgetwars1
      @midgetwars1 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah I'm not gonna hate on a teen cos well they're teens, but the fact that an OS came with a free game is the opposite of SAD.

  • @QuintinHowell
    @QuintinHowell Місяць тому +1

    I was such a cool teen in those days, an older friend with a MSDN/TechNet sub gave me Windows XP x64 Edition to run on my Athlon64 + 4GB RAM because 32bit only addressed 3.3GB RAM.

    • @modbox9560
      @modbox9560 День тому

      64 still runs great quad core 8threads 32gig ram and operates online I've rebooted left online nothing happens why cause I regularly update upgrade house Internet firewall its funny watched how slow the rigs their using in video seems so slow xp also supported IPV6 but glad it was disabled by default cause in future windows 10 released a flaw being newer systems had it automatically enabled on clean boots

  • @johnnypopstar
    @johnnypopstar 2 місяці тому +75

    The only thing missing from this is some tiny mention about how "apps" were not called "apps" back then.

    • @Wobble2007
      @Wobble2007 2 місяці тому +2

      Well they were, we called them applications or apps, or programs/progs, either one was the term used.

    • @johnnypopstar
      @johnnypopstar 2 місяці тому +38

      @@Wobble2007 "Apps" was not commonly used until Apple gave us the phrase "there's an app for that", with the iPhone. They were "programs" up until then, in common parlance.

    • @kilroy1964
      @kilroy1964 2 місяці тому +7

      I recall the term app as originally being an application for smart phones (rather than for a computer).
      Programs had been referred to as applications for a while beforehand.

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 2 місяці тому +4

      that, and that the Programs actually where designed to be a Program running on your PC, instead of being a Glorified Internet Browser forced to do a single task... and people actually knew how to program for Desktop instead of it being a side thing ... Spotify in particular being egregious with that

    • @MorMacFey-v2g
      @MorMacFey-v2g Місяць тому

      I remember the terms for apps going back long before the internet and into the BBS days. Appz.

  • @kevinvandijk4871
    @kevinvandijk4871 2 місяці тому +209

    The good old days where you had to install “no cd cracks” so you didn’t have to put in all these discs lol!

    • @peterc4082
      @peterc4082 2 місяці тому +18

      I remember the days where the game would ask you for the 5th word on page 15 of the manual. Thankfully often enough using a Hex editor one could find all these passwords inside the EXE file.

    • @TheNamesRyan
      @TheNamesRyan 2 місяці тому +8

      People still install No-CD cracks playing old games on modern systems. Like San Andreas lol

    • @BoxOfSnoo
      @BoxOfSnoo 2 місяці тому +7

      Daemon Tools Pro was even installed on that machine too. No need for a no CD crack, if you had the space for the ISO!

    • @cfx115
      @cfx115 2 місяці тому +2

      How about the Sim City red and black square blocks pamphlet to level select?

    • @saladspinner3200
      @saladspinner3200 2 місяці тому +1

      I honestly forgot all about that, and I'm nearly 35!

  • @S28426
    @S28426 2 місяці тому +94

    I was -4 when XP came out and I have to say seeing him trying to open a cd case was something else.

    • @SachinDGamer
      @SachinDGamer 2 місяці тому +5

      -4? Have I learned a new way to say when I was born?

  • @kevinstobbs9134
    @kevinstobbs9134 26 днів тому +1

    Love how excited Plouffe got over all the nostalgia!!

  • @muuhnkin4611
    @muuhnkin4611 2 місяці тому +341

    Not knowing how to use an old OS is one thing...
    But that try to open the CD case was just painful to watch, especially since game and bluray cases open the same way. We're not that far into the streaming age that the young ones shouldn't know how it works.....

    • @AA-wq5sm
      @AA-wq5sm 2 місяці тому +32

      They open a little different, jewel cases don't click in the same way softer plastic dvd/bluray cases do

    • @JMartinni
      @JMartinni 2 місяці тому +26

      @@AA-wq5sm Yes, instead they actually far easier to open, even accidentally.

    • @ommiguel
      @ommiguel 2 місяці тому +5

      Nope we are the perfect distance away from consoles games going digital first 10 years at this point and netflix overtaking blockbuster for CDs to be irrelevant to anyone below 20. Im in my early 20s and I'm not surprised I would have probably struggled. I don't event remember the last time I open a cd/dvd/blueray case

    • @muuhnkin4611
      @muuhnkin4611 2 місяці тому +3

      @@ommiguel wtf is blockbuster?😅
      Games went more digital halfway through the ps4 era.
      So around 6 or 7 years ago. Huge push during covid.
      At the beginning it was mostly boxed games because people were more used to the stuff coming from ps2/3.
      Mp3 started to pick up in early 2000s. We had CD shops around until the mid 2010s.
      When I do want quality for films I take the 4k bluray > streaming anytime.
      Someone who's 18 should know about stuff like that.

    • @Rygoat
      @Rygoat 2 місяці тому +5

      @@AA-wq5sm you still dont bend a game case in half to open it it. You'd use your thumbs to open it at the side right? which would probably have still worked.

  • @privacyvalued4134
    @privacyvalued4134 2 місяці тому +49

    3:52 Those characters would come back later to haunt Microsoft with a bunch of unfixable security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Yup. Those friendly little characters were exploitable via the web browser that shipped with Windows via ActiveX. Good times. Until they weren't.

    • @RetroSmoo
      @RetroSmoo 2 місяці тому +7

      I had some stitch character that was eating files in animation that turned out to be actually a virus deleting my files lol

    • @shritijdighe5506
      @shritijdighe5506 Місяць тому

      Lol…. Tell me more

  • @r0nam145
    @r0nam145 2 місяці тому +285

    Why did he try to open the CD Jewel case like a Christmas Cracker?!

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou 2 місяці тому +15

      because hes never seen a CD case before

    • @kmeanxneth
      @kmeanxneth 2 місяці тому +48

      @@WayStedYou did they never opened a DVD / Blu-Ray / Playstation / Xbox / Switch case before too?

    • @LaughingOrange
      @LaughingOrange 2 місяці тому +24

      @@kmeanxneth DVD, Blu-Ray, Playstation, Xbox, and Switch -cases all have a more pronounced groove where you put your fingers. CD cases were almost flat on that edge.

    • @Destroyah5000
      @Destroyah5000 2 місяці тому +26

      Felt so staged the way that happened.

    • @CathrineMacNiel
      @CathrineMacNiel 2 місяці тому +17

      @@LaughingOrange yet they all have a spine in common where the hinge is and you open it on the opposite side.

  • @thinkable.
    @thinkable. Місяць тому +4

    As 16yo, seeing people struggling to use xp made me feel old… my first OS was xp, i was using cds for games etc. wow…

  • @deangordon7180
    @deangordon7180 2 місяці тому +29

    I'm from Ireland and was born in 2000 and I was using XP in school up until 2010, there were still some teachers in my high school using windows vista in 2016!!

  • @Zeitgeist6
    @Zeitgeist6 2 місяці тому +48

    As a Windows user since Windows 95, I think XP is still less obscure in where stuff is than Windows 11. I've used Windows 11 ever since it was released for free, and I'm still occasionally lost trying to find certain functions.
    8:29 This is not a thing of the past either. If you have a PS5 and want to upgrade a PS4 game to the PS5 version, you also still need to have the disc in the drive to be able to play it.

    • @TorutheRedFox
      @TorutheRedFox 2 місяці тому +9

      the settings app is genuinely atrocious

    • @phatboi202
      @phatboi202 2 місяці тому +4

      not being able to search easily is the killer going back to old OS's.
      win key

    • @MichaelHughes124
      @MichaelHughes124 2 місяці тому +8

      @@phatboi202yeah, until it takes you to the wrong page and you’re not 100% sure what the setting is called… I hate win11’s settings.

    • @GG22n
      @GG22n 2 місяці тому +2

      you can always hit Win and Start typing on Windows 11.

    • @_M_643
      @_M_643 2 місяці тому +2

      It's the search that makes finding options easier. If you had to manually find them, I'd be worse than XP.

  • @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_
    @_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_ 2 місяці тому +103

    5:44 How does Elijah not know this? Thats like the ome thing CDs are known for aside from that they spin

    • @Shaflugi
      @Shaflugi 2 місяці тому +2

      DVDs and especially Blu Rays are like a billion times more scratch resistant. I can understand being used to modern optical media being more resilient. CDs tho? Man, those would get scuffed *in their own case*

    • @SpeedyBlur2000
      @SpeedyBlur2000 2 місяці тому

      My dad still has our original copy of Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (both CD's) and "scratched" doesn't even scratch the surface of the condition of those CD's. ;) They are BAD! What I loved doing years ago (when they were still scratched to all hell) was putting the first CD in the drive and seeing how far the installation process can get before it stopped.

    • @KBRoller
      @KBRoller 2 місяці тому +1

      @@SpeedyBlur2000 Don't worry, you can just put them in the microwave for 20 seconds and those scratches will buff right out! 😏 (Disclaimer: this was a joke reference to a very old meme, it is not true, please never do this.)

  • @Strollerist
    @Strollerist Місяць тому +2

    Yeah, Windows XP was the longest-running OS I ever used. In 2004, I got my first PC with XP on it, and I stuck with it all the way until 2012-eight whole years! Even after getting a new computer, I reinstalled XP on it. Back then, I didn’t think much about different operating systems; I was just hooked on XP. I even went so far as to format a laptop that came with genuine Windows 7 just to install a pirated version of XP, haha! So many nostalgic memories.
    XP never let me down. In 2012, the internet wasn’t as widespread in daily life as it is now-it was mostly for teenagers. Facebook was just for memes, and UA-cam was all about anime music videos. XP made it all possible. I loved its wallpapers, the startup and shutdown sounds, and those classic mini-games. XP is still my favorite OS by far. Nowadays, there are too many options for everything, but back then, we didn’t have as much to compare or complain about, and yet XP was always dependable.

  • @SubmaxSubrose
    @SubmaxSubrose 2 місяці тому +37

    I'm a 41 years old nerd. My first computer experiences were with MS-DOS (but I didn't own a pc, was to expensive back then) many years later, after I graduated and started to work, my first salary went all in to get my first PC that ran Windows XP. So many memories: Slow AF internet, Noisy big box, burning CDs of my favorite bands, Playing StarCraft, Baldur's Gate, Max Payne, and so many others and most important: I started to notice that I really really loved computers. So much that it became my career. I'm an IT engineer, I mostly use Linux (Arch BTW :D ), but I'm so grateful to XP and that old pc that set me in this direction.

    • @rovers141
      @rovers141 Місяць тому +3

      They'll never know the pain of having to literally type out what you want MS-DOS to do line by line 🤣. My first computer game ever was on a DOS PC, Ultima Underworld!

    • @otakuhunter4817
      @otakuhunter4817 Місяць тому

      32 and DoS was a big part in my younger days

  • @joebliven3445
    @joebliven3445 2 місяці тому +37

    8:35 It's not only because of hard drive size, it's also to control distribution. If installing from the CD-ROM meant you never had to put the CD-ROM into your pc again, then you could just sell the CD-ROM or give it to all your friends. Age of Empires II would let you load the game with the CD-ROM in to authenticate you, then once the game was running you could take the cd out and put in in another computer to launch the game. This way you could play LAN multiplayer with only one copy of the game.

    • @ANunes06
      @ANunes06 2 місяці тому +1

      This is also the ONLY reason that DOTA (and MOBAs in general) were able to take off. A goofy ah map for Warcraft 3 that was created by icefrog was able to be played at lan parties because you could just boot the game from the disc, and hand the disc to the next guy. If that weren't an option, playing with friends on BattleNet would have been ... not good enough to have staying power. It would have just been another goofy custom map. There were hundreds of those in dozens of games.

    • @Jafin16
      @Jafin16 2 місяці тому +2

      Remember all the no cd cracks out too? I remember playing Diablo II and Neverwinter Nights with no CD cracks so I could listen to my cd's while playing a game. Oh, how things have changed.

    • @Guest-iv4qo
      @Guest-iv4qo Місяць тому

      @@ANunes06 NO CD cracks were there before W3

  • @jacobnathanielzpayag3885
    @jacobnathanielzpayag3885 2 місяці тому +15

    I'm 23 and I grew up on XP. Our first laptop came with both Vista and XP but eventually, we moved to Win7 in 2011. The computers in my old school though used XP all the the way up until 2012 as most computer education text books at the time were still written for XP and MS Office 2003. XP holds a special place in my heart as it was the OS that introduced me to computing.

  • @TheTotallyRandomGuy
    @TheTotallyRandomGuy 5 днів тому +1

    Dude, watching them struggle to open the CD case was so painful. I grew up with CDs. Makes me feel old, yet I'm only 18!

  • @ImJBlu
    @ImJBlu 2 місяці тому +351

    Not expecting a 9/11 reference within 30 seconds

    • @hakerananasek
      @hakerananasek 2 місяці тому +24

      I lowkey thought he was about to turn it into a sponsor...

    • @JamesBD05
      @JamesBD05 2 місяці тому +47

      ​@@hakerananasek"...flying in, like our sponsor!"

    • @cameronbosch1213
      @cameronbosch1213 2 місяці тому +14

      The original slogan for Windows XP was "prepare to fly" but was changed because of 9/11.

    • @jaytee444444
      @jaytee444444 2 місяці тому +10

      He can't really mention the massive key moments of 2001 without mentioning 9/11.

    • @Drakkon-c9r
      @Drakkon-c9r 2 місяці тому

      I think that counts as a declaration of war.

  • @AthanImmortal
    @AthanImmortal 2 місяці тому +19

    5:40 Elijah treating CDs like he'd watched the marketing material around them when they came out. :D Anyone else remember that guy rubbing the bottom of one with a coin?

  • @tychovw
    @tychovw 2 місяці тому +451

    As a 19 year old this was kinda frustrating watching the two teens not know how to do basic things

    • @trold8424
      @trold8424 2 місяці тому +29

      i know right. How the hell have things gone this bad

    • @rockets-dont-makegood-toas7728
      @rockets-dont-makegood-toas7728 2 місяці тому +46

      I'm sorry, but do you know how to differentiate a high quality record player needle from a low quality one? Why, EVERY half competent music enjoyer does, so why don't you? Oh right, it's almost like the most basic of things are only basic and intuitive because you're used to them, and if you aren't used to them, suddenly it's not so straightforward and "obvious" anymore. Just because their childhood didn't include windows XP, and yours did, doesn't make them stupid.

    • @bear2507
      @bear2507 2 місяці тому +10

      Easy there old timer...

    • @jesseblack5812
      @jesseblack5812 2 місяці тому +41

      ​@@rockets-dont-makegood-toas7728We are the same age as the "teens" in the video and know how to do these basic things.

    • @rockets-dont-makegood-toas7728
      @rockets-dont-makegood-toas7728 2 місяці тому +17

      @@jesseblack5812 I could easily see an 18 year old just not being exposed to those kinds of CD cases much in their life. I mean, when they were 6, it was already 2012, if they lived in a well off household, then they likely already had access to the stuff that made CD's obsolete, and never had to deal with them. I'm sorry you don't understand, but the truth is not everybody has the same childhood, and what's an absolute staple that grew up loving wasn't even a consideration for others.

  • @GerinoMorn
    @GerinoMorn Місяць тому

    What I appreciate most is ability to quickly pull up admin prompt and just change whatever thing I need with powershell, instead of clicking through countless menus that might take forever to load. Aspect of it is that modern PCs, with modern systems actually are much more responsive. It has been reasonably common for people to have to wait for word processor to catch up displaying all the letters. And the stability...

  • @JoeNasr123
    @JoeNasr123 2 місяці тому +151

    When I was 17, we thought future young people would be SO good with technology that no one would need that geek kid from down the street (me) anymore. Now I see that most young people are pretty much useless at tech.

    • @blahorgaslisk7763
      @blahorgaslisk7763 2 місяці тому +13

      But they are pretty slick at using smartphones.... HEck those often make me feel stupid as I can't get around all those pictographs that kids think is perfectly normal.

    • @josiahjwinters
      @josiahjwinters 2 місяці тому +12

      As someone who is currently that 17-year-old geek kid from down the street, yeah most kids my age are idiots when it comes to tech lol. There are a fair amount who know a thing or two though, mainly just stuff they've picked up while trying to install PC games or whatever

    • @Marko-di3mb
      @Marko-di3mb 2 місяці тому +5

      It same thing like cars, people who owned car till late 90 used to be able to maintain and do small fixes themselves. Changing spark plugs, oil and filters, even bleeding brakes or adjusting ignition timings all that was normal to be done in front of your driveway. Even cars come with user manual for most of these + some other services you can do. Today you literally should only fill washer fluid and add air in tires and that's that.

    • @TheRythimMan
      @TheRythimMan 2 місяці тому

      @@JoeNasr123 not even just phones but specific apps on the phone. I know kids who know how to type, use iMessage, and Instagram on their phone. But they don't know how to do anything else. Can't even figure out WhatsApp and don't understand why photos get blurry when SMS a friend on Android.

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 2 місяці тому

      @@blahorgaslisk7763 Not really.
      They're slick at using the UIs, nothing deeper than that.
      Not even my parents who were tech illiterate (well and even are now so they still need my services for most basic things) believed so much in what a salesman tells them and at least went to other stores/repair shops to make sure...
      Hell, I've literally given up on telling people to try to factory reset their device, rollback an update or use a virus scanner when their new phone suddenly is so slow its barely functional anymore, because you know... the salesman does know it better, and if he says they definietly need a new phone after 2 months they do. And I already know damn well that these extra illiterate power users are the ones to find absolutely every damn malware available for their OS within a month that I couldn't even try to find in all the years of having a smartphone or manage to somehow break the OS by touching everything they can with no clue and not even trying to understand it first (based on the like 5 people that actually let me try to help them before spending another grand on a phone).
      That venting done: I also dislike phone UIs. But they're quick to learn if you spend some time on them.

  • @mrplt6302
    @mrplt6302 2 місяці тому +31

    7:27 I remember Sims 3 coming with 3 CDs, it felt crazy back then. We were used to 2 CD installers but never a 3CD

    • @drkevorkian2508
      @drkevorkian2508 2 місяці тому +2

      You're probably thinking of The Sims 2, which came on 4 CDs. TS3 came on a DVD. Morrowind came on 5 CDs, Max Payne 3 came on 4 DVDs!

    • @Eugen1344
      @Eugen1344 2 місяці тому +1

      I remember installing World of Warcraft classic back in the day. It had like 5 CDs that you had to swap to install it. I was blown away

    • @glOOmyART
      @glOOmyART 2 місяці тому

      under a killing moon from 1994 came with 4 CDs - you only needed one to install, but all 4 to play
      one of the greatest storylines ever in a game

    • @misterlobsterman
      @misterlobsterman 2 місяці тому +1

      Phantasmagoria was 7 discs.

    • @Gazer75
      @Gazer75 2 місяці тому +1

      Wing Commander 3 had like 4 CDs I believe.

  • @cybertonto72
    @cybertonto72 2 місяці тому +28

    They forgot to mention when it was released, most drivers didn't work for it.
    I remember getting an XP machine and most of my games didn't work, along with my joystick and controllers.
    It took a few months for stuff to get updated, and I was thankful for the internet at that stage

    • @crungushakooter
      @crungushakooter 2 місяці тому +1

      Peripherals and controllers used to be an absolute nightmare, and if the game or software didn't explicitly support a device then the next best thing you could do was use some horrid program to make your controller emulate mouse and key events. I would say it wasn't until the late 2010's with the Steam Controller stuff that you've ever been able to just reliably plug-and-play with an arbitrary controller. I definitely had to use x360ce to use a playstation controller on pc up until maybe 2018/19

    • @kylespevak6781
      @kylespevak6781 2 місяці тому +1

      Now everything gets drivers from the internet

    • @kylespevak6781
      @kylespevak6781 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@crungushakooterThat's still how you use PS4 controllers 😂 Or just wrap it as Xinput

    • @profosist
      @profosist 2 місяці тому

      dont forget WiFi basically wasnt a thing until SP2, prior to that it was trated as a wired connection and you needed to use the driver software to connect and manage networks.

  • @tmlhio
    @tmlhio Місяць тому

    Watching this as a 20 year old Hurts. Windows XP was a very present part of my childhood. Used it for so many years, did all the things they did in the video, and there they are... older than me not knowing how to use it. Was I this old school as a kid?

  • @cookiemonsterdayz
    @cookiemonsterdayz 25 днів тому +1

    As someone who grew up with all those OS from MS-DOS through Window 10 and Linux I'm having a blast here. So many good memories from back when we were using Windows XP. It was a real improvement back then. Now in 2024 it's totally obsolete of course but it's still fun to watch those young guys struggle to find their way on this grandmom of an OS. Thanks for the upload.

  • @TheUnclepecos
    @TheUnclepecos 2 місяці тому +35

    3:03 Oh man, the pipes!! No screensaver could ever win over the pipes for me

    • @looks-suspicious
      @looks-suspicious 2 місяці тому +3

      Some flying toasters would like to have a word with you.

    • @oldmatttv
      @oldmatttv 2 місяці тому +7

      The best screensaver was the one you custom typed on someone else's system while they weren't looking >D

    • @iris4547
      @iris4547 2 місяці тому +4

      3d maze > 3d pipes

    • @KBRoller
      @KBRoller 2 місяці тому

      I remember making my own screensavers back in the day.... but I can't remember what a single one of them actually looked like 😅

  • @ShaferHart
    @ShaferHart 2 місяці тому +72

    Copying and burning CDs is such an aughts thing to do. Those kids don't know how revolutionary that was back then. It gave people so much control over their media that they never had before.

    • @dappermuis5002
      @dappermuis5002 2 місяці тому +2

      I can remember when my brother and cousin managed to get a hold of a CD writer when they first came out. Er.... they were really unstable. The simple act of turning the light in the room on and off, many a times would cause the writing to the CD to fail. So it was a big deal when they had to make a CD. Warning everyone in the house to not use anything electrical till they were done.

    • @robson124
      @robson124 2 місяці тому +3

      I've made some money burning music CDs to my classmates at that era. in my country, brazil, a pc with a cd burner was reeeealy rare.

    • @scotts3409
      @scotts3409 2 місяці тому +3

      Try 90s not aughts. Everyone was going to the video store to rent then make copies of their games for PC and Playstation as well as music. The 2000s were the age of MP3s.

    • @Galiant2010
      @Galiant2010 2 місяці тому

      My uncle was my tech inspiration lol. I remember being in middle school and wanting to go home with him after church to find music on Napster and put it on a disc so I could listen to it on my portable CD player while riding the bus and between classes.

    • @tafan321
      @tafan321 2 місяці тому

      @@robson124 Ditto, fed me my freshman year and also met almost everyone in school because of it and had their AIM screen names. Did mainly irc for downloads and boy when 768k DSL came to the house, it was game over.

  • @paulknights5904
    @paulknights5904 2 місяці тому +20

    10:20 BEST GAME

    • @GREG_WHEREISTHEMAYO
      @GREG_WHEREISTHEMAYO 2 місяці тому +1

      Exactly, can’t believe that they were crapping on it

  • @danielclv97
    @danielclv97 Місяць тому +47

    I'm 27 and I can't understand how a 26 never used windows XP, unless his father taught him the ways of Linux. And they didn't had friends, or cousins, or computers at school. At least he managed to open a CD case and had enough attention span to actually finish all the tasks, unlike the younger audience.

    • @TartanLad
      @TartanLad Місяць тому +2

      Yeah he is BS or school didn’t have computers.

    • @ghostabc123
      @ghostabc123 Місяць тому +1

      Well there is a macos and linux, and lot of people stick to phones and tablets.
      Windows 7 was released 15 years ago so he was 11, it is possible that he did not use computer as a kid.

    • @speelangs7161
      @speelangs7161 Місяць тому +3

      A Linux user will handle Windows like nothing. Linux GUIs then were way less comprehensive/friendly than now.

    • @codezero7981
      @codezero7981 Місяць тому

      exactly! I'm 26 and I had Windows 2000, XP, 7 and now 10.. 😅

    • @ghostabc123
      @ghostabc123 Місяць тому

      ​@@codezero7981 You are to biased by own experience.
      There was also macos 10 that was released in 2001

  • @haroonmohammed742
    @haroonmohammed742 2 місяці тому +55

    Today appears to be make me feel really old day, just finished watching a Technology Connections video talking about MP3's like they were a relic of yesteryears (where he also used a Windows XP PC to rip CD's) and followed with this one.
    Edit: Watching this video I've realised I don't use my PC that differently to how I used it 20 years ago, I don't rip Music CD's anymore but not much has changed, instead of CD DRM we now have Online DRM, the browser is better, programs grab data from servers now instead of the CD, but for how I use it, it's not much different, though don't use Control Panel as often as I used to. Win11 might be the first OS to make me do that.

    • @Wahba.
      @Wahba. 2 місяці тому

      Just saw it still to watch it tho

    • @ryanA133
      @ryanA133 2 місяці тому +2

      Its okay to be old, some people dont get the opportunity so cherish it

    • @syaieya
      @syaieya 2 місяці тому +1

      It surprises me just how reliant on a constant internet connection weve become in a short time. My cell signal at work is near 0 so it feels like im transported back to 2007 with preloaded podcasts and an mp3 player at the ready. Even bluetooth headphones werent accepted until post covid

    • @bowserkoopa1088
      @bowserkoopa1088 2 місяці тому

      pffft "feel really old day" lol I didn't even HAVE XP. I was on Win95 till I got a win98 laptop as part of a scholarship for college, then mostly used that and second hand tower that I had Win 2000 Gold (I think "Gold" was a Beta release or something") basically up till I got Windows Vista. (right after you could no longer get XP). What made me feel old (and I also watched the Technology Connections vid right before this one) was how much it angered me when he said pinball was the "hot new game" that came with that version of windows... lol I'm pretty sure I had that pinball game as part of Win 95 (might have been part of the Microsoft Plus upgrade for win 95 that came with all the windows themes).

    • @peterc4082
      @peterc4082 2 місяці тому

      They're not a relic of yesteryears. Tech Connections is a bit of an a$$.

  • @Viking8888
    @Viking8888 2 місяці тому +30

    I'm 50 (How the hell did that happen?)!!! Plouffe's reminiscing was getting me a little nostalgic for the good ol XP days. And trust me, for those that Windows OS hopped from 95, 98, a very horrible week on Me, which led you back to 98 and then to 2000 before finally getting XP, you know what XP did for the world of computing. It was a breath of fresher air for sure. You could install and actually enjoy your computer for much longer before something borked. But being Windows, it would eventually bork none the less.

    • @iris4547
      @iris4547 2 місяці тому +1

      never had the pleasure of using 98. had 95 on an ibm aptiva and some old version of mac on a mac classic but my next pc came with windows ME, the real GOAT. manually switched to 2000 then xp rather than dealing with me for long.

    • @Viking8888
      @Viking8888 2 місяці тому

      @@iris4547 98 was decent, 98se was even better. I literally had Win Me on my drive for a week and couldn't wait to go back 98se. I pretty much did the same thing with Vista. I think I made it to 3 weeks of that hell before going back to XP. But from Win 7 on, I haven't experienced any deal breaking issues.

    • @paene_
      @paene_ 2 місяці тому +1

      Ignoring some of the weird versions, the mainstream versions of Windows have always effectively had a tick-tock model of jump in tech followed by refinement.
      Windows 95: Jump (stacking window manager)
      Windows 98: Refinement
      Windows 2000: Jump (NT kernel)
      Windows XP: Refinement
      Windows Vista: Jump (Security, 64 but support from the start)
      Windows 7: Refinement
      Windows 8: Jump (Touch friendliness)
      Windows 10: Refinement
      Windows 11: Jump (Stronger cloud integration)
      I would expect whatever comes next to be a lot better received than 11 currently is by the general population.

    • @aaronthomas6155
      @aaronthomas6155 2 місяці тому

      If MS had ever listened to their own beta team....XP wouldn't have needed 2 service packs to become the stable OS that everyone remembers. I ran Windows ME on multiple computers for several years without any issues. I spent most of my time on XP reinstalling it until SP2 was released.....

    • @aaronthomas6155
      @aaronthomas6155 2 місяці тому

      @@paene_ WindowsXP actually took 2 service packs to become what everyone remembers. It was far from stable on release. Most of the bugs that were present in Whistler beta 1, were still present in Windows XP GM.....

  • @adamninezero
    @adamninezero 2 місяці тому +24

    2:04 - It's REALLY wild to me that Elijah is 26 and has never even used Windows 7, yet I'm 34 and remember using Windows 95 and even older operating systems than that such as Commodore AmigaOS. Yet there's only 8 years separating us! And it isn't even like I was just playing around with those operating systems for fun when they were really old, those were legitimately the current operating systems on the computers that were used on the computers owned by my parents or schools when I was growing up!

    • @antoniodjHD
      @antoniodjHD 2 місяці тому +1

      maybe he grew up in a mac os environment. very common thing in US and Canada

    • @adamninezero
      @adamninezero 2 місяці тому +2

      @@antoniodjHD Did he grow up as a Mormon or something?

    • @martenkahr3365
      @martenkahr3365 2 місяці тому +1

      I'm 34 and I remember when I was like 8 or 9, the first computer in our household was a 386 running DOS with no Windows. And it was still more modern that the school computer in my class at the time: I'm not sure what exactly that thing was, but it used the 5¼" floppy disks that were actually floppy instead of the "stiff" 3½" floppies.

  • @DraggardArcane
    @DraggardArcane Місяць тому +1

    I used XP until end of life and made the move to 7, I still have two XP installation discs. One is opened and the other is sealed for freshness

  • @igoat6149
    @igoat6149 2 місяці тому +50

    Literally shouting "DO PIPES, DO 3D PIPES!!" I love you guys.

  • @raypol1
    @raypol1 2 місяці тому +53

    How the hell Elijah never used win xp ? I am 27 and I worked with XP till I was like 18-19 years old in my school and windows 7 until the very end of support at home.

    • @jplegend98
      @jplegend98 8 днів тому

      @@raypol1 I'm 26 and I had xp/vista at school. We had xp at home and out school got upgraded from 98 to vista machines while I was in elementary. We had 7 in high-school.

  • @snazzy
    @snazzy 2 місяці тому +98

    Can you imagine if they put the pipes screensaver on a shirt? I bet that would look cool, but it would be so expensive because the pattern would be so complicated.

    • @Gatrehs
      @Gatrehs 2 місяці тому +4

      You can do image printing pretty easily from a screenshot so it shouldn't be that bad?

    • @markmathews2143
      @markmathews2143 2 місяці тому +3

      Remember 3d pipes game from windows 3.1?

    • @BenjaminBjornsen
      @BenjaminBjornsen 2 місяці тому +7

      Its not complicated to press print screen... Unless you want it animated...

    • @RyoHazuki224
      @RyoHazuki224 2 місяці тому +1

      there are shirt companies that do. So you're a bit late on that front haha.

    • @sethrosson9719
      @sethrosson9719 2 місяці тому +2

      @snazzy id pay at least like 300 dollars for that shirt. But I'd be worth it because it's a pretty complicated pattern. Not as complicated as the ones at dan flashes though.

  • @LeonardBlyx
    @LeonardBlyx Місяць тому

    Man, that is the fastest XP I've ever seen. The smooth web scrolling, the responsiveness of the UI, the fact that they are able to do anything during CD copy and burn...

  • @Rick020
    @Rick020 2 місяці тому +70

    26, works in IT, somehow never used XP/7? How lmao. I'm 28 and my parents computer was still using W98.

    • @egamestube
      @egamestube 2 місяці тому +6

      @@Rick020 I used for a long time windows 98 and 2000 and I'm 23 😅

    • @NicholasGogel
      @NicholasGogel 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Rick020 I’m 27 and a network admin, never used windows XP or 7. I did have a really cheap vista laptop to play oblivion on, but other than that no other computers personally until W11.

    • @ccricers
      @ccricers 2 місяці тому +1

      I know someone who is a database admin and he used Windows 2000 for a very long time. He completely skipped XP and just used 7 late in its lifespan

    • @AdenGFX
      @AdenGFX 2 місяці тому +1

      I'm 26 and personal computer at home was XP for ages as a kid. Also school PCs used Windows XP up until windows 7 cause Vista was so trash

  • @ZackMuffinMan
    @ZackMuffinMan 2 місяці тому +20

    I was born in 2001. I used XP, Vista, 7, and 8/8.1. Currently using 10. Only used 11 during my last semester of college for like 2 days.
    One of my friends used XP until EOL in 2014 when we played Minecraft back in the day.

  • @olivesouch6423
    @olivesouch6423 2 місяці тому +173

    Windows XP Virtual Machines: Are you sure about that?

    • @kaispunjani9146
      @kaispunjani9146 2 місяці тому +6

      how did bro respond 1 min after a vid released 8 min ago but its a 14 min vid 😭😭

    • @Soundwave142
      @Soundwave142 2 місяці тому

      Exactly what I did!

    • @J-wm4ss
      @J-wm4ss 2 місяці тому

      Windows XP Mode!

    • @nikitastaf1996
      @nikitastaf1996 2 місяці тому

      Probably. Running windows XP on something even relatively modern is impossible

    • @Soundwave142
      @Soundwave142 2 місяці тому

      @@nikitastaf1996 Yes, because of the drivers.

  • @LtexprsGaming
    @LtexprsGaming 28 днів тому

    As a 25 almost 26 year old this was my entire childhood. I remember playing pinball for soo many hours, getting on IE to play webkinz and club penguin among many other things. Good times.

  • @245trichlorophenate
    @245trichlorophenate 2 місяці тому +44

    Elijah - WHAT. I'm younger than you and have used both Windows XP and 7 (on bare metal, like not just to try it out). Windows XP was neat but Windows 7 is most special to me.

  • @depositionsandstuff7465
    @depositionsandstuff7465 2 місяці тому +75

    @2:16 Older Young at heart guy -> "I haven't used this since 2001". Two seconds later -> "This was my favorite OS up to Windows 10"

    • @woedendstewadpier4922
      @woedendstewadpier4922 2 місяці тому +6

      I had to lol at that 2001 joke too. While XP started in 2001, it only really picked up pace in my region in 2002. People switched with delays even back then.

    • @zeayd4546
      @zeayd4546 2 місяці тому +6

      he said favourite, not necessarily using it till win10 released.

    • @PizzaWormLight
      @PizzaWormLight 2 місяці тому +2

      @@zeayd4546 A bit weird to use your favorite OS for less than a year though.

    • @zeayd4546
      @zeayd4546 2 місяці тому

      @@PizzaWormLight idk man I was In love with windows XP even when win7 got out I didn't immediately start using it, I used a year later, it had so many more features but I still preferred the win XP then came win10 and it was the best thing to happen.

    • @Unknown_Genius
      @Unknown_Genius 2 місяці тому

      @@woedendstewadpier4922 People always switched with delays and complain.
      People also complained about Windows 10, now everyone complains about Win 11.
      Pretty sure in 5 years everyone complains about Win 12 and how much better Win 11 was.

  • @NeonSlice
    @NeonSlice 2 місяці тому +79

    In italy, our computers had Windows 95 when I used to go to middle school, in 2007.

    • @lorenzo.delbello
      @lorenzo.delbello 2 місяці тому +1

      Anche a me, solo nel 2008 sono passati a PC nuovi HP con l'etichetta di Windows Vista ma in realtà era installato su tutti Windows XP

    • @sendoh873
      @sendoh873 2 місяці тому

      Wow that's crazy. Thanks for sharing

    • @Verchiel_
      @Verchiel_ 2 місяці тому +2

      I was born in 2003 and we had a WinXP family pc until afaik 2010 or so, i can say for a fact it was what made me such a pc elitist. Not having consoles in the first place helped.

    • @MarcinKralka
      @MarcinKralka 2 місяці тому

      I remember some PC's running Windows 98 in mid 2000's here in Poland. I even remember seeing MS-DOS in some places. And actually it blew my mind, but I have seen DOS running in one bar in Kraków (cash register or something), I wish I have taken a photo of it.

    • @schtormm
      @schtormm 2 місяці тому

      here in the netherlands they were running xp but the switch to 7 took YEEEEEEARS

  • @axerrowsky
    @axerrowsky 24 дні тому +2

    wtf? I am 19 and I know all of this. Not being able to open a CD? Come on, our childhood ran at CDs.

  • @southernpanda33
    @southernpanda33 2 місяці тому +75

    0:55 really!? It took you THIS long to use an actual segue?! For shame.

    • @TommyAgramonSeth
      @TommyAgramonSeth 2 місяці тому +12

      You mean Segway

    • @nullkid10
      @nullkid10 2 місяці тому +5

      @@TommyAgramonSeth they are probably referring to Segway being used to transition into the segue. So they used the word “segue” for clarity on what they were referring to

  • @grimm4944
    @grimm4944 2 місяці тому +135

    Opening the CD was so fucking PAINFUL

    • @peterc4082
      @peterc4082 2 місяці тому +6

      The really cheap jewel cases would snap.

  • @AlexLassaMusic
    @AlexLassaMusic 2 місяці тому +53

    Vids like this makes me realize that im not "young" anymore...

    • @mark4795
      @mark4795 2 місяці тому +7

      @@AlexLassaMusic Just wait until they make one for windows 7...

    • @phatboi202
      @phatboi202 2 місяці тому +5

      sadly, anyone who grew up with XP, especially if they grew up in DOS/95/98/ME is now old.... lol

    • @VengFPV
      @VengFPV 2 місяці тому +1

      @@phatboi202 Hell I'm 'only' 32 and started on an Amstrad running CP/M lmao. I remember when we upgraded to a 486 on Windows 3.11 and it was lightyears ahead. This was in 1998 so we were behind, obviously. Then to Windows ME in 2000, which again was an insane jump despite it being shit

  • @BNWilliamGaming
    @BNWilliamGaming 23 дні тому +1

    XD The wallpaper at 0:20 is perfect!

  • @peterchristopher2258
    @peterchristopher2258 2 місяці тому +11

    "I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago." I'm not supposed to feel this old. I do miss having fun with Mavis Beacon typing games in class and creating MS Paint masterpieces during study hall.

  • @citywitt3202
    @citywitt3202 2 місяці тому +19

    Task: Rip the CD.
    Contestant: “Instructions unclear, R.I.P. CD”

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a 2 місяці тому +6

      Task failed successfully

    • @KBRoller
      @KBRoller 2 місяці тому +1

      "You mean like, tear the case? Got it, can do."

  • @Siiseli2
    @Siiseli2 2 місяці тому +12

    Macintyre calling Pinball sad was a hit to my childhood i will never recover from. :(

  • @eduardoBR1991
    @eduardoBR1991 Місяць тому

    This gave me the greatest flashback, coming home from school and loading up MaxPayne, geez "Super-multi is what you're looking for" I think everyone had one of those by the end of this era

  • @widevader
    @widevader 2 місяці тому +43

    0:14 So from my reaserch, this image is of Pygmy three-toed sloth. A sloth species discovered and described in 2001.
    It's critically endangered with about 80 left in the wild.

    • @nikshakya7389
      @nikshakya7389 2 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, I had to search it too.

    • @user-re4jf2sb4q
      @user-re4jf2sb4q 2 місяці тому +3

      I did multiple Google searches to see wtf this was about, but it was your comment that solved it for me. You the real mvp.

  • @MrCokewithice
    @MrCokewithice 2 місяці тому +35

    1:58 I have no idea btw but im gonna go out on a limb here and say that Katie and Macintyre are both children of James XD

    • @jaihayes9647
      @jaihayes9647 2 місяці тому +5

      Children? How old is he? Although they are for sure related to him, god do they look alike (and sound alike in Macintyres case)

    • @MrCokewithice
      @MrCokewithice 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jaihayes9647 no idea man it was just instinct I got half way through the video and was like wait...

    • @RodBlanc
      @RodBlanc 2 місяці тому +8

      Katie looks like james is trying to trick us using a female filter 😂

    • @jaihayes9647
      @jaihayes9647 2 місяці тому +1

      @@RodBlanc it was so jarring to see 😂

    • @waralo191
      @waralo191 Місяць тому

      ​@@RodBlanc I thought he put on a wig when i saw the thumbnail

  • @benjaminhough8804
    @benjaminhough8804 2 місяці тому +16

    I’m 27. Grew up using Windows XP and fully remember my dad upgrading to Windows 7. Didn’t think I would feel so old. Didn’t think Windows XP was THAT different from modern versions.

    • @DriveCancelDC
      @DriveCancelDC 2 місяці тому +3

      XP isn’t that different this is just lazy content. No need to feel old, the title is weirdly inflammatory to imply you’re old if you used XP when it was current.

    • @chicken_punk_pie
      @chicken_punk_pie 2 місяці тому

      I'm 21 and remember MY dad upgrading to 7 from XP. I played so much space cadet pinball as a kid

    • @aaronthomas6155
      @aaronthomas6155 2 місяці тому +1

      You want to feel old? I was a member of the Windows Whistler (XP) beta team..... I don't have the fond memories of XP that so many others have....

    • @huskycruxes7232
      @huskycruxes7232 2 місяці тому

      @@DriveCancelDCI thoroughly enjoyed the vid even tho it made me feel old for growing up with this.
      I remember ripping cds and stuff all the time as a kid.
      It’s not lazy content because you don’t like it

  • @MagnusPaul1976
    @MagnusPaul1976 Місяць тому +1

    About two weeks ago, I installed Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 3 on a spare hard drive. This hard drive had almost 1TB of music on it. I moved all of the music out to a 3TB external. Anyhow, after I loaded Windows XP, I moved the music back to the 1TB hard drive. I use Windows XP for one thing and one thing only... To listen to all my music on Windows Media Player. It is not connected to the Internet, as I am not that stupid. If I really need to access the Internet, I can swop out the hard drive with other hard drives which have Windows 8 on one and Windows 10 on the other. But, since I don't use my laptop that often, I am quite happy with Windows XP on my system. It is working an absolute treat ! 😊👍👌

  • @ranid0072
    @ranid0072 2 місяці тому +28

    7:41 I remember the GTA V DVD release. In FOUR DVDS ! Four dedicated discs !

    • @j0spor
      @j0spor 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ranid0072 4? It was 8 or so xD i still have the package laying around

    • @dunny
      @dunny 2 місяці тому +7

      @@j0spor Yeah same here, it was 7 discs. Crazy to think about now.

    • @Jake-yb8zx
      @Jake-yb8zx 2 місяці тому

      @@ranid0072 meanwhile rdr2 with 2 disks these days lol

    • @beitie
      @beitie 2 місяці тому +1

      I still have GTA San Andreas.

    • @sreejithss9119
      @sreejithss9119 2 місяці тому

      That was a time!!

  • @TheRem14
    @TheRem14 2 місяці тому +44

    5:44 I wonder sometimes where did LTT find Elijah ! The guy can be so knowledgeable at time, and others times the most clueless person I ever seen ! I loves when he's in video so keep going my guy and PLEASE MAKE EXCUSE TO THESE POOR CD ! 😅

  • @nickinderrieden7630
    @nickinderrieden7630 2 місяці тому +5

    9:13 poor dude has probably been member of the week for 21 years.

  • @BrandonSmith-ru8wl
    @BrandonSmith-ru8wl 7 днів тому

    One of my favorite memories of XP was using an unactivated version of it past its trial time, when I turned the computer on and got the pop up telling me to activate it I would click the link to open internet explorer and found a way to access the address bar and navigated to whatever program I wanted to open. Fun times