1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:07,040 This is my laptop. And there are many. Well, okay, to be fair, there's actually 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:11,360 not that many. I don't think ASUS bamboo laptops actually sold that well. But 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:15,280 this one is mine. And even though I haven't been using it for a while, it's 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:23,760 been serving my parents well for about a year now. That is to say, well, not 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:29,519 fast. Even though the Core i5 M450, 4 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:31,840 gigs of DDR3 and 1366 by 768 TN screen 7 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:36,880 might still be suitable for browsing and word processing and other light tasks. 8 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:41,360 Back in 2010, most laptops, even thin ones, unless your name was Apple, still 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:47,360 had mechanical hard drives, so doing anything on it, is painfully slow these 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,440 days. But sentimental value is a thing. 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:54,399 And this baby got me through many of video export. Carrying it around campus 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,239 at BCIT between classes, not even able 13 00:00:54,399 --> 00:01:04,520 to close the lid because my Windows install was so borked. So, I'm not ready 14 00:00:58,879 --> 00:01:04,520 to put her down just yet. Let's operate. 15 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,080 Tunnel Bear is the simple VPN app that makes it easy to browse privately and 16 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,680 enjoy a more open internet. Try Tunnel Bear for free at the link below. So, 17 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:25,040 just in case you didn't catch that, I'm going to install an SSD in here in order 18 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:28,560 to breathe some new life into it and keep it away from the recycling heaps. 19 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,320 If you want to see how electronics recycling can actually be devastating to 20 00:01:31,119 --> 00:01:37,200 the environment, check out this Tech Cookie episode up here. But before we do 21 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:41,680 that, let's explore what it's like to use this thing with the hard drive in 22 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:46,000 it. To give it the best possible performance I could, I've reformatted 23 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:51,119 the drive. This is a very fresh version of Windows 7. And we'll just try 24 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:55,040 restarting it, opening up some programs, just general usability things, which is 25 00:01:53,280 --> 00:02:00,240 what this laptop would actually be targeted at for now, and see how it 26 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:04,159 stands up. Restarting the computer took forever. from pressing the restart 27 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,800 button to having Firefox loaded with the line of text homepage on it. Took two 28 00:02:06,479 --> 00:02:12,239 minutes and 13 seconds and then it didn't get much better from there. Foxit 29 00:02:10,239 --> 00:02:17,280 reader took a very long time to show up to the point where I was a little bit worried if it was going to show up at 30 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:21,200 all. Steam I was actually 100% convinced wasn't working and then had switched to 31 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:25,760 try to demo something else by the time that it actually freaking loaded. 32 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:31,599 Loading up any browsers took a really long time, but navigating through 33 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:33,440 Windows wasn't too bad. And once you had 34 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:37,120 a browser actually loaded and you were going through various websites, it did 35 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:42,879 actually work pretty well because the DDR3 RAM is actually surprisingly fine. 36 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:47,680 The only thing pulling this laptop down that much is the hard drive. So, time to 37 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:55,680 swap it out. What I'm going to swap in is a Vertex 4 128 gig SSD from OCZ, a 38 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:59,680 company that doesn't even exist anymore. I mean, it's it's advertising into links 39 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:04,720 on the front. This is actually from a pretty similar era that this laptop is 40 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:08,560 from, and it costs like 50 bucks off Amazon, so you can get it pretty cheap. 41 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:12,959 No big deal. I'm going to throw this in here. Not the best SSD I could if I 42 00:03:10,959 --> 00:03:18,400 wanted to like really destroy that hard drive. And this one has been used a 43 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:22,720 bunch and has a ton of clutter on it. So the hard drive had a best case scenario 44 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:25,840 and the SSD has like a almost worst case scenario. Let's check it 45 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:36,959 out. You like this? I actually lost the original tray that I had for um mounting 46 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:40,000 my drive in here. So I used a little mod 47 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:42,000 by just wrapping up some paper. And I 48 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:47,280 mean it it actually works completely fine. That was so much better in my 49 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:50,879 opinion. It only took one minute and two seconds to go from restart button all 50 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:56,319 the way to browser open with the Linus detectives page playing. Opening up any 51 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:58,000 program, Foxit, various browsers, Origin 52 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:02,959 because I didn't have Steam installed on there. It's not my computer anymore. 53 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:07,439 Don't worry about it. Um, it was easy. None of it took very long. I didn't get 54 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:12,000 frustrated actually trying to figure out if a program was going to open at all 55 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:17,359 after I clicked on it. It was just there. Perfect. And that's from a very 56 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:20,000 old laptop. This isn't difficult to do 57 00:04:17,359 --> 00:04:24,880 either. You saw me swap the SSD in for the hard drive. It was not a complicated 58 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:28,720 process. And then the Bamboo even has an optical drive. So, if you go to the 59 00:04:26,479 --> 00:04:32,240 store and try to buy one of those Windows key things that comes with the 60 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:37,360 disc, you can even just do it that way. Plain and simple. It's cheap at only 61 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:40,400 $50. It's easy. Just a hard drive swap for an SSD, not a big deal. And 62 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:46,800 installing Windows. If you have trouble with that, you can check out this video up here, which is like an NCIX tech tips 63 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:49,280 video from way back. Arguably, there isn't really an improvement for the 64 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:54,160 browsing experience. If you're going to spend most of your time in a web browser, uh there is an improvement 65 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:58,720 getting to the browsing experience, but once you're there, it's pretty much the same for hard drive or SSD because 66 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:04,720 that's RAM based. I don't really think upgrading the RAM is a huge value ad 67 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:09,840 here as it's already rather fast. So, yeah, cheap, easy, not a big deal. Also, 68 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:15,440 one thing to be careful of if you're looking to buy a laptop for this type of 69 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:17,759 upgrade is that not all laptops are very 70 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:22,080 user upgradeable. I would try to find a tear down maybe on iix it or some other 71 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:26,960 website of someone taking the laptop apart so you can see how easy it is to 72 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:30,320 access the hard drive or SSD area and 73 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:33,280 possibly the RAM. Crunchyroll is a site 74 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:36,880 created by anime fans for anime fans and they offer the most current episodes of 75 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:40,639 new shows straight from Japan like ReZero or Dragon Ball Super. 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