The Dumbest Laptop DELL Ever Made - Dell XPS m2010
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There are many impractical laptops out there.. but at a whopping 21 pounds (9.5kg) the Dell XPS m2010 might be the most impractical laptop ever built.
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0:00 Intro
1:06 What is it?
3:17 The Price
5:16 Tour of the outside + cool formats
10:15 Using it
12:08 The Display
12:55 The webcam
13:57 Storage
14:20 The Graphics Card
16:09 Gaming + Speakers
17:30 The Blu-ray Works!
18:27 Teardown
21:35 Linus being Linus
21:45 The motherboard + CPU
24:44 Benchmarks
25:30 Can it run Crysis?
27:12 Outrro - Věda a technologie
I had this computer (fully-loaded) and it was a dream! It's not a laptop, it's a portable desktop with a real screen enabling massive productivity from anywhere... with a table. I'd buy this again without hesitation if there was a modern version of this...
who is the dell employee with the gun to your head
Kinda funny you mention that, DIY Perks basically did a DIY version of this with a Framework motherboard recently: czcams.com/video/aUKpY0o5tMo/video.html
@@korovai672 No, I'd totally buy one of these too. This is an incredible thing if you do content creation or especially music production.
@@korovai672 I'd buy a 20" laptop in a heartbeat. It's brainless to me that people compromise on a $2000 laptop because it doesn't fit in their $50 backpack. Just pack it with a backpack it does fit in.
@@zodwraith5745 the hp envy line has 17in desktop replacement laptops and still has dvd drives too the battery is ass though
I'm not gonna lie. I really want an updated version
Same, and a modern version would be thinner and lighter, which would make it less of a pain to lug around even at that screen size.
I want to see them upgrade every possible component on this thing to see what it's like.
@@haphazard1342 Yes, this!! An ssd, some more ram, win 10.
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@@mcborge1 I would not exactly want it terribly thinner and lighter
Prefer not to go flexing a 20" screen closing the lid etc.
Instead of thinner and lighter, id rather put a sick modern tech lithium battery solution in it that is like 400,000wh
which might be doable given the smaller size of a lot of modern components and the now lack of need for express card and 30 in 2 card readers, 2.5 inch HDD's, the fact no one uses optical drives much anymore and some other things.
Could probably get one battery in the lid itself and one in the base?
And a monster cooling setup
Be neat to make one that is some insane intel/nvidia combo, with kinda no regard for battery life
just to say you have a i9 24 core RTX 4090 gaming laptop that kills 400k wh in 2 hours or less :)
And then do one based on AMD with a low watt cpu and some kind of mobile GPU based off the RX 6600
with reduced power draw, get a combined cpu and gpu draw of under 100 watts maybe
Kind of go for a game as long as possible on the battery scenario.
Walking into a LAN party, and setting down your laptop for everyone to feel the table go thud and the floor shake
would be hilarious.
There is a guy who has been using this DAILY at a coffee shop in Raleigh. He's STILL using it. He lugs it in and sits in the same chair every day. He recently started bringing a second 32" screen. He's a "writer" - and pretty crazy
I was working at Dell when these came out. They were hell in the lab, because the keyboards and mice would happily connect with ANY XPS in the lab in preference to the closest one. You'd try to set one up, and suddenly someone across the lab is typing on your screen. Fortunately you could hard-wire the keyboards and use a wired mouse, but it was a pain.
I had some "these are not your AirPods" try to connect to my phone on a train recently. Good to know that problem is fixed...
BT multipair , even when it wasnt popular yet lol
@@sargera1 If ONLY! Them pairing to your machine would shut YOU out!
I have similar issues with the wireless Logitech mice I got secondhand a few years ago. Both of them automatically pair with both dongles, with no obvious way to disable it. Maybe if I install the proprietary software I'll get some options, but that doesn't help me when one of the computers I want to use it with runs Linux.
how does one pait those though? i've got this weird "lap cinder block" and everything else is working quite fine but never got the keyboard to connect. referred manuals and forums but so far no avail.
I was a Dell tech back in the day, and my job was to GO TO YOUR HOUSE within 24 hours (4 for some businesses) and fix whatever problem you had. Yes, that's right; a Dell tech would repair your broken laptop screen at your kitchen table while you watched. (I worked on one of those transportables and it was just as awe-inspiring as you might think, *especially* considering I fixed it when it was just a year or two old.) When you worked on one, you had a definite sense that Michael Dell stood behind his engineers with a baseball bat, making sure that they were as easy and fast to repair as possible. (...and yes, *ANYONE* could access the complete instructions on how to replace any part in any(?) Dell computer. You could even skip having a tech pop by if you wanted. You would just put the broken part back in the box the new one came in and call UPS to pick it up.)
Was lucky enough to have one of these and had it serviced just as you described twice! I had nothing but good things to say about Dell in that era
They still do that, So does Lenovo I had a laptop where the wifi stopped working, tech came and took it apart at my kitchen table, said the slot for the wireless card had died and then took the laptop sent it to the company repair facility they put a entire new motherboard in it and replaced the shell and I basically got a brand new laptop and they reset the warranty to the 5 years I had on it. Hands down the best service I ever got in my life.
I had a gaming laptop that was only 1 year old from dell, bought it at start of last year and it had a 4 year warranty and died and dell wont take care of it even if its under warranty cause it caught fire due to a electrical short from poor quality manufacturing.
Yeah, Dell monitors were the best! I even got service on a used one.
Hahaha, do you remember your DCSE number? I think I've forgotten mine. Do remember, though, that before the Alienware acquisition that Dells were horrendous; Michael Dell and his engineers didn't come up with those ideas themselves.
Dell and HP for sure will still send techs out to your house to do repair work. Worldwide Tech Services still handles it, I think.
This laptop was my dream computer back in high school. I ran through the Dell configurator and put together a sick setup that would have only cost a whopping $10k!
Also, fun fact, this laptop was featured in Iron Man, when Pepper Potts was copying the files off of Obadiah Stane's Dell XPS m2010.
Damn, 15 years ago in movies feels super recent, while 15 years ago in tech feels like the ancient past.
@@rhodiumthunderbird yeah,that's real
What would an updated one even look like? Lmao. With that much space and todays silicon it could literally have a threadripper and a 4090 if you wanted.
Just opened up the movie (happened to get to that scene with a single click, I might add, haha), and yup, there it is! Whole monitor shown, might be a bit of product placement lol. Best view is when he comes over and sees the screensaver. Thanks for sharing!
@@hudsonsabal8695 There wouldn't really be a need to add a Disk Drive, and even if one is added, they are quite compact now.
Also cooling solution would be a lot better as well with that amount of space saved from the disk drive.
IO would be great as well, with possibility of inbuilt 4K capture cards.
Weight would be reduced as well, because of lighter panel's.
I'd like to see you guys make this into a sleeper monster machine, i mean, imagine rolling up to an Esports tournament and walking in with this absolute unit.
I have a project going right now to make an eSports all in one for lans and travel and stuff. Laptop ergo is usually horrendous for me. I didn't realize Dell had already(kind of) made one lol
It's not that bad to make in to a sleeper
They would have to destroy it's original internals
@@NaddlyC i mean, why keeping same old aging innards when you can Jerryrigeverything with it?
@@baoquoc3710 yeah I know, would be nice to give it some life but I think it wound be a crime to destroy it, it's a piece of history
Prior to buying Alienware in 2006, Dell's "XPS" was their gaming and premium PC line. Dell wanted to bridge the gap between laptop and desktop usage and this was born from their efforts. The goal was to provide the biggest gaming monitor possible along with desktop horsepower while still being portable enough to lug around like a laptop(-ish). Last time I saw this was in Iron Man (2008), when Pepper was going through Tony's computer.
Holy shit good memory! Although I think it's obidiah's laptop
Jesus Christ... The first Iron Man movie is 16 years old...
I have to say, I'm completely in favor of more videos like this that cover old hardware like this. With Linus' extensive knowledge of old tech and his regular propensity for dad jokes and dropping things, it's equally informative and entertaining.
In combination with anthony would be nice, since he probably has experience with older tech too.
"extensive knowledge of old tech" kek. lol. )
Would be a lot better if he quit laughing at everything like he doesn't understand that tech evolves. Bahaha! Look how big the battery is! OMG! OMG! WOWW! Look at stupid daughterboard HEHE OMG!
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Agreed!!
A modern version of this would be wild! You could fit so much battery, crazy sound and just epic parts in a formfactor like this today to make an actaully useful computer. Maybe nobody needs anything like that today since laptops are so good anyway but still. Just imagine how awesome a modern version of this could be.
Ikr.
The closest analog imo is a foldable laptop, 16 to 17 inch foldable display that folds down into a 12 inch standard laptop or completely closed.
battery life wouldnt be that good sadly. laptop makers are limited on battery size by the FAA if they want them to be able to travel on a plane
So…. A desktop lol
and it would weigh sooooo much less
As a Dell field engineer around the time when this was released, when I first encountered this at a client site I experienced a significant medical event.
did these like to spontaneously combust or something? sounds interesting
Given how good the screen is and speaker setup, i'd be interested what internals they could put inside or outright replace to make a "modern take" on it.
Use the chassis (with minor modifications), bang in a new Mobo, M.2, Li-on pack etc etc so make a sleeper PC.
I worked at Dell when these were released. The bluetooth was notorious for breaking. We were also strictly forbidden from referring to these as laptops so people wouldn't hurt themselves and then sue.
I worked at Office Depot when this was released. I remember the endcap designed for this, and how it was specifically billed as a “Portable Workstation”.
The fact that this was my first pc amaze everyone but it had a reason it was a gift given to me by my late uncle
edit -I broke it in 2011 I guess and just gave it to someone for repair and no one could do it
@@AdamWolphe when u only move it to work sites 1 x a week yes, deffo not a mobile laptop lol
but the idea sticks on, hell even Razer eventually make a keyboard thick as this one ( like a micropc +keyboard)
I was on the REC team at the time. I can't count how many of these that I captured and repaired in-house due to the bluetooth pairing issues. But those JBL speakers were awesome!
@@vardaan6704 Dad's always give you the thing you want. Uncles always give you the thing you didn't ask for x10 - usually turns out to be low key amazing.
Please keep making these retrospective videos! This is such an insane nostalgia hit for me right now. I vividly remember looking up articles and browsing Dell's website for this laptop back when I was in high school at the time it was released. You should see if you can find a listing somewhere for some of the old Voodoo PC laptops just so you can see why HP wanted to buy them out to turn them into their gaming laptop division before ultimately scrapping the name of the brand in favor of retaining the product line name instead. The Dell Adamo from around the same era was also an amazing example of a company trying to one-up Apple at their own game. Then they made the Adamo XPS and ruined everything in their endeavor to have the thinnest laptop.
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ANYONE: IS THERE A WEBSITE OR ANYWHERE I CAN TYPE IN MY COMPUTER TYPE, THEN IT SEARCHES FOR ALL COMPATIBLE DRIVES SOFTWARW ETC LISTING ALL BRANDS IN ONE APP???? ex: I have a realtek hardware in my computer but I want intel software for wifi. I also have AMD but I want to see if my laptop is compatible with newer versions or other brands. THANKS IN ADVANCED.
Crossover with LGR when.
I was gonna watch this video, but Linus said I might as well just read the comments.
@@Emira_75 It's still an interesting video in its own right. That laptop was just insane to a degree that you rarely see in production laptops these days.
Built in dial up modem actually makes a ton of sense on this thing if it was really meant as a portable workstation that may be used out "in the field" alongside equipment using dialup for small data transfers.
Man, this takes me back to my dad’s old Toshiba laptop; 18lbs, 2” thick. Truly amazing history - please make more of these!
The 2010 was my main machine for many years. Dell offered me money to let it finally die so they wouldn't need to keep sending engineers out to fix it. The RAID 1 configured dual drives save my life twice. My fondest memory was Friday night movies when I dragged this thing into my living room. Put it on the coffee table in front of the sofa, watching movies with my gals with popcorn, with the lights turned out. Proper cozy!
Eyyy, sounds pretty nice!
This is the coolest video you've done in a while, what an epic laptop! More obscure tech please! Also felt the perfect length and not a rushed shoot like some videos have felt recently.
ANYONE: IS THERE A WEBSITE OR ANYWHERE I CAN TYPE IN MY COMPUTER TYPE, THEN IT SEARCHES FOR ALL COMPATIBLE DRIVES SOFTWARW ETC LISTING ALL BRANDS IN ONE APP???? ex: I have a realtek hardware in my computer but I want intel software for wifi. I also have AMD but I want to see if my laptop is compatible with newer versions or other brands. THANKS IN ADVANCED.
i had one and i loved working with it. i love big displays and i had a second 21“ screen attached at the office. also the keyboard was great to type on. i threw mine away last year … fully functional … oops! mainly because that fake leather finish turned into that sticky plastic over the years and it was gross to touch it. it also came with a custom fit laptop bag … with wheels and a retractable handle. a truly unique piece of tec … :)
I think this is actually quite a revolutionary system for its time, it implements futuristic elements and ergonomics with handy features and sleek styling.
We had these in the company I worked for in 2006. They were awesome at the time. They were basically desktop replacements and we used them for working from home and for working in the office. Which was on a 3/2 day home/office split. They were ridiculously heavy to lug around though.
They were 17 years ahead of their time. I was literally talking about this yesterday. A desktop PC that is portable now that people are working from home and the office. It literally saves each employee needing 2 workstations.
I feel like it would work much better in the form of a PC case with an integrated display, keyboard, touchpad, etc kinda like a modern Compaq Portable
my ideal would probably be sort of like two really thick AIOs that hinge in the middle as a dual monitor that folds together into a briefcase form factor. one half has the computer, the other has a compartment in the back with the mouse and keyboard and such.
@@badlydrawncars6460 small form factor pc case and displays at the office workplaces. Or.....a laptop. A lot of jobs don't need a lot more power than most modern laptops can offer and are nice for when working while on the go without having access to a desk.
We just use laptops and provide monitors for both locations. Less than 1% of our employees need anything stronger than standard HP business grade gear, especially in a world where 4-8 core CPUs with solid onboard graphics are a dime a dozen. We’d have riots if we asked employees to lug a monstrosity like this back and forth.
@@lexievv nailed it
I used to have a compaq laptop and the upgrade batteries for it had capacity indicators on them because, among me and my peers anyway, having multiple batteries back then was pretty common and chargers that could charge your battery external to the laptop were a thing I remember a few of us having too lol. Treating your laptop like a power tool "yeah AFK I gotta change my battery" lmao
I almost bought one of these back in the day... decided I didn't want something THAT heavy, but man was I disappointed when I used one that a friends dad had got through his work. In the day and running ATI Black drivers, think that is what they were called could be wrong, the thing was AMAZING to play or watch things on. Between the awesome monitor & the sweet sound. It was the monitor that got me into Glossy laptop screens. This was a great video. LOVED IT!
The XPS M2010 was on Tony Stark's desk in the original Iron Man film.
The second Mini PCIe slot is for an optional 3G Cellular card. Back then you had to pick your carrier and Dell didn't have cards available for every US carrier at the time.
The top panel cover I'm pretty sure is a die-cast alloy part and not machined. Hence the rough appearance. I never got to work on one when I was a warranty tech for Dell, but I did have to go over the service manual and take their little certification test on it.
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ANYONE: IS THERE A WEBSITE OR ANYWHERE I CAN TYPE IN MY COMPUTER TYPE, THEN IT SEARCHES FOR ALL COMPATIBLE DRIVES SOFTWARW ETC LISTING ALL BRANDS IN ONE APP???? ex: I have a realtek hardware in my computer but I want intel software for wifi. I also have AMD but I want to see if my laptop is compatible with newer versions or other brands. THANKS IN ADVANCED.
@@iowatheother4986 You can only use software/drivers from the company that made the hardware. But you can physically change the wifi module usually for something else: ex. Atheros to a Intel Wifi 6 card.
@@natsukage3960 but doesn't the software itself send out a signal to pick up wifi?
It was also in 2 and a Half Men in the background!
I used to work for a recycling firm that handled pallets of dell returns. I managed to build an entire m2010 including the optional extras like Blu-ray drive. In 2007! Mostly all new parts too.
nice for you
You are my hero. I too have gained favor of the dump gods for many computing gems.
That explains the machined aluminium.
you're talking to the only nerds alive who might be marginally entertained by that story.
Do you have an extra lcd panel laying around? I broke mine years ago and would like to make it fully functional again.
3:11 10/10 screensaver
Hey! It was sold as a concept. It came fully loaded with a crazy leather rolling travel case, and the tops presentation remote with built-in display so you could pick songs from your playlist. During the day I used it for business presentations and training new hires using the loud bass speakers and presentation remote, then during the night, I tore up my livingroom night after night, doubling as a DJ computer. I had to have it serviced and the Dell tech who came to service it didn't even know what it was. The first ever computer I financed too, I'm pretty sure I ended up paying 6k but I was perfectly happy. My favorite system ever. Sure, it had problems like the keyboard, and the DVD but the pro's far outweighed the cons. This was around when electronic music exploded thanks to Skrillex. So many people thought my system was absolute cray. Speaking about compensation Linus.. in all fairness, I think you should review a video you made 13 years ago compared to a current one without giggling. Other than this simple indiscretion, still love the show. Just had to comment on this video cuz I loved that system so much. Love the show guys. Just take it easy when reviewing tech from us older people's past lol.
I would love to see a video where Alex and team attempt to make this a modern sleeper while keeping as many core unique components as possible!
Imagine this shell with framework PC components
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It would destroy this fantastic machine!
Just keep it as it is!
None of this is old or unusual to me. Does that make me old? My first laptop was a 386
I *really* would love too see what a “money is no object” upgrade is possible with this machine. In it’s day, this was the pinnacle of upgradable laptops. It would be wonderful to see what the best MXM GPU is and try to replace it. Also neat to investigate if SSDs can be put in the internal slot or just run an optane 2.5 inch SSD. The more stupid, the more fun. I believe 1080 MXM GPUs exist. It would be cool AF to try to get that to work here.
I actually had one of these when I was in college, I took it to class sometimes as a joke. It had awful heat problems, I had to get the GPU replaced 2-3 times (all under warranty thankfully) and eventually they had to replace the entire thing because the motherboard died and they didn't have any replacements available. Was definitely a conversation starter for the 3 years I had it though. I also loved seeing it in Iron Man (it's on Tony Stark's desk). Lastly, one time when I called Dell to have it repaired the tech told me the only other person he'd ever known to have one worked for NASA, so that was cool. Anyway, that's my quick story about when I used to own one of these.
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I have a friend who lugs around his desktop to other's house when playing games with them instead of using a laptop.
Something like this seems perfect as, like you said, it's essentially a portable desktop.
It would be amazing if someone made a suitcase sized desktop, handle and all just like this, but with modern hardware to make it truly into a full gaming computer.
Of course, it would probably have to be a custom build...., but having all those speakers, sub-woofer too would just be the icing on the cake when you show it off.
I loved this! I purchased the DEL M2010 new back in 2007 and ordered it with every option Dell offered including the remote and suitcase! If memory serves me correctly, I paid about $7000 back then for it. I used it for two years then put it on a shelf with other relics from my past. I still have it and it still works.
This thing was an awesome beast and very few that still run. Those who had it fought hard to have one repaired and not replaced but there was no parts available for it anymore. It was built for a show piece and got such a demand it was released publicly. I know this as I worked for Dell Hardware Support and we were told the entire story of it's creation. It was never meant to be sold to the public just a demo of what could be done but demand was so high it got released.
That explains the machined aluminium.
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 Dell XPS machines of the time (at least the big ones) had *absurd* build quality, with very little sacrificed for cost. I had an XPS M1710 (same era as this, but their 17" gaming machine), and the entire chassis was machined out of a single piece of magnesium alloy. It was ridiculous how rigid and strong it still felt even when you had it stripped down all the way (and you could access the RAM with one screw and tear the whole thing down with 15 or 20 screws - so much easier than modern machines).
@@clapanse Yeah, but their prices were unfortunate to say the least however.
Plastic is both a curse and a blessing.
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 Yeah, they were not cheap machines. You could definitely get a faster gaming machine for the same price at the time, but not at that build quality and with even more bulk and atrocious battery life (not that the M1710 battery life was anything to write home about anyways).
they dont really use computers, they just pose next to them and take pictures. Thats why they say everything is stupid except iphones, which they cant figure out either.
I wanted this thing so much when it first came out. If they released an updated version of this I'd probably still be interested.
I did as well, I just couldn't justify it as a laptop for school. so i bought an open box macbook pro, then returned it and got a more normal xps dell, then had some buyers remorse with the dell, ultimately returned it and got a newer macbook pro which I used all through university. now i'm a multi-os house. some mac, some windows, some ios, some android.
Basically you're looking for a Surface Studio 2
DIYPerks on YT has made a lot of these, and they're kind of nice. Love his channel.
@@PhilKnudson dell sucks i dont blame you for the buyers remorse, i experienced using them, about 3 or 4 laptops, experienced their pre builts in all schools jve been in, had a dell prebuilt opened it recently and it sucks just as bad as they do now. lenovo does everything better and im literally not touching anything dell/alienware until they do something revolutionary for themselves.
@@PhilKnudson i think we all had a similar situation in some point of our lives
It would be interesting to see a video about upgrading this ‘laptop’ and installing windows 10 to see what it’s capable of when it’s maxed out. Although I understood from the video that finding parts for it is a problem. I still hope you make a follow up video though.
You should have upgraded the ram with 8GB and placed the best CPU compatible for that socket/motherboard. Those old CPU's are SUPER CHEAP and sometime a huge upgrade depending on what's already installed. You could make this into one hell of an emulator PC.
I really appreciate the length and pacing of this video. It doesn't feel rushed like other videos sometimes do. Too often it feels like Linus is just trying to get done with the video as quickly as possible, without taking time to actually "have fun" with whatever thing they're doing. I've always watched LTT primarily because of the "fun" aspect.
Couldn't agree more 👐
The Blu-ray attempt would've died after the first try normally, keyboard as well 👌
I play Linux at 2x speed always so I don't mind "rushed". Sounds better too at 1.5x or higher, IMO.
@@raylopez99 touch some grass, mate
Watching stuff sped up all the time isn't healthy. Your poor attention span...
I was gonna watch this video, but Linus said I might as well just read the comments.
@@TheZerok666 Say what?
How did Dell go from this level of repairability to where they're at now? This is incredible
They lost repairability to get them as thin as Macbook because that's "what consumers wanted"
The repairability of their mid 2000s latitudes were insane.
Two screws, replace the sata drive. Want to hot swap the drive bay to a spare battery that fits in the drive slot? No problem. want to swap the main battery to a fresh one? Two tabs and drop a fresh one.
Dell used to design for repairability in the IT department realm. Then the race to the bottom happened for thin and light designs and the fact that they could cheap out on manufacturing parallel to this was another plus.
Edit: and I forgot about the monitor! The display was so easy to replace - flip up the tabs just above the keyboard to get at the display connector, undo the hinge mounts through two screws on each side (back and bottom) and away it comes
@@kady5991 The D800 had the best one: two screws on the bottom to remove the fan. Compared to other laptops where you need to take the thing half apart to clean it's a huge improvement.
thin and light to meet the needs of common businessman in their bags and students in their backpacks.
Even cpus were replacable in old notebooks.
2006 Dells are surprisingly survivable. I got a hand-me-down Inspiron 6000, still have it, still works to this day. I even used it for college a few years ago (still in college right now, btw). It ran really slow, like type a sentence in Word, go get a cup of water, and come back and see it just start to spell out your sentence letter-by-letter slow. One time, it even took a literal hour to open PowerPoint. So I opened it up, and found out *the factory never put thermal paste on the CPU* and it was still running! The die had burn marks! Little dab of thermal paste, and it ran like new. Old game consoles from that time also lacked thermal paste, so if you're repairing them, check on that.
Great video guys! Interesting to see Dells bold innovation back then. You totally read my mind replacing thermal paste and running Crysis! I remember in 2007 running Crysis under Vista using a Asus A8N-sli Athlon X2 4200+ 8800GTS. I had to manually disable all non essential Windows tasks in taskmanager to get tollarable performance! Vista had so many! In 2008 I added a second GPU and it killed my PSU! A new 700W PSU got me back up and running with pretty good performance for the time. It improved with each driver and patch updates. Microsoft made it so you had to upgrade to Vista to be able to play it using Directx10!
It'll be interesting to see how Crysis runs under XP on that laptop using Directx 9 or with an XP DirectX 10 mod.
Thanks again for another great video!
16:53 Those speakers are legit. No need for Harman Kardon or B&O tuning or anything, the speakers wiped the floor clean. Even the Macbook lost.
This looks like it would be pretty fun to try and upgrade since it seems like so many of the parts are replaceable. I wonder what the most ballin' version of this thing would look like.
i don't mind using it too, in fact if they could jam a full PC experience into it, i'll be in heaven.
basically you can bring your desktop pc everywhere
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I agree. Let's see an upgrade video.
Would be fun! Try finding a 4K BR player, swap in a modern mainboard with an i7 or i9 and beefy cooling, follow it up with twin or triple modern batteries for hugely improved batterylife.
hmm... maybe fitting a minisforum ryzen base mini pc motherboard in there and if there was an available screen on 20" 4k resolution if possible... maybe?
I have the HP version of this! It's very similar in weight and size, but no detachable keyboard or dvd player, instead it has a built in TV tuner and detachable TV remote. Would love to see LTT do a comparison between the two.
This device takes me back. I remember seeing these back on Ft Gordon, around June/July '07, as work stations for the command team and for the few, I want to say 84D. The guys whose sole purpose and job was operating anything A/V. Powerpoint, video broadcasting, or whatever. They weren't technically signal guys, but theyre job training was done in Fort Eustis, VA. Last time I saw them, was piles of them shoved in the back of a connex of the 63rd/67th ESB motorpool across from the new netsec building. Same motorpool where someone stole 2 lines of copper grounding lol that r an the length of... I want to say, 16 M998(shelter carriers).
Would love to see a recreation of this with modern specs
The DIY guy who looks like Theon Greyjoy built an awesome triple screen laptop like this.
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Yeah DIY perks literally made basically this with three screens yesterday, it even has a framework laptop inside it
You could probably make it with an ITX motherboard and undervolted components. Would love to see Alex attempt something like that.
AR.
That thing is AWESOME!! Could you imagine what something like that could be nowadays with modern day parts. So cool. More videos of weird tech like this PLEASE!
Watch DIY perks latest video it's sick. He did what you said
Ultimate LAN rig?
Wow, this brings back to much memories. I actually owned one of these back in the days. I was working for Dell at the time, and we got lease these through a employee purchase program.
Anyhow, I really loved mine, even as a gaming machine. You say it was business focus, but you have to remember that this predates the days of Alienware being Dells gaming products, and XPS was still aimed primarily at gamers. It was as close as you'd could get to a Windows iMac AIO at the time.
My friend's dad gave me a old Inspiron, which I ended up upgrading and putting an i7 620m, and the old dell service manuals are really well documented and detailed
I really want a modern version of this. Even if it's just a concept idea, I want to see it
I just want to see a modern laptop where they don't put the speakers on the freaking bottom. These '00s laptops had such laughably better sound.
They’d have to shrink the screen down to make it portable… oh wait its called the ultrabook!
Check out the MSI GT Titan line, or the Acer Predator 21X.
@@NormanF62 who cares about portable, when you can have _transportable._
the history of over 20 inch laptops.. remember ASUS ROG Mothership, the 8000euro gaming tablet?
it had 4 speakers in the front because of the tablet design. and unique thermal.
Linus should mod this and put all new hardware in it!
My friend got one of these and it was awesome. I got to borrow for a couple of weeks just to play around with it. It was super awesome not gonna lie. The one thing I hated was over time that rubber coating on the outside was super sticky. Regardless, I like to see outrageous tech like this and really enjoyed this one.
That casing actually might have been magnesium alloy, I’ve taken apart some older laptops from that era before and it looked the same, if you look on the exposed metal you should see a “Mg” symbol, that means it’s Magnesium, some of the laptops I had actually were dead so I burned small pieces of the magnesium casing and it creates a Blinding White/Greenish White light, if anyone wants to do this, make sure you have eye protection, because burning magnesium also emits UV Rays
Older Thinkpads used to have a magnesium frame, that was what made them so tough.
@@SpaceraverDK yea, i got most of mine from those Panasonic Toughbooks
From the 2006-2010 era, I actually had a decent one from the parts of all of them that I put together, Had a Radeon HD5860 1GB card with a i5 1st gen, 8gb ram and a 500gb SSD, nice little system and it would play some low Demanding games really well
Mobile consumer electronics should not be made with magnesium, that's absurdly dangerous. If you had a battery fire you'd go blind long before discovering your home ABC fire extinguisher can't put out metal fires.
Could well be because my old Latitude had Magnesium Alloy bottom cover and it looks the same.
@@walkingthedistance yea, I had some broken pieces from my laptops, if you use a torch against a piece till it glows red hot then blow on it, it’ll start a reaction and burn a Very Very Intense White/Greenish color, just don’t look at the light though, it also emits UV Rays, and don’t get burned, it does react with water when it’s in the molten state lol
Linus' historical knowledge of past computer parts is so impressive to me. All Alex had to say was "x1800" and Linus was able to remember the card in only a few seconds.
You didn't? I did lol but I also am Linus' age
@@blankname8553 No I don't really have any desire or need to remember stuff like that
@@christopherrichardd That's fair. I deal with computer hardware on a daily basis and have a lot of older equipment so it's not information archived in the back with cobwebs 🤣
Well, it’s his job…
I was really into building computers around that time. I definitely recalled that card. I had a X800XT. That was around the time ATI was kicking Nvidia's ass, before AMD bought them.
This. Was. Amazing. Did not feel like 27 minutes at all. More stuff like this please, I adored it
Same
I had one of these bad boys at uni back in the late 2000s. It was perfect for me doing animation as I would tilt the screen flat, put paper on it and trace scenes. I remember seeing it cameo in the iron man film too. Every now and then it would fault on start up and the error beeps were like a fire alarm. It stopped working and ended up in the bin. I miss it and the amount of muscle mass it gave me lugging it about.
I remember this bad boy when it was released.. one of the benefits working tech support was that we got it before the rest. raid failure and gfx memory fails due to heat issiues.. so fun ;D
I used to see this laptop at a shop at an extremely high price. I loved how stupid it was I really wanted one. I even looked for it recently but didn't find it anywhere. I had no idea what the model number was and all I knew was it was from Dell. I'm glad there is an LTT video about it ❤
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ANYONE: IS THERE A WEBSITE OR ANYWHERE I CAN TYPE IN MY COMPUTER TYPE, THEN IT SEARCHES FOR ALL COMPATIBLE DRIVES SOFTWARW ETC LISTING ALL BRANDS IN ONE APP???? ex: I have a realtek hardware in my computer but I want intel software for wifi. I also have AMD but I want to see if my laptop is compatible with newer versions or other brands. THANKS IN ADVANCED.
@@iowatheother4986 You don't want to use all in one driver software. It's common for them to install incorrect drivers or misconfigure them, making stuff break and also have adware packaged with it. Not sure how to help just letting you know to be careful with those sites since that's what you're looking for. Maybe you're just misunderstanding how drivers work, if you have realtek hardware, you want realtek drivers. Anything else will break...
I appreciate you guys for returning to a much slower editing and talking pace as opposed to the videos you released in Q4 last year. It gives me a room to breathe and mind to think.
I hate the tik-tok ADHD fast paced videos they release now
Yes please. However, this style may be short lived as more and more tik tok viewers convert to youtube
You guys should make this into a modern laptop. It's a huge undertaking but a huge project that LTTT could probably do now.
Been watching since 2010. Love your stuff guys. I miss scrapyard wars.
22:12 why is it that we nerds still know our devices we had back then, even 17 years later :D
Have you ever considered some kind of interactive museum as part of LTT? You bought some weird tech (huge curved crt monitor...), some you could get as donations (wifi graphics card, passive cooling case...), some things you built (cooling with fire, watercoolled mac...). It would be great to come and try it out.
edit: you could also have row of computers with each of the windows versions for people to try out (starting with DOS). same thing for mac os. you could also have different screen technologies side by side (IPS, LED, plasma, OLED, miniLED, CRT...) playing the same video.
The side-by-side thing would be especially cool at someplace like LTX.
i think a lot of the rigs they have shown are reused, but they could probably pull this off by sinking enough money
if they do this and charge a fee, it could probably give more traction to the company, let sale merch increase if it's on display, and maybe just make money on its own
they would need to sink alot in security though
@@hockypockies that's bad business for a museum in tech. A guided tour of the exhibits would be much more profitable with a gift store for LTT merch. A portion of the space could also be booked out for small tech startups to host events or provide education in technology to those interested in learning. This freemium model would provide working services that induce a fear of missing out on experiences during visits, sentimental value over the experience with items from the gift shop serving as a source of promotion and profits, and a place to feature new businesses LTT and others can profit from. A museum requires a model of passive consumerism to stay afloat if they are to do this at a profit and not a loss.
@@GM-hh2hf ahh i see, i'm not that experienced in that sorta thing, at best my idea was more of a concept. i respect your comment though and theres plenty of ideas to take into consideration!
17:01 - When the benchmark more modern laptops is completely destroyed by the old sleeper.
HP made a similar product to this way back when called the HP Pavilion HDX. It was more laptop-y and less AIO-y but still had a similar display mechanism situation.
After Linus said 17 years later I now feel old. And I’m only 19. I can’t believe windows vista is that old
As someone who’s looking for a transportable workstation solution, this actually has some appealing features. I’m currently using a laptop and various peripherals and travel monitors, but I love how large the screen is on this thing.
Maybe try the AR tech by the Meta headset
@@Reverae I’ve been looking into AR actually. It sounds like it’ll be the perfect solution in 10 years or so, but at the moment, there are a couple hang ups. The resolution isn’t great for reading lots of text and the pass through cameras aren’t great for actually seeing the letters on the keyboard. That, plus the form factor is a little bulky to keep on your head for long periods. Those are all things that will likely improve as the technology improves though, so I’m def looking forward to what AR is like a few years down the road.
That explains the machined aluminium.
As thin as monitors are nowdays... You could get a dual monitor mounstrosity packed on that format.
Something to thinker about with the Framework guys, perhaps?
good luck finding one
6:31 That was a pretty common feature in business notebooks back then. The person using the notebook would have one or more spare batteries inside his bag and to see which one is full, it had a button.
Yeah, exactly. I remember my dad had a specific compartment in his laptop bag just for spare batteries. He worked sales and flew all across the US and Canada with, yes, a Dell notebook.
that model was known to have bluetooth pairing issues. when the keyboard somehow loosed its pairing, it was a headache trying to pair it back, or even the reinstallation of windows it was a headache
dude I vividly remember killing time in the highschool computer lab one day back in 2006 and coming across this thing while surfing the web. It was the coolest piece of tech I'd ever seen, or so thought my 15 year old brain at the time.
2 years of effort? Worth it for that chungus.
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Well, I presume this wasn't working hours ;)
what in god's green hell is that profile pic
@@NICK.... *amogus*
I remember picking one of these up in 2009 for like £180. Looking back now I wish I still had it!! They could do a rebuild with modern components inside it :D❤
OLED screen, 4K blu ray drive... Ryzen 7, RTX 4090... hell yes
You could probably build a desktop pc with the same form factor today... Almost tempting XD
I would have loved to have a machine like this back when I lived with my grandma, I would stay with my mom over the weekend and live at my grandmas place during the week (grandmas place was closer to work and I didn't have a car yet). The price and specs were definitely a no-go but I can see the potential. I almost never put my laptop actually on my lap, I'd always use a table and desk of some sort so weight wasn't an issue (in fact I killed my battery because I also always had it plugged in). I basically use my laptop as a portable desktop.
I had a dell XPS laptop from this era and tbh.... it had a lot of these features at a normal price/form factor. Subwoofer, aluminum frame, easy access parts, the same battery with level button... I used it until the hinges wore down to nothing and the screen wouldn't support itself.
The best part is that if you just swapped out the hinges it would have been good as new as the hinges are usually just literal metal hinges screwed to the caseinf lol
I want to see them do a modern version of this, let's see what they can fit in there nowadays, and I imagine that there are many people (like me) who want the ability to just take their main computer with them if they need to but don't want to be stuck using a laptop
With modern components it should weight a lot less or at least hold enough battery for extended usage. Would love bringing this to a Starbucks 🤣
Agree.
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18:21: "Why don't we open it up?"
*A new journey is about to begin*
Perfect!
I've just had to wipe a load or drool of my smartphone screen.
I seriously want an updated version of this.
That Dell keyboard is super nostalgic. My Dad had an employee discount plan at his work for Dell PC’s, so all my childhood computers were from them. Seems like every one of them had a keyboard that looked just like that (and boy was it terrible).
the comparisons they kept making to modern laptops was astounding. probably the most interesting part of the video, IMO. but what kept sending me back through time was how linus kept remembering how someone else's display always looked better. I remember how this felt back in the early 2000's
Definitely in part due to glossy being king when it comes to display clarity!
And in 2023 I still can't find a good glossy 27" 2560x1440 display to replace my old dying one. It's infuriating.
Note: comparing a 2023 laptop to this thing is like comparing this thing to a i486 computer. Hell, a laptop released in 1989/1990 didn't have fucking Windows
@@ChaplainDMK Keep in mind the comparisons were not for it to be a race. I'm actually incredibly impressed with it's performance compared to the modern laptop. My PC from 2008 wouldn't keep up with it lol
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I found the comparisons annoying, to be honest. It felt like they were stating the obvious by going "ohmahgawd, look how this old piece of tech is less powerful/efficient/capable/... than modern-day tech". No shit, Sherlock, of course it got its ass handed to it by modern tech, it's over 15 years old.
The video content (the laptop, the hardware, the disassembly,...) was very interesting, but the comparisons just plain sucked.
And that plastic talk, god damn... How middle-class can someone be to act so shocked at old matte plastic leaking glue and getting sticky?
I worked in a laptop repair role for awhile back in the day and this was probably one of my favorite devices to work on because it was so easy to disassemble lol Great video guys!
I had a tech break one that he couldn't find the release for the panels, we both laughed pretty hard when he figured it out.
I literally asked Dell a few years ago if they ever planned making an upgraded, modern version of this beauty. Unfortunately, no plans...
Still I'm surprised there hasn't been a gaming variant of this in recent years.
I think Ms had some similarly bonkers product, only it was an aio of sorts
i had a lenevo from 2010ish era with core 2 quad and it had a inbuilt tv tuner . i could watch analoge tv broadcast on my laptop and it was very useful , it even had a 2g modem that was very slow and very expensive internet back then. it came with an antenna and i used to stick it outside the hotel room and watch tv on my laptop. i also had 4 extra batteries that would give me few days off grid!
even today i use thinkpad that allows me to swap battery and these 18650s last lot longer than pouch cells. they take more cycles and do not puff up.
modern 18650 cells like the ncr18650b are equally energy dense as pouch cells but no one uses them because they are expensive.
Oh, you gotta do the HP HDX Dragon next. It was even bigger, and packed a beefy GPU for the time (8800GTS) but was aimed to be a combination desktop replacement and entertainment center. It also had a build in remote control, and I don't mean that dinky little card remote - it had a full on remote control indent on the body to hold it.
I may or may not own 3...
I have one too! Can't bring myself to toss it.
That is amazing! Id love one to complete my collection of the 3 big early 2000s 20 inch laptops - i have an M2010 and an acer 9800. Sidenote - the HDX wasnt even bigger, the M2010 was the largest and heaviest of the 3, while the HDX was the lightest. If you are ever selling me one let me know!
What would it take for you to loan one and send it over to LMG 😂
I finally threw away my HDX Dragon about a year ago. It was very hard to get rid of, what an amazing machine.
How do you have three of them? lol
Hey linus, great vid! I bought one of these as a project when I was 11 for about $200, really glad to see them getting publicity. Id absolutely love to help you with the drivers and tell you a bit more about it if you like! I also have an acer 9800, the 2nd biggest laptop ever made (also 20 inches)
They found the pair button on the computer. And Linus just paired the keyboard to his phone. AND Linus was gaming on the keyboard at the end of the vid. But I envy you for having these cool things. Now I am starting to want to make something similar myself (probably with ITX motherboard, bare IPS panel and a huge 12V UPS)
@@yuxuanhuang3523 sorry, didnt finish the vid. Thats goof to hear. There are a few things that I could help them with, like the drivers, that Id love to talk to them about as ive owned mine for 6 years now
@@yuxuanhuang3523 also dont envy me, this thing broke so many times and was an absolute nightmare to deal with. Still love it though
@@LWonderchild Is it upgradeable? new gpu cpu?
@@connectionsst171 there are probably space inside to also fit a framework motherboard :P
I use to play in a band with a school teacher that had one of these in his classroom on a projector cart. I was fascinated by the size of it, but it was in the era before flat all in one like the modern iMac was the normal classroom computer for a teacher. But it was underpowered even for the time but served its purpose for everything he need it for to teach history classes.
I had one when I lived in Singapore, I think one of my family still has it as a display item here in the Philippines.
I remember lusting after this machine after Maximum PC reviewed it in their honest-to-goodness paperback magazine oh so many years ago. Awesome to finally see it come to life through video, guys!
Oh man I remember Maximum PC!
That's actually a really cool design. Throw in some modern hardware and this would be a cool LAN machine as well. Just look at other custom transportable diy projects for AiO PCs. There probably is more of a market for something like this today then there was back then.
Exactly. The same people (me) who want to buy a thick 17” desktop replacement laptop would absolute by something like this too. I basically want an all in one that is portable (or transportable as the video said).
People keep mentioning this LAN parties, but are those even actually a thing this days? When anyone last time been on one of those?
@@vladsolodenkov i am going to one in 3 weeks
I actually really like the formfactor for my laptop use cases personally
LTX is coming up in a couple months
I knew a guy at a flea market who would build gaming pcs in the early 2000s that had one. It was the coolest thing ive ever seen in my life then and it still is close to one of the coolest now!
i had a hp vista laptop "sepical edition" i loved that thing. it came with a remote cuz it was a mede laptop and i loved it. sadly the hinge started pulling the entire laptop apart
Always been a huge fan but you guys gained even more of my respect when y'all replaced my buddies screw driver after he lost it in a house fire. That's some true customer care and values from you guys💯
For $70 it better include some insurance! Jk but that is very nice of them 💯
why did that do it
On the topic of laptop sound, you should try and get your hands on a Toshiba X205-S9349. It was marketed as a gaming laptop with it's 17" display and Harmon/Kardon speaker system (with subwoofer!). It would be interesting to see a comparison between the two as they are around about the same era when released.
@@TT-zh4oq why does the number of speakers mean the new Mac book has good sound? I'd be interested to hear it but I've never been impressed by their speakers so far.
The hours and hours of fighting just to play a movie really brings me back to that true 2006 experience
Dude. This would be perfect in my line of work. Sometimes I'm in a lab van and want a large screen but can't have clutter.
That top metal panel is probably injection moulded magnesium, or possibly aluminium. This was a common choice for the frame of laptops in ~2000, where the primary concern was being stiff enough whilst also providing enough space for the huge components.
Yep it's magnesium, as in other business notebooks from this era.
Yeah my old Dell Studio 1537 has a similar inside chassis and it’s definitely metal, but not aluminum. Magnesium should be spot on
Definitely magnesium. A lot more brittle (and combustible) than aluminium, but very lightweight and Dell (and Alienware) were using it at the time. I have an Alienware M15x from 2010 (though the model launched in 2009) which is a Magnesium shell and frame.
You can see the "Mg" magnesium recycling mark in the video close to where the stickers are. My 2009 Dell Precision M4400 was the same. Agreed also cast rather than being machined, so not all that expensive.
I own and love this laptop and bought it brand new. I also bought it with the case and the windows media server RF remote control. When this came out you could get it with the windows media center edition version. This wasn't a laptop, it was definitely a portable desktop and the custom-made case the Dell produced was awesome for travel but no doubt, the whole thing wait a ton. The whole idea was that you could conduct business as well as sit in the hotel and have the screen on the far side of the room and the RF remote that ran the media center or the keyboard right next to you. It also shipped with the video capture device and other dongle based hardware. Everything had a place and pouch to store it and use when needed. I still consider it my favorite laptop I've ever owned I pull it out every now and then to run updates. My only complaint was having to replace the video card a few times which would be amazing to find one that doesn't fry.
Super cool to hear from OG owners of these sorts of unusual devices. It certainly seems like the sort of device that would be perfect for someone with just the right mix of unusual needs.
Hm, I might have one of those Dell remotes lying around, or at least a version of it. I used to use the Gyration remotes with my HTPC years ago, and the problem is that the remotes didn't really last all that long. I can't recall what went on them, but it was usually the same thing. One time, I ended up going with a Dell variant with a custom (i.e., really janky) receiver. Pretty sure I still have some of the Gyration ones lying around too... I should see if they still work.
funniest thing is even in the 2nd gen intel core time (2013) ish I still did the same thing with an acer aspire 4752G, replaced the dual core i3 with an i7 qm (which the cooler totally didn't appreciate) and constantly shut itself off. But yes, in the 2013 - 2014 era, laptop cpu (and sometimes gpu) are socketed and replaceable.
This brings back memories from repairing Dell laptops back in 2010 when I worked in my college IT department. We had lots of older Latitude D620 and D820 laptops from the mid 00's with very similar big chunky daughter boards. I'm not certain but I bet that top cover is probably a powder cast magnesium alloy. Dell started using that in their higher end latitude models in the late 00's and my college laptop was a Latitude E6400 with a magnesium allow case from 2009.
yes, its die casted mangnesium. IBM uses this tech nearly forever in the high end thinkpads.
The microphone is a HUGE upgrade from your studio's microphones! You should use it more often! Keep it up guys can't wait for the next one!
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I have an ATI X1950 in my drawer. A few years ago I installed it on a Windows 10 PC and played HF2 from start to finish. It was not the smoothest experience in my life, but it worked.
I agree with much of what other people have said. I love this format of video reviewing old tech, but I would love to see what the folks in the workshop and lab could do with this to modernize is. Modern batteries, ssds’,max out the ram, maybe a higher res screen. Really let this thing rip!
I can dream can’t I?
I love doing upgrades to old hardware. Personally, I'd like to see a Core2Quad, ssd, and as much sodimm memory as possible!
Yeah, i'd love to see them upgrade this thing as much as possible and maybe try to find the rest of it's components.
It seems like a really cool computer, even now!