I switched to Windows XP in 2023...

[@zeikjt]

Swapping out your HDDs for SSDs is one of the most transformative things you can do, just mind blowing load speeds on these old systems

[@JJFlores197]

Yep. I bought an IBM Thinkpad a few years ago from around 2001. I upgraded the old 40 GB IDE drive to an M.SATA SSD with an IDE adapter caddy. Definitely improved performance.

[@Vednier]

Problem is however old OS doesnt support TRIM and despite that they say SSD isnt doint great job garbage collection without TRIM (and newer models is actually maybe even worse).

[@CoasterMan13Official]

I'd say it's not worth the high price. Here's a scenario: you buy the SSD, and you put it in the computer. You play with it for a little bit, and you realize that the speed increase is only a small step up from what it was beforehand.

[@Vednier]

@@CoasterMan13Official SSD nowadays isnt that much "high" price. HDD is cheaper per GB, but its mostly for cold storage now honestly. In old PC there isnt need of fancy high-end SSD anyway, just get decent SATS SSD, they all now perform at SATA limit. If you dont want to get crap just stick to TLC with DRAM cache and you will be fine.

[@JJFlores197]

@@CoasterMan13Official What do you consider high price? The MSATA SSD I bought for my old ThinkPad was about $40 for a 120 GB drive. I hardly consider that a "high price".

[@SpringdayAutumnmoon]

2000s laptop webcams are like old black and white cameras of the 1920s, they're so antiquated they're basically an aesthetic now.

[@9852323]

Even the desktop webcams from that era are downright atrocious

[@1369brandon]

I don’t think I’ve ever read a comment that made me feel quite as old as this one does

[@eeaotly]

​@@1369brandon Actually, it sounds exaggerated and condescending. Maybe it's because I always had to fight older people who were all into "throw this away because it's too old", when I was into "have patience, you will find a solution/new use for it" (which eventually happened but nobody wants/wanted to recognise/accept that). When I hear the word "old" used as an excuse, I know that I am dealing with two bored neurons, no matter the age of the beholder.

[@joshstucki4349]

Before 2013, virtually all PCs (and Macs!) had modular, replaceable, fairly-easy-to-remove parts (at least the memory, SSD, and battery, which all - always - should be replaceable/upgradeable). I'd give my left kidney if this would return!!

[@diamondarrow4567]

hp laptops have been getting aloot better with replacable parts

[@Masta_Frog]

@@diamondarrow4567 I would rather have my kidney stolen than buy an HP

[@AnthonyLemma24]

My aunt has a midrange Acer AMD laptop where I easily replaced the screen because it somehow browe, upgraded to an SSD and upped the RAM. Works much better

[@NotSoCleverUsername]

You might love the Framework then

[@resolvanlemmy]

Another reason why 2013 is the worst year ever.

[@zantar666]

Windows xp is the staple of my childhood.. I still miss the ease and absolute pleasure of using xp to this day.

[@Quantumqbit]

There is a hidden power mode for these that makes them quite a bit more useable… I think for most versions you need to update the bios to enable it. Ran that as a daily until 2015! Without the bios update it would have been useless- it makes quite a difference. ETA - you know the power mode is on, it turns the power LED from blue to red(!)

[@raven4k998]

2gb of ram is insane for XP🤣🤣🤣

[@animeloveer97]

what is the hidden power mode tho

[@muki_x]

Where would you find that power mode?

[@bananawarriorwootwoot]

I'm a network engineer and I was just talking to one of my seniors and we were bitching about windows 11 in corporate laptops and how it was super rushed. She was emotional when the conversation drifted to windows XP. She has been a network engineer since 1995 and XP takes the crown out of all the flavors ( within windows of course. The best OS for us Netengs is Linux )

[@CommodoreFan64]

I love Linux, and this netbook would be perfect for a Q4OS Trinity 32bit Linux install with their Trinity DE based off oldschool KDE.

[@useritiswhatitis4655]

trans senior network engineer

[@bruhsfx2]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux,” and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux. This isn't a try on a copypasta, by the way.

[@arnox4554]

@@CommodoreFan64 Sorry, know this is super late, but have you tried AntiX Linux? If so, what's your opinion of it?

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@arnox4554 it's been a few years, so I can't comment on the latest version, but it does seem they still have a 32bit version with both SysVinit, and runit, so give it shot, and see if it works for ya if you truly can't run a 64bit OS, as there are much better 64bit options with more common SystemD, like Manjaro Gnome on Wayland, or Solus Budgie still on X but slowly working to move to Wayland.

[@turks1966]

I would be impressed if you had to use it for a month and showed through videos what that experience would be like for you.

[@TEAML3ZAR]

💀💀💀💀

[@philh98]

The next ltt challenge

[@jaxcyl1-t4b]

It wouldn't be that hard

[@angusstuff]

With enough upscaling and color correcting ANYTHING will look good

[@spexz7]

Ngl i thought that that was the video

[@Saya_613]

I switched to the best OS in 2023*

[@loxianbutpeak]

True, also first i think this will get popular

[@DRB-il2pg]

A

[@zantar666]

B

[@manrajxd3881]

True

[@NVKumanov]

Windows 98 is the best

[@logisec]

The mic and webcam are surprisingly decent for what the machine is and even compared to todays laptops!

[@BilisNegra]

Might be its only saving grace, as a matter of fact...

[@axethepenguin]

I’m pretty sure the webcam was only decent because it was in studio lighting conditions

[@animeloveer97]

@@axethepenguin has nothing to do with it the camera had pretty good color as well. most modern webcams in laptops are an afterthought so they just throw a cheap terrible one in lol

[@axethepenguin]

@@animeloveer97 true actually

[@Theunicorn2012]

The mic and webcam are surprisingly decent for what the machine is and even compared to todays laptops!

[@TorutheRedFox]

general malware doesn't target XP anymore, partially because it's a headache to make _any_ software that targets XP nowadays, and partially because the only targets on XP that are worth the time to make malware for are highly specific targets such as specific organizations known to still use XP

[@xan1242]

[@vincentyap3188]

the most dangerous place is the safest place, as written in a book of war in china dated back 3000 year ago, why? For example the terrorist will attack the most crowded place, they not going to attack in a quite place. The virus will attack window 10 more than xp. The purpose of the attack is not for fun but for money in order to steal someone credit card bank numbers.

[@arnox4554]

Assuming the XP install is patched against Eternal Blue anyway.

[@kokonotsu_j]

Seeing office 07 in action really brings memories back to me. At that time people around me were all using office 03 and being the first to install 07 and see that gorgeous Aero UI made me feel so weirdly proud

[@raven4k998]

that poor poor computers going like I think I can I think I can nope I can't sorry dude your out of luck🤣🤣🤣

[@grxgghxrpxr]

I think Office 2003 looked better on XP

[@ranchocommodorereef]

@@grxgghxrpxr The real original version of Office that was around when Windows XP released was Office XP, which matched the UI of Windows 2000, ME, and 98 and hence looked outdated on Windows XP yet it was the latest Office version throughout 2001, 2002, and most of 2003.

[@Theunicorn2012]

Seeing office 07 in action really brings memories back to me. At that time people around me were all using office 03 and being the first to install 07 and see that gorgeous Aero UI made me feel so weirdly proud

[@pug2052]

Sorry but office 03 was better and still is

[@SoundOfFreedom32]

They are really playing with us now. How can a 15-20 year old laptop be so small and have so many ports and a removable battery, while in 2023 this is not possible with even bigger laptops?

[@tacosatlarge]

Kinda obvious answer here….They do this because they don’t want you to fix it and prolong the lifespan of devices. They want to squeeze out as much money as you can.

[@presidentkiller]

Search for the Sony VAIO TX series of laptops. The smallest most complete laptop ever, with a gorgeous screen, all the ports and removable things you could need, and even a DVD burner. Some models even had a cellular antenna for Internet access anywhere. It was a marvel of the mid to late 2000s and makes you wonder if we're already living in the future or if we peaked sometime in the past 20 years.

[@thelanecampbell]

Framework laptops solve for this.

[@imtekcs]

Because we live in the era when less is more for the manufacturers. Less manufacturing costs and more money for them when you have them repair it.

[@Theunicorn2012]

They are really playing with us now. How can a 15-20 year old laptop be so small and have so many ports and a removable battery, while in 2023 that is not possible with even bigger laptops?

[@Ryptahi]

I used this laptop for high school. It was around the time that normal laptops were just really big and quite expensive. I even used it for gaming as it was my only computer. World of warcraft was running around 10-20 fps and i was even raiding with this. Fps during 25 man raid was 0, which made things somewhat difficult, but good enough to be tanking something :D

[@TheTyisawesome]

World of Warcraft slide show edition

[@Ryptahi]

@@TheTyisawesome Slideshows are usually a bit faster

[@antonykao]

Why was Austin surprised that he could boot up StarCraft that easily? The game came out in 1998, many years before this laptop lol

[@animeloveer97]

netbooks are great for old games and emulators (up to like the ps1 mabey)

[@yummy90the2nd]

you'd know if you had used an intel atom processor

[@Theunicorn2012]

Why was Austin surprised that he could boot up StarCraft that easily? The game came out in 1998, many years before this laptop lol

[@joshstucki4349]

One of the things that made these netbooks decent is that as low-powered as the hardware was in 2011, Windows XP was ten years old at that point. As long as you didn't get the Vista versions (which were universally disasters, largely due to the hardware requirements leaping drastically from XP), they really were ok.

[@Pasi123]

Netbooks normally didn't have Vista, they had Windows 7 Starter. I'm glad mine came with Windows XP which ran really well

[@ej_tech]

@@Pasi123 Even on Windows 7 Starter, you can see parts of the Windows Explorer interface render piece by piece on an Atom CPU.

[@Piketom1]

Netbooks were bad buys when they were new. They had terrible build quality, terrible reliability, and extremely slow performance. A used 3 year old Lenovo would have been a much better value. The lenovo had a better upgrade path so even though it would not have been brand new, it would still have lasted longer than the netbook.

[@Pasi123]

@@Piketom1 My Compaq Mini 110c had good build quality, reliability and was fast on XP. The main thing about netbooks was the small size and long battery life. A bit like UMPCs but much cheaper and with a more usable size keyboard In 2013 I upgraded to an old Lenovo ThinkPad T60 which was obviously more powerful but also had a lot shorter battery life and wasn't as portable

[@justsomeguy5103]

​@@Piketom1 The combination of low price and high portability actually made them pretty attractive at a time when most laptops were either bulky or expensive and underpowered. Mine lived in my backpack through most of university. It was perfect for accessing the internet or typing up assignments around campus. For heavier tasks I would use my encyclopedia-sized laptop at home.

[@Hadihadi-wr8mt]

Yes, it's old OS and not up to correct standard but to be honest it actually has some better feature than current windows : 1. It's simple and not too bloating. It's so basic, so it's light and feels fast. 2. Not force you to online and automatically share your data to others. 3. Not much happened behind. If you ctr-alt-del current OS, You will see so many program works behind, even if you don't want to

[@Mario_Man632]

The Legacy Update project is great for these old OS installs that no longer work with the official update servers.

[@Theunicorn2012]

The Legacy Update project is great for these old OS installs that no longer work with the offical update servers.

[@nappa0582]

I cried when my XP system gave up the ghost long after Microsoft said it would end XP support. So seeing this gave my ticker Happy flutters. My time of playing Diablo (but not Diablo 2 because I didn't want to lose my character) just came flooding back and made me smile.

[@raven4k998]

he underestimates the computers capability's🤣

[@CommissarChaotic]

While I'm just hearing the sound the Warcraft 3 World Editor plays when you start it up...

[@erikferguson71]

Diablo will run on Windows 10.

[@foxycrystal8961]

This video came out 14 hours ago, and 14 hours ago i was working on formating this exact same notebook to test windows 7 on it and boy was it fun ... ngl, cool coincidence, love those netbooks, pretty much a relic of the past now but always fun to see one every now and then.

[@math211]

Try something light instead. puppy linux maybe. :-)

[@foxycrystal8961]

@@math211 It was for someone who isnt that tech savvy unfortunately, so it had to be windows, if it was mine i would have installed linux on it on no time

[@joey_f4ke238]

I had one for a pretty long time, and even though it served me well for years tinkering with linux distros and random stuff i still can't forget how frustrating it was to try and use it as a regular pc, i even played league of legends wayy back in the day at 5fps and it took ages to load, minecraft somehow was able to load in superflat worlds. Truly a little warrior that struggled through everything i threw at it, driving me crazy in the process as well tho

[@Theunicorn2012]

This video came out 14 hours ago, and 14 hours ago i was working on formating this exact same notebook to test windows 7 on it and boy was it fun … ngl, cool coincidence, love those netbooks, pretty much a relic of the past now but always fun to see one every now and then.

[@bigstuff17]

I remember having to support these devices back when I was working for the Geek Squad at Best Buy in 2007-2010. They were quite painful to work and support since their early Atom processors and low RAM amounts and HDDs. It's nice that fast forward to today that you can toss in a cheap SSD and just like that, it's a "usable machine". Thanks for the trip down memory lane Austin!

[@icytomcatmedia]

Up until something like 2019 the NHS (National Health Service) in the UK was using Windows XP, which saw them hacked multiple times. I believe they then moved to Win 7/8 and are still migrating systems to Win 10

[@mrknighttheitguy8434]

A lot of ATM's are still using Windows NT!

[@0zzyp0zzy]

Make that 2023, I caught one in the wild while working for my local trust in 2022 a user was actually trying to use it to print labels then my colleague found another in a server room in 2023 - I think the network guys probably grabbed the first machine they could find with a RS232 serial port.

[@MondySpartan]

@@0zzyp0zzyThere’s a photo print service at a mall near me and they are still using XP complete with using a CRT monitor.

[@grxgghxrpxr]

@mrknighttheitguy8434 Some are still using OS/2 from IBM (from the 90's)

[@Theunicorn2012]

Up until something like 2019 the NHS (National Health Service) in the UK was using Windows XP, which saw them hacked multiple times. I believe they then moved to Win 7/8 and are still migrating systems to Win 10

[@integer0verload948]

Something like that would be used for industrial factories. To program machines that are on closed networks. Industry does not like to upgrade until it has to.

[@TechDove]

Wow. That webcam is really good especially given the age, and sadly there are brand new modern computers with WORSE webcams than that.

[@Theunicorn2012]

Wow. That webcam is really good especially given the age, and sadly there are brand new modern computers with WORSE webcams than that.

[@steelsofliquid]

I have Windows XP installed on a Toshiba Tecra A8-EZ8313 and HP Compaq 6005 Pro (the latter would've originally shipped with Windows Vista Business, but it performed poorly on that computer so I put Windows Vista Ultimate on a Lenovo ThinkCentre A70 of mine), both of which are rather frequently used with recording videos, although it's more often the HP Compaq, because it makes for a really awesome Windows XP experience, with stuff like Microsoft Office 2003, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Winamp, Macromedia Flash MX 2004, Netscape Navigator 9 and AOL Instant Messenger (among other programs) installed. Nice to see I'm not the only one who still uses Windows XP every so often!

[@Eric-qi9us]

still has more ports than a brand new macbook

[@FoxyThePirate]

I miss the simplicity of XP and how everything did not have a shortcut which meant less clutter for you to look at all the time it made it look sleek and simple which it was. Truly was remarkable.

[@animeloveer97]

you know you can just drag shortcuts to the recycle bin right?? the programs dont get deleted lol

[@Theunicorn2012]

I miss the simplicity of XP and how everything did not have a shortcut which meant less clutter for you to look at all the time it made it look sleek and simple which it was. Truly was remarkable.

[@EdiSantosoIdeas]

Xp still works fine for most jobs. The only downside is the browser... you need to find browsers that supports current technology, esp when now online tasks are essential. I love XP -- in fact, for such an old OS it works just great by current standards.

[@seshpenguin]

There's actually a few community maintained modern browsers that are designed for Windows XP; K-Meleon (more light on resources), and RT Free Soft's Serpent browser (more fully featured Basilisk/Firefox fork) both work pretty well.

[@endymallorn]

K-Meleon & MyPal are the best XP browser. And that’s not a misstatement - they’re both Goanna, similar to Pale Moon.

[@user-sq3ix6yf5u]

@@seshpenguin You can still use the latest version of Chrome if you use one-core

[@phadsarti]

There are many projects that revive old Windows, such as supernium, theoldnet, protoweb and Discord for old OS. The biggest problem would be security, but as long as you are careful everything would be fine.

[@stokemoran]

Netbooks were great during their time. Chromebooks basically displaced them when they first appeared. While very underpowered, the netbooks were quite nice utility devices thanks to being so cheap. They were great for photographers for being able to copy off their media cards when they got full and be able to view the images. You wouldn't be doing much photoshopping on it due to the Atom cpu. But for the niche they filled they did so pretty well. Most had media card readers built-in (at least mine did). Based on the timeframe...I'm going to guess 320 or 500 GB was the largest 2.5" drive available during that time. Definitely not 1 TB in that form factor before they went away.

[@voyager33mw]

I got one of these in 2010 when I was in college and couldn't afford anything else. I did upgrade the ram and put in a bigger battery. It lasted 6-8 hours on a single charge

[@ApolloTheDerg]

To be fair, netbooks suffered when they put Windows Vista and 7 on them, but those were such a leap from XP that it’s essentially trivial for it to run.

[@thomasfan0123]

Once again Austin Evans giving us content nobody asked for, but yet everyone loved and enjoyed, keep the luaghs coming and keep the loveable old tech videos coming.

[@Theunicorn2012]

Once again Austin Evans giving us content nobody asked for, but yet everyone loved and enjoyed, keep the luaghs coming and keep the loveable old tech videos coming.

[@mrknighttheitguy8434]

Back in the mid 2000's, I went to South Africa, to represent schools in the UK, and we took a few EEE PC's from Asus so that we could video conference with schools in Durban. It became the defacto method used by UK schools to stay in communication with schools in remote locations overseas. I loved the little netbooks!

[@dirceunusa9187]

This video made go back in time. I've graduated in economics with one of those. Used to make al the graphics in paint brush and copy and past to word with my class notes. What a wonderful experience!

[@Theunicorn2012]

This video made go back in time. I've graduated in economics with one of those. Used to make al the graphics in paint brush and copy and past to word with my class notes. What a wonderful experience!

[@MrDragonflair]

Should have had a go legacy update, it replaces the standard windows update and allows for all updatedls to be downloaded and installed as if they came from microsoft themselves. Works from windows 2000 onwards

[@Quebec8953]

how i can updates palemoon and k-meleon browser ? i have windows xp with browserr k-meleon to run on youtube and facebook but the navigator web k-meleon stopped working to enter in youtube and facebook i don't know how for apply update my browser k-meleon

[@Cheesycook]

I miss Windows 2000. Back when Windows was just an operating system without a hundred things running in the background.

[@lukedavis436]

I still use windows XP to play around with old PCs and Software and i still do... Almost daily because i need my dopamine hit

[@lummatravel]

That webcam is roughly the same quality as what dell put on their current xps models

[@Tiger_Katmai]

Oh, in the case you weren't aware; there's workarounds for getting newer programs to work on XP, as well as communities taking open-source programs and modifying them so they work on XP when they normally wouldnt. (KernelEx/4GB RAM patches for 9x, extended kernels for 2000, scattered communities for XP) I myself personally know of an MSN forum area dedicated to getting Chrome/Chromium to work on XP; so far i've seen up to 70ish , and i've tested maybe about 8-12 months ago last.

[@tosin]

I have a printer that only prints with XP and this looks like it would make printing on it much faster. It takes forever to print with what I have currently.

[@animeloveer97]

bruh just get a new printer...

[@tosin]

@@animeloveer97 Its a rimage prism cd/dvd thermal printer. i only print up a few copies from time to time. theres no need to buy a new $1000 printer

[@RynoDBones]

We sold our EeePCs two years ago. Doubled the RAM, installed SSD, and Chrome x86. Worked fantastic.

[@DerLung]

why does this webcam and mic better than the ones in some modern laptopos...

[@themightyavenger1023]

6:23 the computer is still waiting on Spider-Man 4

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

The worst thing about XP was how slow it was for updates, especially on slower pcs, you could literally wait hours just for it to search for updates.

[@devisals]

Word bro

[@animeloveer97]

i feel the pain of waiting just thinking about it ugh

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

I thought XP was fine with updates. Windows 7 had it the worst! The updater would not only take a really long time to download updates, but also max out CPU usage and thrash the hard disk, so your computer was basically unusable while it was updating. The updater in Windows 10 is significantly faster. One of the few improvements in later versions.

[@BreannaMae]

It's so surreal to realize that XP was launched when I was 18 and a senior in high school ...22 years ago. It'd be really nice if time could slow the heck down!!! 😖

[@mm166]

If only there were security updates, I would stick with XP.

[@user-yz6rw3si3e]

Not even kidding: there are still some print shops in India which have Windows XP systems, running Photoshop CS6 and surprisingly, quite a few modern Photo printers still ship with drivers for Windows XP. Although things like AI generative automatic fill and other newer tools have made photo editing much more easy and intutive on the latest Adobe Photoshop versions, the people who are well versed in CS6 still manage to accomplish quite a lot with the tools available. Those computers are strictly off the internet, I believe, and serve a few specific tasks: Photo editing and Photo printing and in the right hands, still done quite proficiently.

[@donpappas3205]

I would be interested to see what a Linux OS would be like on this machine.

[@CrackDavidson1]

It would be great. I mean linux works great with these old machines. You can run basically a modern lightweight distro with no struggles. You could dual boot windows xp or run linux off of usb etc. This old tech is still completely usable if you don't need all the latest and greatest tech (high resolution youtube, newest 3d games etc.)

[@mihaillevarda9395]

i have installed recently windows xp on a pc with inytel core i3 41340, 8 gb ram and a gt 710. it runs very well and the most compatible browser on windows xp is maxton 5.38

[@McCoder21]

I wish there was a brilliant team of people willing to reverse engineer old operating systems and port them to work on newer hardware

[@animeloveer97]

the problem isnt the os, its drivers on newer pcs dont exist so xp dsoesnt know how to use stuff like wifi and display

[@skip485]

I wish there was a brilliant team of people willing to reverse engineer new drivers and port them to work on older operating systems

[@GamersUniverseOE]

Well, there is a brilliant team of people reverse engineering old Windows versions developing the ReactOS. It currently supports Server 2003 software, but as another person said, newer hardware does not have proper drivers. If ReactOS ever goes out of Alpha I would like to see modern Linux drivers (which support most of the current hardware) being ported to ReactOS so that we can use pretty much an XP/Server 2003 clone on modern machines with little to no issues. Maybe they support contemporary hardware currently but I am not that sure.

[@cssplayer91]

Yesterday I literally busted out my old asus windows xp netbook I bought back in 2009 and got so excited I was using windows xp again. I'm surprised everything still looks modern and usable, I also LOVE the Luna theme! I tried to make my windows 10 custom gaming desktop look like windows xp but every third party software that claims to make windows 10 look like xp just looks horrible

[@binary8717]

I have the exact same specs of an hp net book, it came pre installed with Windows 7 starter, as expected it ran absolutely terrible so I downgraded it to xp and it runs much faster and also upgraded it's ram to 2gb

[@Pasi123]

My HP Compaq Mini 110c thankfully came with WinXP from the factory. It ran really well on it even with many browser tabs open

[@neilstothard]

When you watch the channel to keep up with the tech your kids a looking at and realise that the first PC you bought wit your own earnings ran windows M.E.😂

[@notacopa]

I use XP at work everyday… in 2023.

[@OrigamiFoldingPRO]

I'm watching this video on a laptop made in 2008. You can still use the old machines as long as they have a proper operating system that supports them. I'm on Linux, the problem is the small ram and the slow video card. Scrolling through the Facebook feed fills the RAM quickly. High-resolution video processing is impossible, but 720p is in most cases enough to understand what the video is about.

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

Browsing modern websites must be an absolute pain with all of the scripts, ads, and other junk.

[@optimusenergy1]

all the comments are bots, so sad

[@covfefe9254]

Beep boop

[@covfefe9254]

Beep boop

[@bhavyakhatri007]

Beep boop

[@bakerrr925]

U must be the bot cause are no bots lol

[@optimusenergy1]

@@bakerrr925 at like the first minute there were lots but they are gone now

[@EilonwyWanderer]

Sigh. I remember back when computers were not only functional, but also not actively antagonistic against the users! And when Firefox, the superior browser at the time, decided that the best way to recoup their sliding marketshare was to start copying the worst aspects of the (still awful) Google Chrome rather than leaning into the things that they actually did better than the competition... they decided to screw over their main base of powerusers and dumb things down as much as possible to hit the lowest common denominator. It's a tragedy, and being reminded of just how far things have fallen is... bittersweet. Thanks for this video either way, Austin!

[@Wii1235]

My favourite OS is actually windows xp!

[@TechAddictSimon]

I have such fond memories of my hp netbook with Windows XP on it. Thanks for taking me back with this vid.

[@throwbackglitcher]

Windows XP > Windows 11

[@sybsygstgstsgysg5330]

Honesty I agree

[@greenonline5469]

I love the way tech nerds always poop themselves at the idea of putting XP online when I used Windows 7 without ESU until January 2023 with no issues AND I still to this very day put my XP machine online, but only for searching for mods for old games. You won't have an issue with being attacked unless you're stupid on the internet.

[@philzeo]

The worst part about windows XP, that I complete forgot about, HAS to be the start menu. That thing is just bad. That massive, ux nightmare is just nuts. I'd rather navigate my /bin folder everytime I want to run a program than have to go back to that start menu design. Nostalgia means nothing to me.... But I really miss that internet explorer design. Wow. Those tabs are so pretty.

[@tj_2701]

This is checking out a Netbook in 2023. In no way is WinXP running on an Atom cpu a test of Windows XP in 2023.

[@pacthesir]

11:10 It seems like it would have been unplayable but remember that KZbin used to run off of flash which was much lighter for netbooks and computers in general to stand, It is possible that the netbook could have been able to play KZbin just fine in 2010, as long as it played only in 480p or 720p. I used to watch KZbin on a netbook back in the day and it loaded just fine and played just fine. You probably know all this stuff but if not then...

[@animeloveer97]

i remember getting an extension on chrome that turned it from html5 to flash back when they did both still lol

[@LF5xu]

i feel as if windows 8.1 was like xp but people just really hated the start screen and fullscreen metro apps as if it made windows 8.1 the worst thing. the true thing about windows 8.1 was that it still was like windows 7, just with a start screen and full screen metro apps. you can still install open-shell or some programs that replace the start screen with a start menu. for me i personally use the start screen but you can replace it. somewhat just like xp, windows 8.1 can run on a netbook like the one in the video. windows 8's intentions were for tablets, hence the start screen and fullscreen metro apps. and because of those intentions, it was so optimized for such low-end hardware, that it was more optimized than windows 7 and 10. Windows 8.1 was just underrated

[@LoftyCrofty]

People saying windows XP is the BEST OS is just flat out wrong. While if I was in 2008 or 2007 I would definitely agree with you. Using windows XP now you will come up with all compatibility issues due to 32bit hardware and the fact that you will be stuck with bad hardware it is definitely not fun to use now. It’s a good OS just not a practical one in 2023.

[@ChrisLincoln]

Fun fact: the old Control panel, which I think dates back to XP, can be found in every version of Windows since

[@Ravensfan-qx5pc]

I still use Control Panel for most admin / IT related tasks. The settings app is a bloated mess.

[@animeloveer97]

@@Ravensfan-qx5pc the settings app is just the way to get to crontrol panel for the first time on a fresh install and then its pinned to taskbar and i never use settings again lol

[@raistlinsly1]

Windows 2000 was so much better that I switched back to it. Window 2k is the most stable OS I ever used

[@Quebec8953]

how i can updates palemoon and k-meleon browser ? i have windows 2000 with browser k-meleon to run on youtube and facebook but the navigator web k-meleon stopped working to enter in youtube and facebook i don't know how for apply update my browser k-meleon

[@cpljimmyneutron]

I'd like to point out that computer though it was 2009... but the HDD in it was made in 2010.

[@freevipservers]

Intel Atom N450 came out in 2010. It's a 2010 computer.

[@misterx2598]

You're not alone, dude! )) I'm using my Asus EeePC 900AX in 2023 and it has virtually the same features as your Emachines. I mainly use it as a gaming PC ( for retro games ) but watching youtube and web browsing is possible too, despite only few web browsers actually work fine with current internet. I found an Opera version that is running better than Cameleon browser. I did't upgrade it with SSD yet and RAM upgrade would be too difficult in my case because Asus decided to make it embedded into the motherboard, so I'm stucked with 1Gig of RAM only...

[@BenKlassen1]

Netbooks still exist, they're just small laptops now. I got a lot of use out of my Atom N450 netbook. They sold massive replaceable batteries that made it run forever. A lot of functionality in a small package. Mine had Windows 7 Starter which was pretty good. It upgraded to Windows 10 for free. It's been retired. Cool video.

[@lilmonix]

If you use Windows XP on a core 2 duo laptop or higher... you'll have a great experience. My dad is using such a laptop for basic office work and entertainment... it runs Windows XP and Mypal 29... Basically he doesn't have any problems... If really With a little knowledge, you can still use Windows XP to access the Internet without any problems. June 28, 2023 3:56PM

[@Cryp100]

I have an Acer Ferrari One 200 running Windows 11, I upgrade the HDD to an SSD and the RAM from 2GB to 4GB (Yes I did some tinkering with the windows 11 install) but it works pretty well for basic browsing and general use. It was originally shipped with win 7. I It got slower with windows 11 but not unusuable. Old tech rules 😊

[@mharris5047]

I was going to say. Microsoft does not support Windows 11 on any computer older than the Intel 7th generation i series. I don't think I want to risk not having a fully updated copy of Windows on a daily use computer. By the time Windows 10 goes out of support I will either replace my main computer or run Linux on it exclusively. I have a laptop that is new enough to have came with Windows 11, the OS works fine on it (I happen to be using it right now) but I still prefer desktop computers for daily use.

[@animeloveer97]

its more like sometimes old tech rules like the ps1 for example.. netbooks do not rule lol full size laptops from back then are cheap af and run 10x better. id highly reccoimend finding an old toshiba or an old asus, they were pretty solid. i have 3 toshiba sattelites one from 2009 one from 2010 and another from2011 iirc? they all still work good as new minus a fan replacement on tew oldest one

[@Cryp100]

@@animeloveer97 I’m not on specifically about netbooks old tech here was used in the generic term. No idea why you found it needed to post a reply like that. Other than to hope to achieve what? I still have my ps2 in working order, still got my old laptops working (the oldest one running as a server). So honestly the purpose of your “constructive” response is lost on me, as it is not even directly related to the topic ahead. So anything else you want to add to make yourself feel better because that’s the only purpose your comment served. 😉

[@KA1637]

Windows XP is so old at this point most viruses wouldn't infect it unless you're really searching and find a piece of malware that can't phone home because the computer it once connected to is now in a landfill.

[@vanfaktor]

I've been using a Samsung NC10 as my main (and only) computer for about 4 years.First with XP and after a little while I've moved to Linux. I've sold it about a year ago for £30. It was still working fine

[@BilisNegra]

So you basically were getting by using just your phone except maybe to write longer texts?

[@davidsummers6700]

I bought of these for my 5 year old niece. It's her first laptop. She's got a bunch of old kids games that I installed and the entire back-up of wikipedia for when she gets older because it's not connected to the internet.

[@johnpatrickadem6294]

1:18 _so i'm a little afraid to actually put this online_ from where i live, i haven't experienced *issues* (watching this on xp right now)

[@lostcxse]

Finally Austin has a happy place and a "wow" meme.

[@JerryLoffelbein]

Surprised that thing had a 2.5" drive. A lot of them had 16 or 32GB eMMC so the only way to expand the storage was SD cards, which you couldn't boot from.

[@animeloveer97]

no those are moore modern. most just had cheap 80 or 160gb 5400 drives lol lots of seagate drives iirc

[@mat-mat101]

Man, I have a 1002HA (originally XP Home Edition, followed by Windows 7 Home Basic and then Professional,, nowadays) and it is still up and running! And speaking of the camera, it looks rather decent for 2010 standards.

[@stevegonzales527]

theres one thing missing on this video with windows XP, PLAYING OLD SCHOOL RUNESCAPE and listening to sea shanty! missed opportunity

[@elliot3751]

Well… I can say. I have not watched an Austin Evan’s video since the “Hey guys, this is Austin!” Intros and I can say… it was an experience. I don’t wanna say the video was bad but it sure was different. I remember watching his older videos and they felt like nice and knowledgeable videos even if they weren’t tech reviews. I can’t say the same for this video. Don’t get me wrong it was an enjoyable video and I watched it completely but it just did not capture me as it used to. May I say the video was a little cringe? I’m glad to see him making videos he enjoys and (I hope) has fun making!! I just was not captured. Anyways this was more of a friendly critique and I hope no one is offended by it.

[@tboatrig]

I have a netbook that I got when I went back to college in 2007. It had 7 on it not xp but I loved that thing. It was my main machine for almost 10 years. It still runs Ubuntu Mate to today.

[@mharris5047]

I would try something a bit lighter than Ubuntu MATE. I have an eMachines E525 laptop from 2010 with an Intel Celeron 900 CPU, an SSD and 4GB of RAM (upgraded from only 2GB when new), it runs Xubuntu 22.04.2 passably (actually just a bit sticky) although KZbin glitches when going to full screen at times. I prefer my newer computers for daily use but even after 13 years it is usable. It takes five minutes to boot up, though. Windows 7 was a bit slow right before the HDD failed while Windows 10 ran horribly slow even on an SSD. I would definitely NOT want to run a full Ubuntu, Budgie or MATE on it. I think when it comes time to upgrade to Xubuntu 24.04 at the end of 22.04 support in April 2025 that will be the end of the line for this computer running anything close to mainstream.

[@spirallight1337]

I am rocking a retro gaming tower PC with in XP x86... It is an offline machine, but has a i7 2600k, a GTX 960, 3 1TB drives and 1 256GB drive for boot, Sound Blaster X-Fi Champion Fatality Sound card all packed in a Cooler Master HAF X case. Runs all these great x86 Programs and software flawlessly. Run butter smooth and cool temps! XP gaming FTW! Good vid Austin!

[@bluemist_ch]

This really tickles my fancy! Intel Atom was my initial foray into the Mini-ITX form factor which I still subscribe to today, and was extremely functional as a server. For laptops, it might have been power-efficient as well.

[@skip485]

The battery on this thing is actually really good because the low wattage of the atom

[@Infinity0205]

When there is one thing that is consistent in windows laptops, it is the Webcam quality, or rather the lack of it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@michelleenderink3664]

I was born 4 months after Windows XP came out but it's so nostalgic. I used Windows XP on my dad's old pc and Windows Vista on my grandfather's laptop. I remember having a Compaq 14 inch laptop, playing Purble Place. I think it was a netbook but i'm not sure.

[@jasonls221]

It could be pretty usable on linux, I can say from experience

[@mishaa7263]

I used Windows XP until 2016 and I still miss it

[@vividR15]

"73 more firefox updates" got me weak😭

[@JDCarnin]

The DB in Germany are still using Win XP in the Ticket Vending Machines. You‘ll see the the Splashscreen, when it reboots at about 3am

[@ZK-APA]

I have a laptop of the same specs (ideapad s100). Bought it used in 2019. First thing I did was replace the HDD with a 120GB SSD (ironically the SSD was more expensive than the laptop). What I have done with it is that I have dual booted it with windows XP and xubuntu linux. Xubuntu works well with such hardware, so you can use it for basic tasks and miscellaneous linux tasks. XP is amazing for playing childhood games. Yes for DOS or older consoles, its better and easier to get a raspberry pi and boot with retropie, but for windows 3.1, 95, 98 and early XP games this laptop this works amazing. And if you have a VGA to HDMI dongle (if you don't have native HDMI port), set it up with a TV and with a wireless keyboard/mouse combo you can do couch nostalgia gaming. In terms of drivers, the lenovo support site still had the XP drivers for this laptop so that didn't take long. And since I do connect it to the internet every now and then (I don't have anything critical in storage), you can keep avast antivirus as its the only one I found that still updates its virus definitions.

[@nicholascooney]

Switched? I never stopped. I've been using Windows XP for just about 20 years. I have nostalgia for Windows 98, but I can't for XP since I see it everyday.

[@Dracauphone]

I still have my Asus eee pc with an intel atom n550 and nvidia ion gpu. One day i decided to upgrade it with 2gb of ram, a 128gb ssd and overclock the crap out of the cpu and gpu (cuz you can do it), using windows 7 starter it is amazingly snappy. That thing even managed to run skyrim consistently at 25-30fps! Most of source games ran okay aswell... edit: I entered the teofis command in skyrim to make the game less intensive. It's always interesting to see how far it's possible to push the hardware of what is essentially ewaste today.

[@joshuamason2594]

15:30 - Incorrect. With Windows, netbooks were terrible. With Linux these netbooks were a great, lightweight, very portable machine. Netbooks died because Microsoft couldn't stand something that made them look bad, and did everything they could to kill them off just because of spite.

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

You can actually restore windows xp windows update to working order with legacy update, not only it will let you find besides the windows os updates but also driver updates and optional features also.

[@thedreaming6446]

6:06 There is a GOOGLE TOOLBAR PREINSTALLED! OMG! I'm having a panic attack! No no no no no no no no!

[@mikemaher_]

Actually going online on these old devices felt way way better than modern devices now days!!

[@dabear5641]

When you open KZbin on Internet Explorer and it's still showing 2018 Austin Evans videos.

[@Dumpster-J-]

dude this things webcam is better than every gaming laptops web cam made up until today.

[@darynkatano]

I once wrote malware in Batch on a virtual machine running Windows XP out of boredom, and it is shockingly easy to completely destroy an XP device after just a few hours of coding, so don't use Windows XP unless you absolutely have to