computer science student's budget everyday carry ($300)

[@valegory]

rooted nooks are incredible. i still use my nook simple touch from 2012 as my primary ereader. if you manager your own local epub library instead of using a centralized store/platform like amazon kindle, rooted nooks are incredibly usable and versatile. it is worth noting, if you plan to use a nook w/ barne and noble's store, anything from before 2013 loses support after June of this year. But if you're buying ebooks you can just get them directly from the publisher or author for the same price (or often cheaper), so i see little reason to buy into a single platform w/ DRM.

[@lelluc]

better yet: get a 7th gen kindle paperwhite for $20 and jailbreak it with KUAL, then use KOreader as your default reader.

[@paulhuang2030]

Not advocating for Kindles but they support epub/pdfs now

[@anetizen6404]

I have a 200$ BOOX I've used for 2.5 years

[@smorrow]

I have a nook that the touch part of the touch screen doesn't work on. If I root that what are my options for making it useful again? (I could prevent Android from starting up altogether and build my own thing on top of the underlying Linux, but given that I still haven't bothered with that in like the last 5-10 years, I'd rather there be a ready-made thing...)

[@livtown]

what software do you use to manage books?

[@gailard01]

James is like my dad. He makes me happy for a few minutes and then disappears for months 🥶🔥

[@towsifbillah834]

Broooo 😂

[@kiptoo5378]

💀💀

[@weiss588]

it s like buying some new toy then ignores you

[@midnightsun1429]

lmao

[@aayushsayshello]

Broo, he is ur dad, the dad u have in ur home is ur mom’s husband and not ur dad☠️

[@deusprogrammer_thekingofspace]

Thinkpad's are amazing. I once dropped a T420 on the floor and it hit a corner. The laptop took no damage. The floor however actually had a small dent.

[@wileymanful]

T420 my beloved

[@bojidarvladev4890]

ThinkPad the Nokia 3700

[@EternusCor]

ThinkPad is the Nokia of laptops

[@prezentoappr1171]

Terminator420 is apt I guess

[@paulkaz2960]

actually, unironically same, but with a T60 :D the dent's still there too

[@pilly3815]

OMG JAMES IS PUTTING HUMOR INTO HIS VIDEOS 😮

[@arthurmaghanoy18]

To those who want a thinkpad I would highly suggest the T480 variant because it has a internal and external battery which is pretty rare while having 2 ssd slots, 2 ram slots you can even upgrade its touchpad and and keyboard into a backlit one which is sick.

[@AiShield1474]

It's a very helpful advice for me, thank you.

[@playboixronaldogaming6815]

Thank man you helped me alot

[@playboixronaldogaming6815]

Yoo bro can you provide me a link or guide me where too buy

[@HenryT]

My daily! I prefer Fedora for sure, though, haha.

[@LeviathanHEV]

As a T480 enjoyer I agree

[@elkcip0]

I am not a computer science student nor looking for an everyday carry - this is one of my favorite videos I have seen recently. Thanks for the entertainment

[@toony966]

thanks james! ur the one who got me into tech, thinkpads, and programming. i always thought that kinda stuff was nerdy, but because of you i realized how cool it is! (btw i just won my first hackathon at 14 years old) but yeah cool vid.

[@koli4213]

14?! bro i started too late its so joever

[@jamess.2491]

@@koli4213 never too late man

[@ashi2576]

damn brotha

[@dopedude5196]

I call cap

[@toony966]

@@dopedude5196 I’m not lying.

[@rsorry]

"ThInKpAd WhAt Do YoU tHiNk YoUr'E dOiNg?" 🤣

[@YeetYeetYe]

It's funny how everyone is trying to major in CS now, it's the reason the market is so saturated and there are 0 jobs out there.

[@daesk]

@@YeetYeetYe ye you are one of them

[@YeetYeetYe]

@@daesk Nah, graduated a long time ago and have several years of experience.

[@purpasmart_4831]

@@YeetYeetYe Yeah< I graduated last Summer and still no job, I have been doing open source software for 10 years but companies don't really care about that.

[@ratulsaha9487]

@@YeetYeetYe people tell me they are majoring in CS and ask for advice. Like no.. I wont give you advice so that you can saturate my job market more.

[@perllefille]

as someone who constantly struggles with focusing on my studies and work, i learned so much from your videos! thank you for motivating me and many people who share the same problem. much appreciated!

[@CooldownCentral]

im tearing up... the cinematography and story-telling is truly soul-touching here..

[@anjneyrai]

I am getting an ideapad most probably but thinkpads are def a vibe. Watching you seems very original and it's always a great day when you post. Best of luck.

[@spfingg]

any lenovo brands let it not be thinkpad is shit

[@anjneyrai]

@@spfingg ok sir it might be shit for you But it works for me 👍🏼

[@MichaelReevesOfficial]

@@anjneyrai ig he saying abt newer ones

[@snow4dv]

​@@anjneyrai those who use thinkpads (i do use x13) are now basically stuck with old models because of the trackpoint/good keyboard (they made it even worse in new generation and comparable to generic laptops) - so not getting used to it might be a good think if you're doing some heavy stuff on it (but otherwise basic t480 will last you for a long time)

[@Moth-w2h]

@@spfingg tru

[@yasmichan13]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ! the content you create is unique.

[@chi1464]

ive been a longtime viewer and i just happen to be going into first year CS in the fall, great video and great edc!

[@jvscholz]

gl!

[@Devrajneedstostudy]

@@xnxxavier go and study

[@hossainratul6344]

Me too!

[@MrKevinontube]

0:05 bro flopped there to get belly pets but Dad left him hanging. 😆

[@Extremelyblessed777]

Brooooo 😂😂😂 that reminded me so much of my cat

[@KeoTsang]

Guess it's Everyday Carry week lol, good to see you back

[@moistsoybeans]

I eat babies

[@moistsoybeans]

I lied sorry

[@jvscholz]

thanks keo 😳

[@suryaarora2716]

Yoo keo bigg faan❤

[@divyankverma]

the man the myth the legend himself XD

[@StephenClarkOsu]

im a 3rd year cs student who bought a thinkpad for myself for my birthday... thank you for validating my purchase :D

[@jvscholz]

siick hope u enjoy it

[@sakshiSingh-sg7gg]

I have completed my engineering and now i’m using thinkpad which my company provided, it’s really siickk😌 Also aren’t you planning to start study live anytime soon? 🤔

[@itzShynee575]

i luv you so much i still keep watching your old vids

[@Parvez01358]

Bro, I just wanna say, I discovered this channel and you make some very relatable content. Love the videos man! Keep doing what you are doing!

[@tokisuno]

2:20 jesus christ wtf LMFAOO

[@djamelreilly5433]

I saw you a few years ago, I really admired your determination. Fast forward from making cocktails for 10 years, I start a CS degree in October. I’m looking forward to looking back on your content.

[@CozyMayCry]

This man is the reason why I like ThinkPads

[@natechenheng1380]

man, james is such a resourceful person for posting this

[@calebsilva195]

you should definitely do a video about your reading habits

[@RF-INF]

That cat absolutely loves you

[@bloodscience7832]

Absolutely loved this video on creating a productive tech setup for students on a budget! It's so inspiring to see how you can achieve so much with focus and the right tools. Finding a used ThinkPad and installing LineageOS on an older phone are genius hacks! This is definitely a video I'm recommending to all my friends #budgetfriendlytech #studentlife 💪📚💻

[@VijaySharma-nv5yd]

Can you send the link to the unlisted video? It's not in the video description.

[@XxEraserManxX]

it drops tomorrow

[@chasetrezise1345]

he's cooking

[@ashesh2420]

It only drops tmrw if he finishes editing it😂. We all know James, it may drop tmrw or in a month we never know

[@asterialumin_2030]

literal life saver, as a CS student looking for a laptop that can handle the workload, Im very grateful for this video! and happy to see, you uploaded!

[@Wista6600]

Best video I've ever seen, Man you are my inspiration.

[@studytime-qi4ng]

2:04 bro gave his 100% for that cinematic shot

[@aspirant-v4l]

😂😂

[@Subokune]

Hey James, I love your videos they help me a lot keep up with the good work man thanks as always

[@capybarabuzz]

My ThinkPad t480 will be arriving in a few days. All these ThinkPad review videos got me so excited. Cannot wait to use it

[@xNezrx]

How is it going

[@Walkedsober]

thank u mr james for delivering the vid at the right time , i really needed that :')

[@htetmyattun0]

Watched the whole thing. Loved everything. Subscribed and you're now one of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@One-mon]

Love this guy's videos so much just seeing his videos makes me happy.

[@lpsinko9705]

saw your post about this in reddit excited for more

[@tonyyahasiel8800]

can you share the link to the post please good sir

[@user-le3ez8pl1g]

This year I’ve been running a 9th gen x1(Linux of course) that I got for free and a remarkable for my ereader/tablet. He is right, Linux people are always so chill. I don’t have a machine not running Linux at this point. My gaming pc is running arch, m1 Mac has asahi fedora, and my thinkpad arch w/hyprland. The remarkable also is running a custom loader so I can use third party apps and access the terminal wo/ ssh. Totally sweet, use Linux, use ereaders!

[@joshua_thomas]

how's asahi on your macbook? i've been thinking of installing it but i've heard there is limited gpu acceleration and thunderbolt support.

[@animebs4919]

Deep work Man 🇲🇦 thank you

[@HAMIDX_1]

afinn abbana

[@lpsinko9705]

@@HAMIDX_1 hhh jouj mgharba kaytfrjou fjames

[@75dhib]

@@lpsinko9705 wlina bzeff daba Hhhh

[@angelvxe]

every video you make is always at the right time for where i am in life it’s starting to get weird…. but thank you so much for the very helpful video james !!

[@TirtharajKarmakar]

On your suggestion, I've bought a Thinkpad yesterday. It's E495 refurbished. Got it around 215 USD. It's awesome.

[@Datative614]

James your video making skills are getting wilder as time passes 😂😂 noice videos keep it coming.

[@Atrick335]

Sorry for the double comment James, but a good budget watch is the Casio Classic F91W, its not a "smart watch", as personally I don't see the need. But, It's really good bang for your buck and ive been using one for like 6 years with no issues! If you want something to listen to music, use as a watch and track runs, I use a iPod Nano 6th gen, they are worth like nothing where I am and I'm sure on the secondhand market they are very easy to find! Glad to see the video is in the description now, But as I said before, Great video. 😳 lol

[@soup5439]

hope you're doing well man :)

[@samdeur]

i had fun watching your vid.. thanks i'm nearing 50 and i'm going to start learning programming and going back to school next year after i deal with sum fam issues and helping my parents.. Loved to watch your vids.. Had a big laugh about your Linux users are chill .. i'm a former Unix sysadmin ;-) Love to use Linux fedora and have sum windows and macs around every job has it's tools and every tool has it's benefits.. Certainly in the server world Linux dominates and i need to get back to using Linux more hahah i subscribed to your channel because this is not the first time youtube algorithm points me in your direction ;-) take care mate..Greetings from The Netherlands..

[@clubmeringue]

as soon as i saw the linux laptop i knew you were real, that's how i got through my final year lol

[@peekselb01]

the greatest comeback ever, however you don't go away

[@Atrick335]

Great Video James! You forgot to add the link to the description, but nonetheless, its great! The thinkpad part made me laugh lol 😳

[@z_3w]

i still keep watching your old vids pls keep going But don't push yourself

[@zonivisuals]

damn keo nd james both posted on the same week with the same content lesssssgo

[@jvscholz]

whoops lol

[@r__do10]

James and I have one thing in common: appearing for days and disappearing for months. Three months ago, I appeared on social media for four days and disappeared for three months. Now I am in a state of disappearance, and the reason is that I am studying to achieve my goal as a pediatrician. Ruqaya from Iraq 🙇🏻‍♀️🇮🇶.

[@jays]

james videos are my favorite videos

[@DevanshBajpai-ir5hi]

he returned when the world needed him

[@ahmaddawood6166]

I'm planning to get x1 carbon gen 9 for my university as a cs student.As u series are less powerful than g7 series.so I think it would be a worthy investment for sure

[@anhkieto8153]

when he says "minimize distraction and maximize focus", i know that i'm in the right place.

[@HibjbhBnzbvg]

Great video, I wish you all the best

[@BirdsPawsandClaws]

Linux really makes older technology come to life. I recently made the switch to Linux on all my computers. If I need windows, I can spin up a window 10 or 11 on a virtual machine! Nice video!

[@miiodai]

what's the thinkpad at 1:19 next to macbook air? it doesnt look like the x390 but I might not have the trained eye for this ;v;

[@mk4_max]

X1 Nano Gen 1

[@keithou4389]

Moondrop's Space Travel definitely tops the cheap TWS market where I'm from. It has ANC and great sound for only $20. I would also suggest getting yourself a very cheap 2-in-1 laptop and outsourcing everything to a home pc through a remote desktop app or simply having a pc and your phone who connects to it remotely. The only drawbacks of this is the poor internet connection problem when it comes to classrooms buried deep within the building or schools located in bustling cities. I would also suggest getting yourself an ESP32 to leech off single connection wifi and spread them for your other devices or friends. As it is also a general purpose microcontroller, you can upgrade it however you want such as making it a power bank, storage device, sim carrier loader as its own wifi and anything you can think of.

[@Dravenxz]

Great Video James, love to see ur another content more. I used Kali Linux dual booted or sometimes using vmware installed on windows surprisingly it's great for me :)

[@david-wildcard]

For a cheap digital watch I can recommend Casio W-800h, it is not a smartwatch and if you don't need that functionality, it is a great pick. It has more functions than F91W and slightly more rugged, but still a light watch at ~35g. It is cheap I bought mine for 30$ and have been using it for almost 3 years now.

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

With the way this video was titled, I thought you were discussing a budget firearm to carry lmao. That video would go hard

[@youmnawahdan5416]

U remind me of the hard times two years ago , your streams actually helped me a lot

[@krazykat7208]

babe wake up james just posted!

[@verynotsuspicious]

Because of this video I got into ThinkPad research and am currently writing from a T490S, which I adore. Thanks

[@melio0504]

Me too! Because of this video I got into ThinkPad as well! I just bought my T480 last month. It's so good for the price.

[@aldojimenezwiehoff8036]

I use a ThinkPad X1 Carbon with my i7 8565U processor, and I haven't had any problems throughout my career in Chile (the career I study would be equivalent to computer engineering). Truth be told, I also used Linux, and I still do for programming, but through WSL 2, because issues like compatibility problems such as not being able to screen share using Wayland (it's possible but still not very stable) and also wanting to use programs that can't be used on Linux, prompted the switch. In conclusion, I have tried the things you recommend, and for anyone who is doubtful, both the computer and operating system work very well, as does the operating system of the phone, which I also use (I have a Pixel 5). I'm a big fan of your videos and really enjoy them. Greetings!

[@carlosalbertomunozgiron6089]

Thinkpads are Legendary. Even for designer students and mechanical students (they use 2d and 3d apps) without problems

[@y8naka]

James is like santa claus. Only comes once a year 🥶🔥

[@kiunthmo]

if you want to stay in windows (some things do suck in linux) then definitely install WSL. i like running WSL docker containers for my environments, and with VS Code i can use dev containers to debug inside the container. its a really useful tool for a lot of reasons. no more messing around with broken python environments, no more having to install c/c++ libraries in windows. plus if you're docker pilled you can share the build file with people you're working with and they should replicate it no problem. linux is great, and i do use it server side or when im deploying code, but i dev in windows or mac os.

[@peyton_uwu]

IMO, the best watch is a dumb one that you don't need to care about and charge every day. And the best watch you can get that achieves that goal is a Casio Illuminator. $20, so it completes the $300 budget, will run for 10 years, you can tell it to beep every hour which personally really helps with keeping track of time, you can set it to military time which is neat, and you can set an alarm on it which I use alongside my phone's alarm to be extra annoying and get me out of bed. I'd recommend to get the F105 which is the lightest of the Illuminator line-up, and specifically the Illuminators because they actually illuminate the whole watch face, like a LCD backlight, whereas the regular watches' light is a super dim bulb that really sucks, kinda like those old clip-on Game Boy lights. But yeah, I have a Casio watch that I wear around all the time, found it in a bin so I don't really care what happens to it, it's served me very well and will probably keep working for the next few decades as long as I can replace the batteries.

[@friedrichfermi6559]

Wow that cinematic was inspirational

[@giulianodenardi7654]

I laughed hysterically when I found out that your e-reader isn't even sold in my country (and seeing the value on eBay), but seriously, your choices are modest. It happened in my class that a student's laptop was "unusable" (long story short, rain doesn't go well with electronics). Our workaround was a rooted smartphone (Samsung J5), with a bluetooth keyboard and Termux. Obs: 0:07 cute Mika waiting for more affection.

[@tommyshelby6277]

bro uses arch btw

[@Fhannycopia3]

Yeah

[@holasoyalecs]

my man always bringing up the best content thx James 😭❤ (started using arch a year ago thanks to you btw)

[@curz_]

0:23 wheres the link 😓

[@nifesimi.]

Everyone just ignoring the cinematic masterpiece James slipped in when he wanted to talk about thinkpads

[@gunmadonuts]

"budget" but opens with a shot of a $1500 eink monitor

[@4ndj]

What monitor is it?

[@krishrong2560]

so awesome, your simplicity always inspires me. So tried of dopamine distraction.

[@raphedit_]

the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact look so good

[@messer_sorgivo]

Good luck finding it today for 40 dollars

[@rezy147]

Your study with me streams is what got me through my first two years of mid school I’m truly thankful for you and I’m sure your mom is proud seeing how her son have changed life’s of thousands with hes content , i just wanna ask will you do any study with me streams soon again ?

[@jvscholz]

unlikely

[@thomasdtrain]

1:56 *not including arch users

[@faziabaza]

EYOOOOOOO JAMMOOOOSSSSSSS , WE MISSED YAAAA

[@mitch9668]

I recommend the Lenovo x270 as you can upgrade the ram to 32GB, along with dual battery. Also for a phone I recommend the S9+ as it's 4g VoLTE compatible and runs linage OS.

[@mitch9668]

I also upgraded my display to a 1080p IPS display off AliExpress

[@reimon5410]

dual core cpu

[@mitch9668]

​@@reimon5410If you have extra money go for the x280 but it's max 16gb ram and a single battery.

[@friedrichfermi6559]

Ayoooo the man here

[@catholictryhard]

the first person to say that linux users are chill

[@scytheonion]

a single macbook air and an iphone on focus mode would do just fine

[@lain-olivious]

Or a windows laptop and a samsung.

[@safiyas4f]

the modified thinkpad thing is what my dad's being doing for years and the base of it is so THICK LMAO

[@litomora8468]

❤❤❤❤

[@はやぶさ-i8i]

I learned about unlancher through this video. Very nice!

[@mohamedamr40]

you're really great person , support you from egypt

[@kekw8235]

good video

[@tjdgmlchl6305]

Great video! Love this video format! Fedora and Linux Mint are also great beginner distros.

[@mujisuto]

I will enter yks in about 1 month and these will be gold infos for me for my computer engineering that I will plan to. Thank you very much.

[@YO-BIZZY]

3:24 actually looks sick but I would get it in addition as it seems less versatile

[@colopez83]

Hello dear, I'm from Brazil and just brought a used T480 i7 with 16gb!! I love thinkpads! Converting to dolar the price was about 430 usd.. a little expensive but still better option. A brend new Lenovo with good configuration will be about 1000 usd.

[@wileymanful]

I'm not in college but I'm studying IT certifications and a big thing for me has just been to use a thinkpad T420 with 16 gigs of ram and a 1tb SSD. All in all the whole setup cost less than 200 bucks and its pretty snappy, even the 2nd gen core i5 on this thing works really well and better than you'd expect, with 0 dropped frames switching between 1080p60 video playback on one workspace and another. Only thing I REALLY need to do is replace the thermal paste, because its sitting pretty at 40-70 degrees for normal use, but its consistently reaching 95c when I compile something..

[@trollerbladdering]

I came here because I wanted to prove a point to my brother that he doesn't need to spend an absurd amount of money on a laptop. I liked the video because of how in depth it was in such a short amount of time. I subscribed after I reloaded the page and noticed you had "In order to live" by Yeonmi Park in the thumbnail.

[@nikodunixi4560]

Came here to say, beat for beat, essentially the same thing

[@BanakaiGames]

key here is to install linux.. so many of my classmates think they NEED 32 gb of ram in a laptop meanwhile I'm chilling with 8gb cause my operating system doesn't eat it all for stuff that nobody uses. I've only heard my laptop fan like twice (when emulating android..)

[@JG-nm9zk]

Loved my thinkpad in school. Intel 2500 with 8gb of ram. It survived years of abuse and when I left it in an airport I didn't really care other than a month of uncommitted code.

[@F0h.1]

I watched the video even though I’m not that interested in the topic , i just like seeing you talk ✨ Keep posting 💪

[@zexfiode8678]

Hello jvscholz,im sorry but can you give a description for latop that you buy cuz its a lot harder to find it online with a many model and i very thankful if you can do that.

[@ejsdbsh]

Heyyy, I am a user of a Xiaomi Mi Band 6 since 2021, and I love it! I got it for around 35 USD and it's really good for the price! Xiaomi also has square watches if you're into those, that also work really well, can recommend them!

[@Joetorres3]

I use a thinkpad x270 for work. I was 1/3 of the price of a new notebook, and It works wonders until today. The screen is kind of dying now, I will have to change it, but they are easy to replace compared to other notebooks. The Only thing I wish I have is a little more resollution 720p is kind of bad for web design, but thats easily solved by connecting to an external monitor. The other downsize is that the notebok is a potato for gaming, but I have an xbox for that.