I got free Toshiba Laptop - Can I restore it? ( Retro )

Hi everyone, thank you for 15:11 of your time. In this video I back in function an old Toshiba Tecra M5 laptop. The laptop is perfect to play old arcade games or old pc games that will meet requirements. For me it's different charm and experience when I play some older games to old hardware. The down side is that I didn't get the CPU on time, but I will definitely change to T7400 or T7600. I used standard mechanical disk because I want to make this laptop as it's original condition. But with SSD will be much better. And Yes I will use this machine to play some older and arcade games :)

✔️Disclaimer: I Done this project for personal use only, not for sale or any other distribution now or in the future. Also, personally I do Not sell any components, other hardware or software.

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[JimboTheJim]

There's something about playing GTA San Andreas on old machines like this at 4 by 3 aspect ratio that just feels right! Whenever I try to play it on new computers the graphics look dated but for some reason playing it on old computers and old screens makes it looks magical the way it was when I was a kid! Anyways, great restoration as always, thank you for bringing life to these old machines, you're an inspiration

[VamanNeurekar]

I constantly rewatch your old videos. I wish you uploaded more frequently, but I understand how difficult it must be to do everything on your own. Great content as always! Keep it up!

[Random]

im really happy to see this old machine back to working status in my opinion you are honestly genius

[konstantine_c]

This is one of the best retro gaming laptops out there!
Got my hands on one of these a while back and meant to do a disassembly and upgrade video on it, as there wasn’t one on YouTube at the time. You beat me to it 😐
I may still do one, to increase awareness of how good this laptop is.

[jozsefizsak]

This was great! Those Tecras were the top of the line models made for rich executives. It's fun to have these old devices that are excellent quality that I could never afford to buy when they were new. It's a bit like having a Rolls Royce. 😊

[TheSpotify]

Glad to see that this laptop is back in good order again - these older machines are great for older software. I believe that this machine would have originally ran Windows XP.
And yes, the latest Firefox still installs on Windows 7, though Chrome is dropping support for both 7 and 8/8.1 shortly!

[abrahamseedvictory]

bro I personally love your content please make more of this computer videos

[isaacishimura]

Great video Andrew, it's nice to see restorations of older model laptops. Thanks for your content.

[charlessale]

I like the quiet format of the videos without music. It’s relaxing.

[sagejpc]

Your videos are getting me through grad school, thank you for everything!

[mqtlfy]

I love that you've removed the music from the background, so relaxing, please keep your videos quite and free from the music!

[SrLusca]

Simplesmente o melhor youtuber quando o assunto é melhorar desktops e notebooks antigos! Parabéns Andrew 👏🏼

[heckintech]

What a nice old laptop! Another great video, friend! And y'know what? You DO inspire me! I've been watching you from my personal account for a long time, but tech youtubers like yourself inspired me to make my own channel! My last episode was about restoring a weird Korean computer, and it's thanks to videos like yours! 😁Keep that great content coming, I'll keep watching! 🧡

[Ericius_]

love these laptop restoration videos, and man you do such a boss job of those screens, I can never get them THAT clean!

[Marie]

I like your organised logical thorough approach to your restorations your'e very competent in your restorations it's a pleasure to watch you. 👍👍👍

[davelee]

Andrew you are fantastic, creative and innovative. I love watching all your videos. Keep up the good work.

[shocknaw]

idk why but this was so satisfying to watch

[omarfmarquezs]

Great work Andrew and bring us a huge inspiration

[DragonBlazeDesigns]

that is good laptop that you got for free but not only that it was damaged but not too bad when you got repaired it show us that old can still bring us something good memory and enjoy how things, where back when the laptop where build like tanks to live on for many years ahaha is sad that new laptop are build faster and more but use cheap and smaller parts that are very sensitive much like our self, is that odd that old days we where not so sensitive to things but now we are much like new PC haha be careful I may break

[Bluekyeet]

Still the best laptop restoration youtube channel