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These PC In A USB Ads Are Obnoxiously Cringey And A Legal Landmine
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Күн бұрынDid you know a USB storage drive is a PC??? Me neither but in todays video we take a look at a company that thinks just that, and tries to sell you it. This company called Xtra-PC sells a very misleading product.
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@JaysTechVault 3 жыл бұрын
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@LoganT547 3 жыл бұрын
Jay you should cover this one! There's this shameless ripoff of Linux Lite called Windows 12 Lite and it's terrible.
@TheKingOfNachosTM 3 жыл бұрын
My dude actually has a Minecraft server, not that there's something wrong with it
@_reZ 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheKingOfNachosTM there was some dadbot spamming in general on discord a few days ago and it was hilarious
@uiopuiop3472 3 жыл бұрын
im asensual. i am a god.
@tova837 3 жыл бұрын
I am literally tempted to by this and sue them for all of the misleading and lying. This is what wikipedia says a computer is: "A computer is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming." And I believe it is failing even that description.
@ortuluna 3 жыл бұрын
this is like the usb stick that supposedly “blocks 5g radiation”
@codertommy6883 3 жыл бұрын
Saw one of those ads on reddit of all places... They really do not understand their demographics
@JaysTechVault 3 жыл бұрын
Oh shit I need to get one of those. Please sent me a link to those ads. Email me at jaystechvault@gmail.com
@ortuluna 3 жыл бұрын
@@JaysTechVault I’ll try and find it again
@My_Gaming_Mind 3 жыл бұрын
@@JaysTechVault watch mrwhostheboss's video on it
@RaduTek 3 жыл бұрын
@@JaysTechVault EEVblog took a look at the ads of one of these 5G blocking sticks
@ApofKol 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine coming home from school and finding this already installed on your rig as a super pc upgrade birthday gift your parents bought instead of that overpriced RTX 3080 you wished for
@jackandeson6302 3 жыл бұрын
To be fair to nvidia the 3080 is actually a really good deal if you have the extra hundred bucks compared to the 3070
@Vaxtin 3 жыл бұрын
It was the only thing that was in stock, give them a pass.
@kenbee1957 3 жыл бұрын
Why are you asking your obviously cheap parents for a $1000 graphics card?
@memes_gbc674 3 жыл бұрын
@@kenbee1957 (its actually $500-$700 but scalpers on ebay steal the stock for themselves and mark it up a ton for profit)
@archygrey9093 3 жыл бұрын
The last thing you want for your parents to get is a graphics card, guaranteed they would get the wrong one or see a much cheaper one thinking its just as good
@choccymalk123 3 жыл бұрын
Sure, the 60 year old's that run the church know how to go into boot options.
@ElectronicsHikingandJesusTalk 3 жыл бұрын
Most likely, they would get scared seeing the blue and white boot option menu and throw the computer across the room.
@papertuxedo 3 жыл бұрын
They would seize
@ElectronicsHikingandJesusTalk 3 жыл бұрын
@@DistrosProjects Linux’s steep learning curve makes no sense for where they are trying to market their “PC”.
@SHAdow98V 3 жыл бұрын
Or use Linux CLI =))))
@ElijahCiali 3 жыл бұрын
I’m not even sure they know how to restart.
@karai5082 3 жыл бұрын
2:07 "all you need is 25 dollars and you have a pc" Well, not for this product, but for $35 u can buy a raspberry pi
@msinfo32 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, You do need accessories though, but still. Pretty good, just they don't have enough advertising.
@pivottech8881 3 жыл бұрын
You'd probably be better buying raspberry pi lol
@JohnWDisco 3 жыл бұрын
Yea no shit. $5-10 for Pi Zero’s and they have a full GUI. Little slower but still runs. I have 15 Pi Zero’s, and a few Pi 4’s.
@mdjwp8041 3 жыл бұрын
Yesssir
@williamepps9519 3 жыл бұрын
@@msinfo32 Raspberry pi 400 kit. $100 and all you need is a monitor.
@Roll3er 3 жыл бұрын
Pc in a USB is just downloading free ram scam but for money
@Adamlol642 3 жыл бұрын
Except it’s not a virus
@fnr1r 3 жыл бұрын
@@Adamlol642 We don't know what they put on the usb. If they can change the boot screen they can definitely put some spyware on there.
@emeraldfinder5 3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of, my computer is low on ram, and my usual ram downloading site has shut down for some reason, can you link me another one?
@Vexxel256 3 жыл бұрын
@@emeraldfinder5 YOU CAPITALIST MAY SUFFER
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
Downloading RAM is not necessarily a SCAM. Perhaps they are talking about RAM compression. Some software in the 90s did this. Perhaps, they are talking about a memory manager that removes pages of RAM and pushes it to the HDD. This one is not a good idea and you should let the OS handle that. It is much cheaper to just buy RAM. I think 16 GB DDR4 kit is just 100$ now.
@camthehedgehog 3 жыл бұрын
This guy: gEt ExTrA pC!! Also that guy: **is running windows on the computers in the background**
@EperkeDashh 3 жыл бұрын
L0L
@FS--ew3se 3 жыл бұрын
@Agustinus Reynaldi I like win 7
@Natalietrans 3 жыл бұрын
It’s horrible that they are selling Modified distros of Linux, a free operating system, and selling it to the tech illiterate
@MakotoIchinose 3 жыл бұрын
Also consider that Linux isn't exactly friendly to tech illiterates. Sure, there's GUI centric distros, but then you'd still need to use bash terminal on daily basis, something that tech illiterates would have hard time getting used to.
@MakotoIchinose 3 жыл бұрын
Also remember when Mandriva Linux and Caldera Linux were used to sold towards enterprises back in the day?
@lordeilluminati 3 жыл бұрын
Selling linux distros is not exactly illegal, but at least these paid ones are specifically tailored towards an type of use like servers or telephone management and offer complete assistance to the user instead of selling ubuntu with the wallpaper changed.
@lordeilluminati 3 жыл бұрын
@@MakotoIchinose Nowadays, for the most basic usage there is no need to use command lines at all. The issue is that nowadays this very basic usage like browsing the internet and consuming media is not needed if smartphones are more than enough for this task. And paid distros for corporate use still exists, like Red Hat.
@user-xp4jr1mq8t 3 жыл бұрын
@@MakotoIchinose You're correct, but I do think that Zorin OS is an exception to this rule. It is quite user friendly, which is why I decided to install Zorin OS on my elderly parents' computer to replace Windows 10. I use it myself on both of my laptops. Based on my experience with this distro, I'd say that you can simply rely on the GUI to install software and never have to use the command line. To install a package, all you need to do is double click and it installs, just like in Windows. Even Ubuntu and Linux Mint aren't this easy to use.
@michaelleeper3649 3 жыл бұрын
One of their commercials show a guy holding an optical drive and insisting it is the hard drive and PC has had hard drive removed. False advertising and lies should earn somebody cell time.
@TheTotallyRandomGuy 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know right?! I just commented about this too
@adventureoflinkmk2 3 жыл бұрын
So what, they shouldnt get frieza or androids or Buu time? 😂😂😂😂
@Grisu1805 3 жыл бұрын
I also got that ad for some time. I haven't stopped facepalming since.
@michaelleeper3649 3 жыл бұрын
@@Grisu1805 The worst part is they have admitted this and kept flat out lying to consumers. This is fraud and false advertising.
@chrisbaker8533 3 жыл бұрын
did these guy's advise the verge on pc building?
@RaduTek 3 жыл бұрын
For the price of the Xtra PC you can get a Raspberry Pi Zero W, with an SD card, keyboard, mouse, HDMI cable and power supply and actually get a computer.
@insanitylol 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr. It’s such a rip-off
@damian9303 3 жыл бұрын
For $25 you can make a better purchase of a hard drive and have better hardware overall without needing to overcome a fuckton of hurdles just to figure out how the hell those underpowered shits work.
@RaduTek 3 жыл бұрын
@@amystery5238 Of course reporting ads doesn't do anything, as Google get paid to put those ads there. The scammers' ads aren't the product, our attention is the product
@seanfaherty 2 жыл бұрын
Well, the pi zero would be painful to use as a daily driver. It would do the job but how is it when you play video ?
@iaobtc 3 жыл бұрын
"A computer doesn't cost just $25 dollars!" Budget Builds Official: Yeah I know I got this one here for a dime
@DistractedFace 3 жыл бұрын
Actually a quarter.
@emmettjohnson142 3 жыл бұрын
@@DistractedFace actually both
@krunkerboyzz3331 3 жыл бұрын
sacrificing his computer so we don’t have to
@darkfire8615 3 жыл бұрын
But not the hero we deserve...
@overlyobsolete2797 3 жыл бұрын
But he isn't sacrificing it in any way, there is no risk.
@darkblader06 3 жыл бұрын
Are we talking about Jesus or his laptop ?
@adventureoflinkmk2 3 жыл бұрын
@@overlyobsolete2797 of course there is no risk it's all based on CISC 😂
@CorkScrewDood 3 жыл бұрын
@@overlyobsolete2797 He risked his money to get one.
@TNTSoldier 3 жыл бұрын
This just seems like restarting your computer but with extra steps
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
You don't install this ExtraPC thing. It runs from the USB stick. If it doesn't work, you would either have to go into the BIOS and select the USB the first booteable device or at least, before the HDD. That's something that the average joe would not know how to do.
@TNTSoldier 3 жыл бұрын
I like your funny words magic man
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
@@TNTSoldier Hé hé
@rhino1207 3 жыл бұрын
If "your school doesn't have enough computer", then this product doesn't work either....
@MrBanzoid 3 жыл бұрын
In the school I worked in, there wouldn't be any of these flash drives left after one lesson!
@why-lc5gu 3 жыл бұрын
mom: go play with the neighbors kid the neighbors OS:
@dima97 3 жыл бұрын
why
@markio1105 3 жыл бұрын
We are reaching netbook levels...
@freedustin 3 жыл бұрын
What? What's wrong with netbooks? I mean as long as you didn't pay much they are cool.
@markio1105 3 жыл бұрын
@@freedustin Windows 7 Starter, incredibly slow hardware, tiny screens...
@ubuntuforever 3 жыл бұрын
@@markio1105 I agree. Chromebooks are a great replacement. Netbooks were a bit ahead of their time. We have decent hardware at a low price today, with decent screens. What netbooks should have been in the first place.
@markio1105 3 жыл бұрын
@@ubuntuforever I mean, most people could get by all of their daily tech needs with their phone or a tablet for cheap...
@SUPERBOBESPONJA1000 3 жыл бұрын
@@markio1105 i used a netbook daily before and its was totally fine it could do 1080p it could play Gta Sa and wasent slow until pages and shit become heavier as balls in 2013~2014 and youtube decided to use crappy codecs
@ScottMaday 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t have a problem with them putting their “distro” of Linux on a flash drive and selling it. You go to a restaurant because you don’t want to cook the food yourself. I do have a problem with their blatant false advertising and intentionally wording their ads to sound like they’re going to give something their not.
@oompalumpus699 3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. They should at least be truthful instead of falsely advertising a product.
@dominic0305 3 жыл бұрын
"Perhaps you've seen some ads recently about a PC in a USB stick" Perhaps I have. Perhaps there's an ad for it on the side of my screen as I write this.
@JaysTechVault 3 жыл бұрын
Oof
@t0x1cl 3 жыл бұрын
use an ad blocker
@dominic0305 3 жыл бұрын
@@t0x1cl i'm on an ipad
@t0x1cl 3 жыл бұрын
@@dominic0305 rip
@MrTrilbe 3 жыл бұрын
@@dominic0305 Pihole
@waltdog5791 3 жыл бұрын
went out to the folks house for thanksgiving and my dad bought one of these scam sticks. he paid 40 bucks with shipping.
@Hellraiser988 3 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@iaobtc 3 жыл бұрын
"What the actual heck?" BANNED FROM THE CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT SERVER
@Sixkill3r 3 жыл бұрын
Why would I also need to buy a tumbstick for each computer just buy one and use it over and over lol...
@marlonius05 3 жыл бұрын
So many red flags! Beyond open source licences, and dodgy privacy.. Its purely aimed at people with little to no tech knowledge, and leveraging that for £££. Nevermind linux is hardly entry user friendly... Thanks for the content brother!
@steventechno 3 жыл бұрын
I at first thought these would be “Windows To Go” USB Flash drives by the thumbnail and when you said “law suits”. Lol
@TheTotallyRandomGuy 3 жыл бұрын
You didn’t do the really really misleading video where they pull out a disk drive and say it’s running without the hard drive when it’s a disk drive
@roflBeck 3 жыл бұрын
lmao
@lelluc 3 жыл бұрын
10:19 Is it just me or does the guy's eybrows look like the xtra-pc logo curve, xD
@Sam-tx4jz 3 жыл бұрын
BRUH FR
@CoffeeTheDragon 3 жыл бұрын
2:15 Technically there ARE usb pc-s but those are definitely not made by them.
@NoobGyver 3 жыл бұрын
yes there is pc sticks made to be pluged into a monitor
@biolinkstudios 3 жыл бұрын
Those are HDMI though
@archygrey9093 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, he ended up mentioning that later in the video
@hi_tech_reptiles 3 жыл бұрын
"The product is great!" - Jeff "It's excellent!" - Jeff "Easy to setup." - Jeff
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
3 brothers, like the 5 Georges that George Foreman has, the Foreman grill, the boxer?
@oompalumpus699 3 жыл бұрын
They're targeting audiences who are not tech-savvy and that is just sad. They need to be sued.
@MikeBehrensWX 3 жыл бұрын
You ever see the ad on KZfaq with a dude holding a cd drive and calling it his hard drive? That's hands down the worst version of these ads.
@ChaseMC215 3 жыл бұрын
We reached stupidity at it's finest. Xtra-PC is just a sandisk USB drive, the reason I know this is because I have the same USB drive
@FREESTYLE20XX 3 жыл бұрын
YOOO this guy was like "check out all our extrapcs and order yours today" and it zoomed in on his smiling face and then I got a chromebook ad
@jonathanjwillemin 3 жыл бұрын
I've got a lot of respect for you Jay and I think it's great you're giving some honest opinions about the difference between bootable flash media and an actual PC. Those testimonials are cringey though. lol Keep doing what you're doing man and I'm really loving the channel.
@bushhawk5460 3 жыл бұрын
"25$ and you have a PC!" Exept you still need a PC to plug it into.
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
The idea is that your PC that is running Windows is slow, possibly because the antivirus is doing scans once in a while and it is a memory hog. Perhaps you have some memory resident crap. Linuxes tend to be lighter on RAM and don't have an anti-virus. Personally, I run Kubuntu.
@bushhawk5460 3 жыл бұрын
@@louistournas120 Thank you, Captain Obvious.
@louistournas120 3 жыл бұрын
@@bushhawk5460 No problem, friend.
@ravenbarsrepairs5594 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite part of the commercials is when they claim a hard drive isn't needed, verifying it by showing the hard drive is in their hand. Yet the device in his hand is a laptop Cd-rom.
@iYeetz 3 жыл бұрын
my friend's church was giving these out for the teenage program thing, his parents legit tried to install it on his pc while he was at school, he was more pissed about his minecraft worlds then the fact the church could of modded the distro and spy on him.
@jackandeson6302 3 жыл бұрын
I to would be pissed if I lost my Minecraft worlds I still have worlds from 2011 on my pc
@joeass2399 3 жыл бұрын
ik you don't want your church to look at your search history
@Samuel-ek5zc 3 жыл бұрын
"are you sick of buying new pcs and watching them become obsolete?" *laughs in thinkpad*
@kitsune-chan6897 2 жыл бұрын
*Laughs in old Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme*
@TheSimonarne 3 жыл бұрын
somone had a good idea once now its wildly out of control. its not a bad concept but really wrongly advertised and expensive for what it is
@AsianFlex 3 жыл бұрын
his laptop having a seizure in the backround laugh out loud 13:23
@glitchy_weasel 3 жыл бұрын
This video made me thing about how I can create my own persistant live operating system on a pendrive, which is basically all that these products are, so I ended up creating one with Arch. Indeed, the Arch wiki has a page about 'Installing Arch on a removable drive.' Basically you can plug this into your PC, ajust a few settings in the BIOS, and have a full OS on a stick. I dont know how useful these can be, but I guess you can carry it with you and, like, continue working on another PC at a cyber cafe or at a friend's house.
@CRaDOS 3 жыл бұрын
No it’s a pc(Piece of crap)
@CamalinoFolly 3 жыл бұрын
good one
@CRaDOS 3 жыл бұрын
:)
@judassson 3 жыл бұрын
3rd guy is just a fiverr actor I’ve seen him doing memes 😅
@My_Gaming_Mind 3 жыл бұрын
Lol I thought this usb stick came with free ram 😂
@othtorpotato9960 3 жыл бұрын
i feel like this is the kind of advertising that whether they get away with no issues or have a massive fine depends on what judge and jury happen to be in on that day
@thepoliticalstartrek 3 жыл бұрын
My first OS I worked on professionally was BSD. I was in charge of coding for an ISP. Some of the slight shift from Unix to Linux was a bit jarring. It was not extreme, but just off enough to frustrate.
@Dxrk1970 3 жыл бұрын
I would MAYBE believe it if the pc “thing” had HDMI.
@Nerddy434 3 жыл бұрын
This has low key become one of my favorite channels, I know this is an old video, but if ya see it, keep up the great work.
@fordrollhaus9086 3 жыл бұрын
Today’s lesson: If you pester Jay about a certain video topic enough he actually will make that video
@upsidedown4155 3 жыл бұрын
The ad that cracks me up is a lad saying this is the original hard drive, while holding and showing a cd drive
@mighty1330 3 жыл бұрын
It is very simple to install a persistent linux distro on a usb
@MrHack4never 3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that the boomers who get this will think that ANY USB port will work to fix their computer, such as: -the RJ45 port -the screen's USB hub -the printer's print-from-camera port -a random USB "charger" (which, to save energy, isn't even plugged in to anything) -The projector/radio/DVD-player/PA system's USB port -and whatever other weird contraptions with USB ports they have you have to remember: some of these people don't even know what the point of the big noisy box is
@jhonmacraimbanajokora8657 3 жыл бұрын
Easy tips 1. Defrag the hdd 2. Check startup programs 3. Kill not needed programs in task manager. 4. Dust the hell out of the vents/fan/sinks with brush or air 5. Update OS(But don't if the newer OS takes toll on components) 6. Check minimum system req when installing programs 7. Run a virus check. Uninstall your antivirus if you don't know anything and it's expired. use the windows defender that is already in pc 8. Judge whether these simple maintenance make it faster. For laptop, buy a new one if you still think it's slow. For PC, a new ram, ssd, or processor is what u need and gpu for graphic work don't bother if u use excel word and ppt
@KTSpeedruns 3 жыл бұрын
The most disgusting part about this advertising is claiming that it’s a PC, not a flash drive. They advertise it like you’re buying a PC, but you need to already have a PC for these to even be useful.
@haxalicious 3 жыл бұрын
"paying for a free operating system" Enterprise Linux distros be like
@z0li 3 жыл бұрын
You can clearly see that, the thing is just a re-branded SanDisk flash drive...
@TheSergioTurbo 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's very clearly a Cruzer Blade, I have a couple of them. And they're even using the lower capacity ones, they go up to 128 AFAIK which would make more sense for this job. The idea of a portable preinstalled stick makes sense, and I'm not against someone selling pre-made ones... as long as they're advertised properly. The proper uses for one of these is to be able to bring around your OS, programs and files to work "on the fly" without having to carry around a laptop where you know computers are available, or for quick troubleshooting (allows the OS and HDD to be bypassed in case of dead, corrupted or malware infected HDD). But it makes no sense for the things it is advertised for.
@82ndAbnVet 3 жыл бұрын
I have a ton of Thumb drives. I should sell them with Linux Mint on marketplace for $15. Under cut the competition and still make near 100% profit. Thanks for the tip!
@Poodleinacan 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine pulling out the ol' DOS computer... and not finding a USB port.
@iamantrometik 3 жыл бұрын
They can get sued because linux uses a GPL License!
@Kingdeathtrooper 3 жыл бұрын
9:28 Or the kid sees the previous owner's 80TB "Homework Folder".
@AxisCorpsRep 3 жыл бұрын
worst part is its clearly advertised to people that know nothing about computers. so if it works or doesnt, they wont have a clue
@greyshadow9498 3 жыл бұрын
That guy opening a QuickTime video in Vista though! I thought I fell asleep and woke up in the past again! Look I know this is supposed to be making old computers look young again, but how far back are we planning on going? Even the poorest church in the most remote jungle in the world can get Win 7 Dell and HP laptops for sub $100 And I don't even want to get into that whole "We're not selling Linux, we're selling you a massively overpriced USB drive and giving you Linux for free" grey area!
@EragoEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын
Usually my HDDs load videos faster (at least when the HDD is not sleeping or very fragmented) than USB 2.0, which these PCs will most likely have, since older Laptops from like 2010-13 mostly don't have USB 3.0 ports.
@The_Wandering_Nerd 3 жыл бұрын
And how do you know the makers of Xtra PC didn't stick malware into their Linux distribution to siphon data off of the old computers' old drives and phone it back home to them?
@groszak1 3 жыл бұрын
request the source code (they are required to provide it if you have Xtra-PC due to the GPL license)
@cujoedaman 3 жыл бұрын
9:45 "Are you sick of paying thousands of dollars on new computers only to have them become obsolete? Then go and buy obsolete computers and use this thing!" Wow... the pot calling the kettle black.
@environmentNow 3 жыл бұрын
I work in a place highly classified, so we have 2 entire networks, one is connected to the internet the other not, including seperate computers and printers for each. And Extra PC is calling that crap secure? If you would sugfest this in our Cyber security departmet, you'll be sent home immediatly
@partitionhlep 3 жыл бұрын
first two people: **advertising xtra-pc** also those people: **literally using windows in the background**
@Castawot. 3 жыл бұрын
5:01 WINDOWS TEN DELL LAPTOP LOL
@AndreTheDragon 3 жыл бұрын
I knew that was a scam all along i never clicked on their stuff to make em richer, subscribed make more vids about these scams thanks!
@mpyl 3 жыл бұрын
13:40 that is a HPG60, which runs fine on windows 8.1
@lordeilluminati 3 жыл бұрын
9:15 you dont even need to remove the usb drive to access the hard drive contents and access personal data if the storage is working. At least in Windows if it is password protected it is pretty annoying to go past the login screen, where as on a bootable usb drive the files are open for everyone to see unless the hard drive was encrypted. And selling linux distros is not exactly illegal either, it depends on the license of the software. Many ones tailored to companies are actually paid, but they are not just Ubuntu with the wallpaper changed...
@jokeassasin7733 3 жыл бұрын
Its funny how they could've an actual "computer" in a Raspberri Pi for only about $50
@user-qz4nf5pl5p 3 жыл бұрын
good video but 14:20 has a slight inaccuracy. Most bootable USB solutions will run the OS off of a ramdisk anyway, so its not like they're starting VLC from a flash drive, its literally already loaded.
@fredneedle123 3 жыл бұрын
My favourite stupid moment in their ads is when the guy says " I can make this pc run and it doesn't even have a hard drive, here's the hard drive.". Then the fool in the add waves a laptop optical drive in there air. Crazy.
@toast99bubbles 3 жыл бұрын
You mention about bank account details, but the even bigger problem with schools accepting donated computers is that there could be adult content on them that the staff may not be aware of how to delete, if they’re only trained to use the Xtra PC flash drives.
@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ 3 жыл бұрын
Linux has a long history of people profiting off of reselling distros, but typically not at THAT exorbitant of a price. $10 quick Ubuntu stick to make a few extra bucks is one thing, $25 "PC on a stick" is a disgusting misuse of that privelege, and absolute false advertising.
@thedungeondelver 3 жыл бұрын
You know I actually thought for a moment that this was a "pc-on-a-stick" that ran on its own and used some kind of VNC to use your local keyboard, mouse, and display...but no.
@Bigthebomb 3 жыл бұрын
Extra PC: Advertise the USB stick as a 25$ PC Me: Bought and it's not a PC File a lawsuit Profit
@ustayussuf 3 жыл бұрын
This guy just made a PC just with a USB. PC Builders hate him!!!!
@CertifiedPre33 3 жыл бұрын
"With missing or bad drives", this seems 100% illegal as advertised.
@oneadventurersjourney2777 3 жыл бұрын
I just want to know who is going to fall for this. If a church needs multiple computers to run, it’s likely one that has a congregation large enough to require an A/V setup, does livestreams of the services, or both. And the people who volunteer for those positions typically know enough about how computers work to know this is a scam. Any congregation too small to have at least one person who is knowledgeable about computers is likely also too small to see this product as a solution anyway
@crackpotpolitics5986 3 жыл бұрын
The only use for a USB i have it to speed up windows. Which you can already do with a normal drive...
@danieldimitri6133 3 жыл бұрын
I used to make sticks like this with portable apps on a partition that windows could run and a live Linux installer image on another. I could install Linux, run from USB, fix the boot sector, extract a product key to reinstall windows, image the drive to an external drive. See data on windows without the login password etc... It was useful back when windows wasn't too reliable and 5 year old computers weren't fast enough to run the latest operating systems. Now I don't have to do so much maintenance for my neighbors.
@Vynncent 3 жыл бұрын
The last video you mentioned, if you look up the youtube channel "Tech Hacks Today", you'll find a channel with a video showing stuff like some "photostick" product featuring the same man (and Dell XPS laptop) as in the first video shown. I thought it would be easier to pay off an existing channel to show off products to people, but I guess it's easier to make your own with the same actors
@aaaaea9268 3 жыл бұрын
8:23 I wonder if this guy accepts Minecraft emeralds for an Xtra PC drive
@CamalinoFolly 3 жыл бұрын
the guy be like "hmmmm"
@aaaaea9268 3 жыл бұрын
@@CamalinoFolly LOL
@HYKANTUS 3 жыл бұрын
When they want 25 dollars for something that can be made for free (small usbs are probably 7$ I think?)
@delinep7286 3 жыл бұрын
Ah yes... *Expensive trash.*
@chibikawaiichris 2 жыл бұрын
This is so disgusting. Thank you for bringing it to light again.
@tobfos 3 жыл бұрын
As a Linux user this is even more ridiculous
@wisteela 3 жыл бұрын
That screen glitch was what happens when there's a driver issue. Those that bought this also bought a 5G BioShield
@goodvybz5958 3 жыл бұрын
A computer runs on magic and this product channels the natural energy to bring a dead computer back to life. Also, why didn't they just sell a defibrillator?
@eepymeowers 3 жыл бұрын
I’m going to say that I always will wipe a storage device if it had someone else’s data on it, here’s what I do 1. Boot computer with disk off Linux Live USB drive. 2. Open Terminal and use “shred” command on computer HDD/SSD. 3. Format and wipe 20 times, set to most securely. 4. Check if data is still accessible through recovery tools. 5. If data still accessible, repeat until inaccessible.
@samgray49 3 жыл бұрын
That Hp is no glacier, my moms laptop rocked for 12 years before it began to turn into a rock. Turns out the hard-drive hadn't been defragged in a decade and I reinstalled Windows 7 and it went back to being a mid 2000s speed demon.
@AxisCorpsRep 3 жыл бұрын
i love how they say "like new" . its the same statistic slimey talk as saying "up to x2 performance" because if it isnt achieved, they can say "oh, we told you LIKE new, not NEW"
@floppa9415 3 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why ads make less likely to buy something.
@liddlebuddy9738 3 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it was mentioned BUT when they said they're gonna speed the video up, they didn't. The reflection proves that
@danney777 3 жыл бұрын
To the initiated it's just a bootable flash drive...I was disgusted at the ads when I first saw them.
@t0x1cl 3 жыл бұрын
>Resurrect those old, dead computers and give them new life. Oh yeah, Lubuntu. I've seen on a forum that it even ran on a Pentium III computer or something. Oh wait...
@0xEmmy 3 жыл бұрын
IIRC the value proposition, is that the xtraPC is pre-written, But other sellers have honestly branded pre-written Linux boot devices for half the price, so your point still stands.
@george2781 3 жыл бұрын
*WELCOME TO HAVING AD PERSONALISATION ON*
@fatcattowing8990 3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit!!! that guy must have LOTS of problems, First he doesnt know WHERE all his photos are on the computer (because it might "crash" ) NOW his computer runs really slow. Maybe its all the photos
@rodh1404 3 жыл бұрын
Modern variations of Ubuntu are fine for a lot of end users. They can connect to their wireless network, browse the web, check emails and even do basic word processing, spreadsheets etc perfectly well without touching the CLI. However, there's a bigger problem - a lot of computers aren't set up to boot from USB by default, and if you don't understand tech well enough that you'll fall for this ad, you don't know how to change that setting.
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