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Pre-release for the (first) Dell video!
🕑 Added 2023-06-16 00:34:40 +0000 UTCSince we looked at Compaq systems last week, I figured we'd look at some of the Dells in this haul. This is another video that came down to the wire, but I'm glad to be releasing it on-time! Still not done with the thumbnail or timestamps yet, but wanted to get this out to you. Warning: May contain references to certain early 2000s commercials... Hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-he7uaWGMGo
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MikeTech
I grew up with the likes of the Seagate ST506 Those sounds hit me right in my childhood! I was kind of obsessed with hard drives, and they were my 2nd grade science project. The teacher submitted it to some organization (not sure which) and I received a signed letter of recognition from Bill Gates! I seriously wish I still had that letter, but I went through a serious anti-MS phase (at the height of the MS vs Linux wars) and destroyed it… dumb kid stuff. A commenter on my ‘unusual towers’ video mentioned that case was manufactured by Foxconn, and was even used for the UMAX Mac clones! I’d sure love to find one of those…
Adrian's Digital Basement
You really crack me up how much you love the sound of those old hard drives. What's funny is it's one of the things I do not miss! Also interesting is Micro used those same exact cases as the two Dells. So I guess both of them bought them from the same supplier. Now I'm wondee who exactly it was?
MikeTech
Yeah it seems these were staples in educational markets. They could definitely use some help in performance though.
Stephen Fralich
The university I worked for at the time had tons of those GX110s. They were real dogs running Windows NT or 2000.
Sardoc
The puns are strong today.
Hanno Cloomby
Loved the „Chicks Gone Wild“ shortcut on the second dell tower. Students be bad……
