Hope you enjoyed the video :) What computers do you want me to cover in the future?

You had Minecraft on the desktop but didn't play it on this beast of a machine! I wanted to see some 4FPS action!

ibm was sadly one of the only computer companies that truly had real upgradability

Im sure some school is still using these... lol

MY DAD HAS THIS ONE! I used this computer when I was younger to play some games. My dad still has it back at the old house. I think I’ll pick it up for myself

Fun fact, the USB ports deliver power, even when the laptop is powered off. Had to do this once in a storm when I'd lost power and needed to charge my phone. Had the G40 and its weird 4-pin power adapter. Pretty sure it still works.

I would have been curious to see how well Linux Mint from 2019 performed on such an old latpop. Making a case for old hardware used with modern software.

0:29 Due to the Thinkpad's modularity, IBM (later Lenovo) decided to make "mods" for the drive bay, some of them being: extra battery pack, CD/DVD, second HDD, etc. (Especially in the IBM era ones) so basically the owner gave you 2 mods: the CD drive already included inside the laptop and the CD/DVD writer that you showed

Nice man. Just picked up an old HP a few months ago with a P4 processor in it as well. Works great but could use a little cleaning, but when I saw that chunky boy at the thrift store for $20 usd I had to do it

I've always loved Thinkpads and I still recommend them to everyone. This machine was from the golden age though - The IBM branded systems. Don't get me wrong - since Lenovo have taken over the thinkpad range, they've done a good job keeping the standard high and they are still great machines. IBM though seemed to have a magic touch. Even my first thinkpad 600 (with a pentium 2 cpu) not only was as hard as a patio slab but was very fast and very stable for the hardware. IBM proved these machines through the ceiling making them compatable with everything and damn near indestructable.

That is such a beautiful system, and I love the blast from the past on the thickness, even if it is twice as thick as my first laptop. Seeing expansion ports again really brought on the nostalgia. XD

What an epic machine! It looked brand new after that thorough cleaning! I'd play so much rs on this if I had one.

I love these old laptop videos. Made me start looking for laptops for free/for trade to fix up.

“When I was young I had lots of fun simply watching the screensavers” 🤣 psivewri you are a legend mate

1:21 modern laptop makers should take notes

Thanks for sharing. I have just traded for an IBM X32 with my old Sony mobile phone. I followed your routine and cleaned the keyboard thoroughly with alcohol. I also fixed my left arrow key problem and fan error by removing a couple of tiny dust after removing the keyboard. I reinstalled Windows XP Professional. Interesting enough, I don't install any fancy screen savers like I did, and just use 3D Text with reflection, showing some self-encouragement like "Never Give Up!". Great screen saver and I love it.

Always love me some classic thinkpad videos…

P4 laptop, fire hazard and good portable space heater. I want one.

Pipes. Pipes was the best screensaver. As a kid I used to find the animations on my Dad's PC fascinating. I also remember being really disappointed the he got a new computer... and then the pipes animated too quickly to follow properly.

Very nice restore and overview. I love older technology, its so interesting how much technology has changed!

My favorite WinXP screensaver is the 3D pipes one. I spent many hours just watching it!

It would be great if a company that makes laptops could apply the same design of the Thinkpad G41 to a gaming laptop. With today's technology and with how thin the components are now, you could easily put a processor and a desktop gpu with the dimensions of this laptop and still have a good cooling system.

Seeing you play OSRS in this video made my day. What a classic game to be playing on this classic machine!

Your videos are clean man keep it going!

Y'know, you've got me hoovering and dusting out my computers too!

The ThiccPad's use of a desktop P4 shows how messed up the Prescott architecture is. The Pentium M on the other hand was based off the Pentium III's P6 architecture which would later be the basis for the Core architecture.

Well made video about a ThinkPad I have never heard of. And of course, the eucalyptus oil can't be missing :) My favourite screensaver was the 3D maze one, with the animated textures. I could watch that for tens of minutes when I was a kid :D

These are absolutely great when used on one's lap. Walking inside from a freezing cold, snowy winter day, it won't take long to get nice and warm. Lmao but I always loved the Plus! for XP screensavers. Especially 'Nature." Just watching a flowing river reflecting trees, leaves floating down the stream. Quite soothing.

i suggest looking at getting a 'denture brush' from the chemists for cleaning, they are usually cheap, got stiff bristles, and (atleast the one i got) has a set of bristles on the back shaped like a pick for harder to get to spots, honestly, best brush for cleaning, as far as i can find

Those old P4 and Athlon XP based laptops ran hot like crazy and used so much power,but i really liked the idea of CPU upgrade being possible and it would either work with a mobile version Pentium 4 or the Desktop version just like the one in the video. I also have a desktop CPU based Pentium 4 laptop that only had around 600 hours of use for its whole life.

7:32 "Kevin, uh, your dog just died."

Brings back memories. I love Thinkpads and I still use an X230 (in a X220 body) and recently found a B590 in my brother's office collecting dust. I brought it home and was glad that it boots using the X220 power supply. After replacing the HDD with SSD, putting the old HDD into a CD caddy for extra storage and fortunately finding an 8Gb RAM from another non working laptop, a got a new laptop. Now I'm using it more because of the bigger 15.6" screen

Ah pentium 4. I remember i use my p4 as room heater during winter. And in summer it can be use as sauna room whileplaying game. Btw in 3rd worldcountry we still using this model coz i saw it on our online store

Thanks for spiking the prices for these things by at least 50% lol. I've been looking for a cheap one to upgrade for quite a while now.

I love the video bro I love all your videos and I love watching when you get a laptop From back in the day!

WOW, and I thought my laptop was thick. I think I saw a guy in our small town still using his, it really amazes me how long these computers last!

I have the parts to a Vaio with a similar concept - only thing is, it has a lot less cooling. I cannot imagine the fire hazard that would be if someone had tried to run 3DMark on it!

im pretty sure every person who uses a thinkpad like this in 2022 uses Linux, it is just so much better than Windows XP in every way. You get a modern, secure operating system that can run up-to-date software reasonably fast even on old devices like this. Linux Mint 19.3 seen in the video is still supported and updated.

Just found your channel while scrolling the feed. Definitely loved it. Subbed instantly

Oh man, I had one. What a flashback. THANK YOU!

Windows XP is definitely holding that processor back. If it's a 64 bits 2 Threads Pentium 4, it could definitely play KZfaq in 720P. Oh, and when you deal with Macs... please check out Dosdude1's amazing patcher!

I bought a P3 one of these for a fiver at a car boot sale, much thinner I might add and it worked without any problems with windows 98 on it but I did install XP and used it for a good amount of time before giving it to my dad who carried on using it for another two years! Best five pounds I’ve ever spend I think.

As always, another wonderful video from Nathan :)

Its amazing seeing how something thats been left for years becomes shiny after a quick clean up alone

4:55 That amount of thermal paste is just crazy.

Came for the eucalyptus oil... was not disappointed

KZfaq recommending this video to me has unlocked memories of borrowing my stepdad's G41 when I forgot to bring my Aspire 5050 with me on holiday once. His had the basic 1024×768 display, though (4:38) I really should do that the next time I clean my X250.

My favorite screen saver was the pipes. Those were always fun to watch.

One hell of a machine, it seems more like a desktop replacement than a laptop. I would love to use one of these one day.

thats one thick laptop

Oh wow! Almost the same specs. Had this processor on my very first PC! When was 12, I assembled my computer with used parts. The same Pentium 4 with 1,5 gb of RAM and a FX-6200 256 mb GPU. Was a beast for me! I was really proud of have it with my own money. Was my savings for more than a year that time

Man those P4s were heaters. We had a P4 Desktop from Dell I spec'd out for my family, mostly my brother when he was going into high school. It was a beast but really kept the room warm

Yesterday I bought a Sony Vaio PCG-K86SP with 3.20GHz P4, 768mb ram and Mobility Radeon 9200

Your videos are great and showing old versions of Windows running are quite nostalgic but you should starting learning some basic Linux, you'd be surprised how usable those old machines are with some lightweight Linux distro! I think your channel will be even more interesting, reviving old hardware with the Linux magic :D Also, connecting Windows XP in 2022 on the internet is very dangerous! I hope you have a separate internet for your testing, otherwise you risk getting some nasty malware on your network. Be careful, cheers!

ThinkPads were amazing. In 2004 I was handed one by my mum and it was what lead me into PC gaming.

Got a really bad cold 🤧 but your uploads are helping me cope 😁

thonkpad chonkpad

I’m pretty sure my grandpa still uses this lol

I remember looking at these G series on IBMs website around 2004. Love the looks of these!

Use to work with IBM of repairing these. this was the G series line marketed as the desktop replacement ThinkPads and were mostly for work at a desk hence desktop replacement. After lenovo took over the WXX series came out, the W700/W701 was the desktop machine replacement while they made travel sizes with W500, same body as the T500. The Earlier before G series was the IBM ThinkPad A20 to A31 machines.

I hope a eucalyptus oil brand sponsors you in the near future...or the brand which you always use "Bositor" I guess...sponsors you lmao...or atleast they thank you for your free advertising lol

Windows XP laptops have this specific (good) style and aesthetic like no other era has

I would love to see your collection of old hardware. It must be amazing by now :).

the welcome tune of Xp really hit me. Man those days. Daily after my school, I came back home and enjoying the Vice city

Loved seeing it be cleaned to like new condition.

"Pipes 3D" was definitely my favorite screen saver back in the day! Cheers

My favorite screen saver was johny castaway. I remember my dad picked up the floppy from this flea market when we were on our easter vacation trip to orlando florida one year back around 95 or 96.

I love the look of this laptop! I wonder if you could fit modern hardware into the shell.

I had the related G40 for many years as well. Made for a great space heater! Also remember it has its own themes, complete with unique IBM sounds

i don't know why but it's so satisfying for me to look at thinkpads. btw farcry's water animation is still cool.

This was such a great laptop at the time , I had a few of these as they got retired from office work, I had a few models that had docking stations as this was built as an all in one office Pc in some models where it could be docked and taken home. I still purchase laptops based on the trackball . I find it the best way to manipulate a cursor over touchpads .

I've had two G40 fully upgraded and a few years ago I managed to get a G41 in nice condition for peanuts. It had a Celeron and a half metal / copper heatsink, so I took the all copper one from the 2nd G40 I had, and then installed the fastest Pentium 4 CPU the G41 can take. Temps on the P4 CPU with the old heatsink were 95+°C !! Once the all copper one was used, temps dropped to around 40+°C. There is only an Intel GPU in mine, so no Nvidia fun for me but I like having the floppy drive. I have an SSD in an IDE adapter and that works fine and delivers decent speed increases. I'm using the machine as an 80s / 90s retro gaming computer, as the square ratio screen is ideal for this, plus a USB adapter for my old Kemptson / Cruiser style joysticks.

I think this is basically the same model that I had in college and it had the built-in floppy drive, but no internal WiFi. It may have been thick, but it outperformed my other programming classmates laptops.

I recently got an IBM Thinkpad R40; works just like how I thought it would. (That being well for older tasks) Ran like hell until I noticed all the drivers after a factory reset were the Windows generic ones. Installed proper drivers and it worked *MUCH better*

This reminds me of my Compaq pentium 4 I bought about 2005. It ran hot, heavy, and bulky. I had it for about 3 years. Still I used at work and weekends.

The XP laptops and PCs are giving me many nostalgia. I wish I could built one myself one day

Oh my, I have the ThinkPad G40 (the model just before this one). IBM only ever made 3 models in this series - the G40, G41 (what you have), and the G50 which was Japan only. I have 1GB of RAM in mine and it runs Linux Mint Debian Edition pretty well considering its age. It's slow of course, but not unusably slow!

Great video as always!!

I love the IBM trackpoints, wish more modern laptops had them, Much more precise and easier to use going down a bumpy road, or simular situation.

Just about my first Thinkpad. I loved that beast. :)

I've got one of these! Used it throughout high school with Linux loaded on it. I have plans to hook it up to a CRT and use it as a retro gamebox.

Honestly I'd love a mod where you fit new hardware into the chassis. There's a laptop mainboard with an AM4 socket out there, could fit a 5950x.

I love your contents man. I'm computer refurbishing technician as well and my jobs is exactly what you are doing on your videos. However, I'm living in New Zealand (we are neighbors haha). Hope to see you in person some day.

Loved the shot of you playing RuneScape

love the videos keep it up psivewri

Nah mate that's not a notebook that's a whole encyclopedia

Lenovo BrickPads are absolutely marvelous machines especially older IBM models. I still use an SL-510 today running Ubuntu for browsing the web, it's a bit slow because I don't have an SSD for it and it has a Duo Core. Unfortunately like most notebooks they can't be upgraded with modern tech like a PC can, but with an SSD and the max amount of RAM supported just about any BrickPad can still be used today. The important thing to have for the model you use is a spare disc drive and battery because those are the most common things to quit working.

I'm really not surprised ThinkPads were so popular. My brother has brought a ThinkPad he found on a dubster in UK, and I was able to make a lot of music on FL Studio on that laptop! When You see the red dot in the middle of the keyboard, You know it's a good machine :)

I love these over-the-top beasts. I have three of these but they are Intel built-in graphics models. I mistakenly bought the graphics card alone off of eBay figuring I could install one into mine, but the header for the graphics card isn't even soldered on the motherboard of this model. Been trying to find the discrete graphics configuration for a while but they seem to be pretty rare. At least they have floppy drives though 👌

3:40 ooh, I like how the wires aren't taped down and are instead wrapped themselves

Wow, the good old days.....I used to deploy these to customers in the office and these laptops were top notch back then

I’ll be getting my old thinkpad back that I got free here in a bit. Monster little laptops, absolute little beasts

I love these chunkbooks. I have a hp zd8000 that is massive. Has 3 fans on it to keep its pentium 4 ht desktop processor cool.

A mobile P4 processor was like a dream back then. I bet that laptop doubled as a portable heater in winter.

I suddenly remembered how hefty this things are. Hated dragging this around when I borrowed one.

Guy has teleprute videos in his recommentations. Truly a man of culture!

My favorite screensavers as a kid were pipes and the maze. I even downloaded a modern port of the maze for my windows 10 gaming laptop even though screensavers aren't needed anymore lol.

I love ur vids they are interesting and entertaining to watch

My favourite screensaver was the 3rd pipes, however I normally put in the clock as it was practical.

would love to see an upgraded version of this bad boi with internals from around 2006 for the best gaming and workload performance for its time and yes the swap to an SSD with the XP system would be a thing to see as we all know the load times of the boot in XP from HDD speeds but to see this beast work like a laptop from today running all the old games would be a sight to behold