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Michael MJD
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I make videos and own too many floppy disks.
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New video! So a lot of you probably saw this one coming, but today we're gonna be checking out Windows 10 LTSC! This specialized release of the OS will be supported by Microsoft until 2032. And turns out, there's a pretty easy way to upgrade to it.

youtu.be/g1rPnCc9wbU
a YouTube thumbnail featuring a Windows 10 wallpaper and logo, with text that reads "Good Through 2032!" on the right side. Inside the Windows logo is text that reads "LTSC"
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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New video! For some reason, AOL is offering a web browser that you have to pay money for... in 2025. And more than that, it's a monthly subscription! So today we're gonna find out what you get if you pay for it.

youtu.be/z_NpZmk61Qo
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the AOL Shield browser running on Windows 11. There is text at the top that reads "$4/month?!"
October 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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New video! Well if you can believe it, Windows 10's end of support is here. So in today's video, we're gonna discuss what you can do if you're still using it.

youtu.be/GP931lJg7X8
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Windows 10 logo, with text to the left of it that reads "RIP"
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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An edited screenshot from an episode of King of the Hill. The text below reads "I do not want to sign in with a Microsoft Account. I want to use a local account... On my computer... That I own... In my house..."
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New video! Today marks the end of AOL Dial-Up. Because after over 30 years, the service is being retired. So I thought I'd try to dial into the service one last time before we say goodbye.

youtu.be/ipjvVGEfYn0
a YouTube thumbnail featuring a modified screenshot of the AOL Dialer program. On it is the old "Connecting" screen from '90s-era AOL clients, with the modern AOL logo at the top. To the left is an image of an AOL CD, with text on it that reads "RIP"
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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New video! So it's somehow possible to upgrade from Windows NT 3.51 directly to Windows XP - without going through NT 4 or 2000. And in today's video, we're gonna try it out and see if it works!

youtu.be/zx5JW4Eh2pg
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Windows NT 4 and XP logos, along with the logon screen from each version. In between them is a red arrow.
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New video! It's about time we did another Windows Upgrade Saga video. And with Windows 10 going out of support next month, I couldn't think of a more proper send off than to spend several hours upgrading through every version of it!

youtu.be/U4oFKrsdyxo
a YouTube thumbnail featuring 2 Windows 10 logos with a red arrow between them, on top of an image of the Start Menu. At the top is text that reads "10 Upgrade Saga"
September 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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New video! Back in 2007, Google released a Linux distro centered around their various web services. Except... well, they didn't. But somehow gOS became a thing anyway.

youtu.be/v5YGuzAnJ1g
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the gOS logo in the foreground. In the background is a screenshot of the gOS desktop, with various Google icons in the dock.
September 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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New video! So today we're gonna find out if the 1st gen Intel Compute Stick can run Windows 11. It doesn't seem like it... but it's worth a try, right?

youtu.be/nUm3HTjwedM
a YouTube thumbnail featuring an Intel Compute Stick next to its box sitting on a wooden table. In the background is the "Installing Windows 11" screen from the Windows 11 setup process. There is text below it that reads "Everything Went Wrong..."
August 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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New video! To celebrate 30 years of Windows 95, I tracked down the super rare Special Edition copy that was given out at the launch event in Redmond, WA. So let's open it up and do a good ol' fashioned OS install!

youtu.be/FDxCuv5yM34
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Special Edition Windows 95 box sitting on a wooden table. There is an arrow pointing to it, with text on the right side that reads "Special Edition"
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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New video! Today we're exploring a total conversion project for XFCE that gives it a very convincing Windows XP look.

youtu.be/vvdsEPlO8A0
a YouTube thumbnail featuring Xubuntu with the Windows XP total conversion mod applied. The replica Start Menu is opened, and the desktop wallpaper is set to Bliss. The Linux "Tux" mascot it peeking out from behind the Start Menu. There is text on the right side that reads "this isn't Windows"
August 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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New video! Well here's something you don't see everyday. In this video, we're gonna explore a Linux distro that made headlines recently for being developed by a (former) Microsoft employee.

youtu.be/X-3HqQuZ_28
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the AnduinOS desktop and logo.
August 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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New video! Today we're taking a deep dive into the Microsoft Zune. What was supposed to be Microsoft's answer to the iPod ended up being a failure of a product that people love to point and laugh at today. But was it really that bad?

youtu.be/k60FL6Ni9Gc
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Microsoft Zune, along with the Zune Logo to the right side. On the Zune's screen is the home screen from version 1.0 of the software.
July 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Coming Zune...
a Microsoft Zune being held above a wooden table. Visible to the right is the Zune box, along with the Eddy "Reliable" Trustman bobble-head. There is a 3D printed Clippy mascot is near the top of the image. To the left is a shelf that has boxed copies of Windows 98 and OS/2.
July 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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New video! Today we're exploring a Japanese-exclusive phone from 2011 that runs Windows 7. And no... I don't mean Windows Phone 7. This thing has an x86 processor and is even capable of being hooked up to an external display. Easily one of the coolest phones I've ever seen.

youtu.be/UaRovz2OXSI
a YouTube thumbnail featuring a phone running Windows 7 being held above a wooden table. On screen is the default Windows 7 desktop wallpaper, with the start menu open.
June 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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New video! After two weeks of trying, here's my experience getting Tahoe to run on something it was never designed to run on...

youtu.be/ENY4vfdWynk
a YouTube thumbnail featuring a mid-2009 MacBook Pro sitting on a wooden table. On screen is the macOS Tahoe default wallpaper, with text that reads "macOS Tahoe on a 2009 MacBook?"
June 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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New video! Today we're gonna find out if its possible to install Windows 11 on the Raspberry Pi 5. Let's see what I got myself into this time...

youtu.be/ASkdyW4_viY
a YouTube thumbnail featuring a Raspberry Pi 5 layered on top of the Windows 11 default wallpaper. To the right is the Raspberry Pi logo, but in blue instead of the usual red. At the top is text that reads "Windows on a Pi 5!"
June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New video! Today we're revisiting that Linux tablet sent out to me by the people behind FydeOS. And this time around, we're gonna how easy it is to run Windows 11 on it.

(spoiler... it's not very easy)

youtu.be/Qx0w7FGF3_A
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Fydetab Duo on a wooden table. On screen is the Windows 11 setup wizard, modified with a button that says "Screw this up." There is a cursor pointing to the button. Also on screen is the Linux "Tux" mascot with a "do not" symbol over it. To the right of the tablet is a price tag that reads "~$750" Above the setup wizard is text that reads "Everything Went Wrong..."
June 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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New video! So is it possible to restore Google's prototype CR-48 Chromebook to its original OS version? That's what I attempt to find out in this video. And in the process, we get to explore how different ChromeOS looked over a decade ago.

youtu.be/fCK6TYfBFew
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the CR-48 laptop sitting on a wooden table, with an old ChromeOS sign-in screen displayed. To the left is the old Google Chrome logo, with text that reads "Classic ChromeOS!"
May 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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New video! 2 years before the world was introduced to the iPhone, Apple partnered with Motorola to release a phone that had an iTunes player built in. But due to some lackluster hardware, and some rather ridiculous software limitations, it was forgotten about pretty quickly.

youtu.be/HgYw7vriqYk
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Motorola ROKR (or "iTunes Phone") being held above a wooden table. On the phone's screen is the iTunes player. To the right of the phone is an Apple logo, with text on it that reads "not an iPhone."
May 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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New video! Today we're exploring FydeOS - a de-Googled fork of ChromiumOS that can be installed on a wide variety of systems. Including the official Fydetab Duo - an open source 2-in-1 tablet. And thanks to Fyde, who loaned me one, we're gonna be checking it out today!

youtu.be/UPv1aP59ctc
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Fydetab Duo with its keyboard case sitting on a wooden table. On screen are the words "No Google", and to the right of the tablet is the Fyde logo.
May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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New video! Today we're exploring an Android phone from 2013. Except, well... it isn't actually a phone. Just a tiny tablet that you could've picked up for $99.

youtu.be/onjDzdMkJBw
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the mini Android tablet with a phone icon on screen. Over the phone icon is a "do not" symbol. The Android mascot is on the right side.
May 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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New video! Today we're checking out Visopsys - an open source, non-Linux, hobbyist OS that's been developed primarily by a single person since 1997.

youtu.be/5MZljgXW2WA
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Visopsys logo in the foreground, with the Visopsys desktop in the background.
April 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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New video! Today we're installing ChromeOS Flex on a Chromebook. Specifically, a decade-old one that Google stopped supporting years ago. Will it work? Let's find out!

youtu.be/P_NoHHE_uH4
a YouTube thumbnail with the 2013 Chromebook Pixel at the top left, with the Google Chrome logo layered on top of it. Underneath it is text that reads "chromeOS Flex." To the right is the download window from the Chromebook Recovery Utility.
April 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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New video! Back in 2003, Apple introduced the iSight - a $150 webcam for their newly-updated iChat IM client. I've had one of these things sitting around for years, and thought it would be worth checking out on video!

youtu.be/LqaLFkujoNQ
a YouTube thumbnail featuring the iSight camera on the left side, mounted on top of a laptop. To the right is text that reads "iSight", and in the background is the default wallpaper from Mac OS 10.3.
April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM