$4,000 Laptop From 1997: Unboxing a NEW IBM ThinkPad 380ED!

What a rare treat! Thanks to an LGR viewer's generosity we're able to enjoy a new old stock IBM ThinkPad computer. Costing nearly $4,000 in 1997, it's a mid '90s notebook PC with a 166MHz Pentium MMX, 16MB RAM, 3GB hard drive, and built-in floppy and CD-ROM drives. Fantastic. Apparently it's spent a lonely life in the back corner of an office storage area, just waiting for someone to take it home. And after over two decades, that day has finally come.

● LGR links:

● Here's an archive of the hard drive, boot disk, and recovery CD-ROM:

● Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound:

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[davidgreen]

I love how he's treating the laptop and everything with it with incredible respect, like a museum curator. His enthusiasm is obvious and really endearing.

[erroristmusic]

That guy kept this sealed on his shelf for 24 years and decided to send it to a youtuber to unbox. Bruh, what a legend!

[QuakeGamerROTMG]

New old stock is definitely my fetish
Something about seeing old products completely fresh and untouched is just magical

[hanserikharper]

I just want to say thank you to the person that sent this in so that those of us that watch LGR could all enjoy.

[malelonewolf]

I think Clint can easily identify computers, what brand of computer, the year they were made simply by smelling the computers themselves. A true computer Connoisseur.

[Rondoooo]

This was such a time travel. I worked for IBM back then and had the Thinkpad 760 ELD, which was the top model. Great times.

[MrAterianer]

Hey clint, I just want to give a quick shoutout for your subtitles. They are entertaining, yes, but they also make it possible for hearing impaired people to enjoy your fantastic videos. I don‘t think you get enough credit for it!

[st_rexanne]

The way Clint talks about the box before he even opens it is relationship goals

[atomicphilosopher]

Dude. I was working at Geek Squad about eight years ago and a guy brought one of these in asking if we could fix it. Got to say that was one of the best days on the job. Amazingly, it still worked for the most part. He had been using this thing since it was new. I would love to find a non-functioning one of these just for the case though. Switch out the screen and put new parts in it. Make a gaming machine out of it and stun people when I take it out on a long train ride. XD

[zi-yenchew]

Laptop: *wakes from long slumber and realizes its 2021, that all of it's factory brethren are probably long gone by now*

[carguy]

This takes me back! That was my FIRST laptop, I bought it on ebay in 1999 for $350. I had no idea it was originally $4000!

[ondrejsedlak]

Man I could only dream of having a beast like this back in '97, capable of playing doom on a portable device.
Now that I have a tablet that can easily do it, I just use it to watch videos of people playing Doom on '97 hardware...

[LonSeidman]

I love how that intro video is focused entirely on preventing buyer's remorse!

[Merylstreep]

The black rubber gloves, red cloth and subdued blue lighting give this a whole early 90s Adult Film vibe 😆

[Franklin-fpnk]

It´s crazy to think that the last time this box was opened was back in 1997 before it got sealed just to be opened in 2021 ! The box literally traveled in time !

[melskunk]

Forget imaging the disc, I want a rip of that promo video. Nothing says nineties like cartwheeling in your business suit against cool rock music

[jamesketchum]

i love how Clint gushes over old tech, im so glad someone in this world has so much love for old computers

[randysiggers]

Having been a PC gamer since the late 80's and an IT pro since 1997, this was very cool to see. Love it. Takes me back to a simpler time where everything was more exciting and magical in the IT world. So many types of OEMs to choose from, so many IT super stores to go to and the unbelievable exuberance of the emerging "information age." I rolled many of these (and many other) laptops out back in the day. Bravo a time capsule indeed. :)

[MrClawt]

I almost forgot how many ads where crammed into PC boxes. I remember my parents saving all that paper work "Just in case they needed it" They never did.

[johnboynb]

"An acrid, rubbery, pepper note that hits the back of your throat, hinting at what pleasure it could have been had it not suffered the deterioration....A 97 I think...." - Clint, sampling the rare IBM Thinkpad 380ED.