Unboxing a TON of Microsoft Beta Software! - Viewer Donations

[@LuneLovehearn]

21:21 Omg, never expected you to find and own a copy of the Nanami Madoka Windows disc! That's way rare to see nowadays, so hope you make a dedicated video to it as it's part of a product series that Microsoft made in Japan, they even made an anime commercial based off internet explorer. Seriously, never expected this and was the first thing that caught my attention. Windows ME and 2000 also have anime versions but idk if you can find those on the web.

[@bloomingch]

Just a little correction over here. Her last name is Madobe, not Madoka. But yeah, similar thoughts in my mind. :)

[@pastedtomato]

Oh yeah, OS-tans. Almost every piece of software had one, although they were mostly Fan made, The Windows 7, and I think also the Windows 8 one were the only official ones.

[@bloomingch]

@@pastedtomato, correction: Windows 10 one, Madobe Touko, is also an official mascot in Madobe family. :)

[@1Soniccool]

Japan has anime girls that represent Windows OS's

[@ashitomarisu]

@@1Soniccool Nana Mizuki....O____________________O

[@tassaron]

MJD saying "that's so cool" for 24 minutes is exactly the wholesome content I subscribed for, haha

[@GiorgiGamerYT]

I can't believe that you now have a Madobe Nanami disk set omg

[@NanamiSakora]

Me too xd

[@LuneLovehearn]

Yeah just commented that OMG hope he makes a video about it

[@prestonak]

NO, NO!! THE WEEBS ARE HERE MICHAEL WHAT HAVE YOU DONE 😭

[@britishcountryballofficial]

w h a t

[@NanamiSakora]

@@prestonak i am here since 2020 so... xd and welcome to Internet

[@ShinetoZeroX]

Never thought I'd see the Nanami Madobe Windows CD, I have literally spent 10 years looking for that CD.

[@SuikaIbuki]

whats on that disk?

[@bloomingch]

Speaking of which, I have been looking for such stuff since 2015 and I remember finding a Turkish site selling Windows 7 DSP Ultimate (which is of course the Japanese version of Windows 7 Ultimate including Nanami Madobe themes) installation CDs from second hand. I hope they're still being sold and not sold out because I'm planning on buying one as soon as possible.

[@ShinetoZeroX]

@@bloomingch If they do still have it, you're Probably gonna pay a pretty penny these were quite rare even Back then.

[@bloomingch]

@@ShinetoZeroX I know and I started saving up at the time I saw it about 5 years ago already. Fact: I'm still a student tied to my pocket money. :/

[@bloomingch]

Correction to the info I gave, not all Windows 7 DSP editions include Nanami Madobe themes. There's a limited set of copies of them for this.

[@ptzzz]

That Nanami Madobe disc got me excited for this vid and I hope you do the dedicated video for it and other OS-tans in the future. Would also love to see the Microsoft cards being played, just to see what designs they used for the cards.

[@zilchfox]

This just made my day after a rough day today. Thank you as always MJD! Awesome stuff!!!

[@QuincyBTD]

very zilch

[@CEO100able]

Wow, that's a lot of beta stuff! Did you know that some beta versions of Microsoft Plus! 95 are up for sale on eBay as auctions right now? As an archivist, I wish I could obtain them, but I'd rather save up my money on other things at this point. Maybe you could purchase and review them unless you already have them preserved somewhere.

[@DominatorHDX]

Just when I'm browsing KZbin what to watch a new MJD video pops-up! You sir, just made my evening! 👍🏻

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Beta versions of Microsoft software is always interesting as you see the development cycle before a operating system is released.

[@asian_quacking_duck3739]

Oh my god, I actually thought OS-tan was just a fan art thing up until now. I would actually like to hear a video on it

[@FHTgames17]

I’m definitely subscribing for that Nanami video. I always wanted one back in the day (being a huge weeb myself) but I never found a way to actually get one, specially since I live in Costa Rica, and importing stuff from Japan back in the day was very difficult.

[@GBlastMan]

Really happy to see some stuff related to OS-Tans, yeah it might sound weeb and all but it was a very interesting way of doing promotions of Microsoft related stuff in japan and it has a very interesting backstory with all the different versions of windows and even Mac and Linux being represented by some anime gals. Much of things like 95-Tan being a very traditional, kinda housewife that carries a katana everywhere she goes because she was involved in the Mac vs Windows war and she always thinks a Mac could suddendly strike from the shadows like some kind of war PTSD. Me-Tan being a very clumsy maid and often freezing and zoning out all of the sudden representing the infamous moment that cemented the reputation of Windows Me being a "BSOD incompatible mess" 2K-Tan being the proffesional looking and often too focused on financial and other proffesional aspects but being bad at anything that isnt buisness, and XP-Tan being the "super powerful OS-Tan" where most of the time she goes around eating rice all the time in a way mocking the infamous "Windows XP eats all your resources all time" and also not being a very organized OS and most of the time forgetting to cleaning stuff for you.

[@jargon343]

Wow! That was a LOT of beta software! And of course as always, great video man. I remember you had like 54k (if I remember correctly) subs when I subbed to you, now you got 230k? Wow your channel grew a lot lol.

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks so much for sticking around!

[@samcoolply]

21:21 that's nanami madobe, the windows 7-tan. Because anime is so popular in Japan, Microsoft released anime-versions of windows with custom themes and other exclusive stuff.

[@MichaelMJD]

A full video on this topic is planned : )

[@JeffreyPiatt]

For Windows Azure her sister Cloudia received a figure bundled with Visual studio sold by Microsoft at Comicket it was bundled with the Xbox sdk

[@RandomGuy37]

The original inspiration for this marketing campaign came from the popularity of a fan-made internet comic "OS-tan". It was all about turning different operating systems to anime girls. From what I've read, it was quite popular in Japan.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Well you do have to get the discs with her sisters. Azure, the 8 Twins, 10, and the youngest 11. There is also the Taiwan made Silverlight girl and the IE/ Edge girl who fought off the evil chrome robots in her premere film.

[@LouiesLog]

@@MichaelMJD Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.

[@jefflavenz7285]

22:55 the text on that disc translates to Japanese Language Prerelease Version, dated November of 1999.

[@Aoba-chan]

I'm really simp for Nanami Nadobe since Windows 7 release. I wish i see the installation for it soon!

[@uzukitsune]

Can't wait for the future videos, especially regarding that Windows 7 OS-Tan disc 😁

[@doisti-kun]

That items for sure are difficult to find, all very cool, great video as always Michael

[@bloomingch]

When I've seen 21:05, I was already hyped since I know who she is. Yes, she is Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 mascot, who has her own dedicated Facebook page, which a Microsoft employee runs (or used to run) of course!

[@thepikachugamer]

wait what? windows 7 mascot?

[@HyperVanilo]

@@thepikachugamer Yeah, Windows has Japanese mascot since Windows 7, the latest is Madobe Touko (Windows 10 mascot)

[@StoneUnturned]

Wow Micheal! I love watching your videos and can't wait for you to release the next one :P Seeing that you released a video just made my day! Its been a good 11 years, keep it up!

[@chriswertz1661]

That was nice going through that stuf with you. Thanks!

[@KiraSlith]

21:17 OMG It's 7-tan! Mild spoilers for that future video incoming! She was a huge deal in Japan for her soft-moe personality and as one of the few official "OS-tans" or "Operating System Persona", literal characters themed on an OS. She was part of a huge marketing campaign from Microsoft to sell Windows 7 in Japan, launched in part due to people staying on Windows 95/98 even after Vista already came and went (This is also why over HALF of Touhou's phase one games were built for 98). The campaign was largely successful, but there wasn't as much merchandise tied to it as the usual "Full Immersion" style of Japanese marketing entails, so just having that disc is pretty big deal.

[@HyperVanilo]

Does someone mentioned Touhou?

[@KiraSlith]

@@HyperVanilo 2hu 2kool.

[@2010MegaScooter]

9:43 his brain literally did a hard reset. 😂😂

[@TheCyberDruid]

Would be great to see some MSDN stuff again. Been a while since I looked at those discs myself and would be great to see someone else dive into them (for the first time?) :)

[@mswheatley]

This video's really really cool. 😁 I know your video planned list is very long but I'd love to see videos on some of these JP discs and discs that came with bundled things

[@plottwist1733]

Crazy to think this old, obscure Windows stuff is even still out there. Watching videos about 90's-2000's software and hardware has become somewhat of a passion of mine. Everyone has been so fixated on 80's stuff over the past decade that 90's and 2000's stuff got pushed to the wayside. It seems that's slowly starting to change now though. I was into the whole 80's retrowave thing myself back in the early 2010's, but it's been done for so long now that it's kinda stale and corny imo, so I've found myself drawn more to 90's and 2000's nostalgia over the past 6 years.

[@KayakTN]

I may still have one of those Dell D610 docking stations kicking around. I do have a couple of power adapters for the laptop.

[@LusRetroSource]

It's always cool seeing prerelease media!

[@cutieclysm]

yaay new MJD video!!! exciting as always keep it up Michael 😄♥♥♥

[@letcreate123]

Really looking forward to the Nanami Madobe disc video

[@noxxyy]

same, been spending the entire day looking for a iso, still have nothing. really hoping this stuff gets properly preserved

[@NoahClevinger]

Those stickers look so good! I also love The Nostalgia Mall's channel. Both of you make great content.

[@kemi242]

The anime girl is Nanami Madobe. She was the official mascot for Windows 7 in Japan. The name is a pun, since mado means window, and nana means seven in Japanese.

[@smugshrug]

ah, Nanami Madobe, the Windows 7 anime mascot. She had her own desktop theme and browser. Pretty cool idea - they should have done it again for Windows 10.

[@bob-wong]

They have already made one for windows 10.

[@bippaasama]

Windows 10 has Madobe Tooko, its own anime mascot. There is a desktop theme for it floating around which even includes system notification sounds.

[@smugshrug]

@@bippaasama cool, i totally missed her. i'll have to check it out.

[@MotownBatman]

Those Port Replicators were Killer. My first IT job in Na$hville, all the Field Guys for the HVAC company had them at their desks when they came in to clean up what they did for the day with the CAD/CAM drawings. I had one at home for days I VNC'd in cough cough, I had one with a Built in 2.5" HHD bay for Backup or Dual Boot. HELLO P4ht GAMING STATION!

[@WindowsOnWindows]

5:44 Hey, did I just technically videobomb this? 😂 And oh, I’m super jealous of the Windows 95 stuff!

[@mattrichardson4351]

Can we please blow this channel up .. so many fun easy to watch videos 🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@HyperVanilo]

As soon as I saw Madobe Nanami in thumbnail, I immediately click this video. That's a crazy amount of beta discs

[@cadvik]

Give us that Madobe Nanami disc set video next Michael. Please😂

[@irinisce]

Thank you for putting caption so early!

[@abdelali9279]

Came here for the OS-tan disc, really looking forward to that video.

[@animelove_1105]

Same lol

[@HamishMcIntyreBhatty]

Just found this video - can tell I'm a bit behind on my KZbin channels! Thanks for the shoutout and hope you enjoy the Dell Latitude dock :)

[@Medachod]

Came for the anime in the background, uploader says it will be for a separate video. _I am satisfied with this._

[@moyoloco09]

Love the way you just got hyper excited. Really, you got ACTUALLY hyper excited haha, it is quite understable. Great video man! I'm very interested in Xbox demo CD and that anime stuff, so please, make a video of both when you can!

[@HrutkayMods]

I still have the windows vista anytime upgrade disc Believe it or not sitting in my dresser drawer… i used it back in the day to upgrade from business to ultimate… I really can’t remember how it worked I should experiment with it sometime

[@artemisDev]

oooh Nanairo Generator disc, that is a pretty neat song. Such a cool theme for windows 7

[@marcischneider9093]

Amazing, what a cliffhanger haha. Love it

[@Armstrong692]

21:15 sauce: legends of the multi-universe. just showcases some music, videos, stats, and photos. can't wait for the video to come out.

[@LouiesLog]

Is there any chance you could upload the Xbox demo disc? I'm part of an original xbox archiving community and I know myself and them would love a copy of it.

[@keithjackson1180]

The Windows 95 pin reminds of the type of things that customer associates/salespeople would wear on their uniforms.

[@TheGlitchyMario]

This is gonna make good videos.

[@SunIsLost]

Yes

[@markusTegelane]

Congrats for the series!

[@EmilePolka]

so michael is going to create a Windows OS-tan dedicated video

[@animelove_1105]

Yeah I guess, I’ll be waiting for it.

[@TheVoyager3301]

I'm a "Mug Collector" and i love computer stuff. At 6:25 see that Mug right there? I. NEED. IT.

[@Pokedude1110]

That anime esque disk definitely needs to get ripped onto the internet archive after filming

[@animelove_1105]

Yeah, same for my thoughts. I’ll be waiting.

[@obmotum]

This video is, you guessed it, really really cool.

[@bolek158]

I'm still using a pc I built way back in 2011 :) since it still works, I have no intention to update or change it :) it runs Linuxc like crazy :)

[@LouiesLog]

What do you use your pc for?

[@Mario583a]

MJD is finally gonna install Windows 11 on the Mars Rover!!

[@MarkStillPlays]

Doctor: Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it isn't real, she can't hurt you *Windows 7 Mania Office disc with Madone Nanami on it:* 21:12

[@gradygambrell7842]

Just a suggestion, can you take a look at browser toolbars? The history and all that? thanks

[@KingKrouch]

Oh dang, Stephen!? I recognize him from Cheat Engine and debugging tutorials. Helpful content!

[@hearnia2k]

There is another dock that would work with that Dell, which is much bigger/heavier, and includes an internal PSU, as well as a PCI slot, and optical drive slot; it's a beast!

[@0alocin]

those playing cards... I WANT THEM

[@sajidna]

21:12 OMG It's Nanami

[@LandonEmma]

Me: Looks On Internet Archive For Windows 7 Mania Office Windows-Chan

[@PlayFull_Cat1]

2:41 I feel you. I have that possessor too and I want windows 11.

[@ycsawampfpycs2007]

21:31 michael mjd lore

[@Minetheground]

its the life having people send you things a lot

[@alex3107-ps2]

20:14 is codename whistler personal edition, beta 1 from january 2001

[@pityuuuuu3693]

I have the Windos 7 for refurbished PC Slovak disk, it was laying in a drover where I work, and I just took it home

[@marcoscomeche8706]

You showed the serial for WXP on the back of the Dell laptop

[@wannytiggah]

Whoever did the subtitles needs to take a YAJ tour (because of the "indistinct" part at 16:38. Michael clearly says "Yahoo Auctions Japan")

[@MichaelMJD]

Thanks for the heads up! Yeah I paid to get subtitles made for this video. Will make the change!

[@LovelyAlanna]

we used to have Beta 1 for windows vista at my job, I hate it that I didn't take more stuff when the office closed

[@naufalam7840]

21:10 Ooo... That's the anime I love 3 years ago.

[@gengar-1997]

"Emerald" is actually the codename for Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2. Just wanted to point that out.

[@lastnamechico]

11:03 I remember I used to have one of those, I still have the disc but lost the case

[@LellePrinter82]

I actually think that I have an iso-file somwhere on my pc of that same "Win 7 anime disc" Not the original disc though, but the same content. The blue-haired girl's name is Madobe Nanami, and can be seen in this short japanese Win 7 commercial with english subtitles. /watch?v=XBq-FFM5VhM Great content as usual Michael.

[@noxxyy]

really? please preserve it if possible

[@singeslayer8367]

It feels so weird to me that they actually produced win95 sampler CDs for win3.1

[@ashitomarisu]

21:27 *sees CV* I RECOGNIZED THAT KANA ANYWHERE.

[@muyaesha]

i never clicked so fast on a Michael MJD video with Madobe Nanami in the thumbnail

[@CityAnimate]

I think he was in San Franciso for the COMPAQ portable? Maybe he went to collect a motherboard?

[@Foas]

22:50 the text on the disc says "Japanese language Pre-release version November 1999".

[@daemonspudguy]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Hamish mentioned is Hamish from Budget-Builds, as he has a bunch of parts he doesn't have a use for.

[@li-ao]

You've got a surprising pack! Really nice pretty cool

[@LyricalLanguages]

My Japanese is not fluent however i know the Text on the Anime disc said 「七色ジェネレータ」which means "7 colour Generator" sorry im Not more help.

[@louiseogden1296]

I'm a receptionist for a healthcare tech centre in England. I recently got some Fallout stickers. Sad person that I am, I stuck the Property of Vault-Tec sticker onto my gaming laptop...and wrote on an Asset Number to complete the mock office PC look. I am VERY VERY sad.

[@-throat-]

Oh man, the Windows 7 OS-tan is here!

[@NinM64OfKianHope]

I actually experienced the Win95 demo cd via emulation and the music sounded like: "Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-dodo-dododo"

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

Would be cool to see that windows XP beta disc, as well as the windows 7 refurbisher

[@feelingud8607]

thats a big amount of Beta software will you dump them on Internet Archive or anything

[@ongakuwotabeta]

Most likely he wont, which is unfortunate. He wont release them to the public…

[@noxxyy]

@@ongakuwotabeta damn

[@RacingRocks12]

Dude.... My build is from 2010. Im pissed its not supported. I have 7 years on your build. The last time I upgraded my Graphics card was in 2016 with the R9 Fury X. 😃

[@batorerdyniev9805]

My laptop is from 2016 and has everything supported except the processor. And windows update decided to die in July.

[@RacingRocks12]

@@batorerdyniev9805 Same for my (Newer than Desktop) laptop. I5-7300HQ. Unofficially runs Windows 11 NO PROBLEM! Total and utter BS those requirements are.

[@batorerdyniev9805]

@@RacingRocks12 I have an AMD E2

[@seangoldstrohm3030]

I have discovered that the latitude d610 can actually run the 32 but version of windows 10, my d610 was a thrift store find.

[@the_pacific_gamer6870]

So, small warning out to people planning or are collecting Japanese Windows Software: Some software will NOT be IBM compatible but PC-98 compatible. Back in the 80's and 90's, NEC dominated the Japanese pc industry with the PC-98 and was still in use when it was dying pretty rapidly in the late 90s. So check your disks! if it says IBM, DOS/V or PC/AT then your good to go, it will work on your generic IBM compatible PC, if it says PC-98 or PC-9800, it will not work, you have to import a PC-98 System from Japan. This is however limited to pre windows XP.

[@ivyflow3r]

there are pc-98 emulators tho, such as neko project

[@TheYellowPenguin]

11:00, Wow! I have that disk, Ive never seen people with one.

[@ssf1389]

21:15 I have no idea why, but I just want this.

[@chunkemonke777]

It's because we ALL do.

[@ssf1389]

@@chunkemonke777 thank you for commenting

[@ssf1389]

@Daniel Andrade thank you for explaining

[@digi_056]

I have a deck of Windows 7 playing cards, they have some interesting art on them.

[@tomanderson2006]

So exited to watch this new video

[@MinecraftAndRetroPCs]

MJD if your reading this then if you want you can all beta pre release CDs get all isos and put them online on the internet on the internet archive (In the beginning of this comment i sayed if you want and not like you have to do it you can its your option)

[@angelorusso3219]

I have about 50 of those docking stations along with others from the IBM ThinkPad series and other Dell series... if you need anything for other laptops let me know.

[@foxyy_cs]

You can install windows 11 on 7th gen even without hardware TPM 2.0 module. You have to enable Secure Boot and change TPM support to PTT, this will enable TPM 2.0 and it will work just fine

[@HyperVanilo]

The problem is Microsoft says that the unsupported device won't get security updates

[@HarmlessBongo1]

4:03 Same with my Latitude D630.BTW, running Windows 11 mod