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So recently I showed you guys a new laptop from Razer, the Blade Stealth
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A laptop that anybody would be happy to own. Today, that might not be the case
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Today I'm gonna show you a laptop that's $39 on Amazon. $39
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Now they're not really calling it a laptop, they're calling it a netbook
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You might not even remember the term netbook. Netbooks were all the rage once upon a time
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I don't even know how many years ago. They weren't very powerful. Most of them had Intel Atom processors
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What a bizarre era in tech. Here's the thing. This is like some next level netbook in the sense that it's only $39 and it runs Android
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This is on Amazon. You can buy this right now. So the question is, what do you get for $40
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And most importantly, does it suck? It's got Wi-Fi, a browser, a camera, email, ebook reader, map, music, apps
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I'm guessing that front facing camera is... Well, it's probably not pixel dense
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We'll find out. Flip it open. It is kind of impressive for $39, I guess
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It has YouTube. That'll be interesting. HDMI port, an RJ45 jack, and a DC-in
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Wow, I'm excited. Android 4.0. A 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera. All right
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Four gigs of built-in flash memory. One gig of RAM. The HDMI out jack is capable of 1080p
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Okay. A couple of USB ports and a mini USB port for chargering
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Uh oh, uh oh Jack. Chargering. Ba-dum. Chhhh. Stereo speakers SD card slot It got a headphone Jack The ice cream sandwich Android up there You see that That always Man I haven had an ice cream sandwich in a while Maybe I pick one up today
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Ooh. Bedtime reading. There it is! Okay, feels pretty sturdy. Tiny little power brick
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So the power brick just has a female USB port. And then goes into here
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A mini USB to charge this up. What can you get for 39 bucks these days Jack
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Not much, but you get this. Ooh, smooth. Here on the back, HDMI, Ethernet, two USBs on this side of the unit
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and then the other side packs in your SD card slot, headphone jack, and a microphone port as well
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Look at all the connectivity on this thing for 39 bucks. Look at the manufacture date
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! July of 2012. The moment of truth
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Oh, ha ha ha ha ha! It's kinda cute, I don't know, maybe for a kid or something
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The trackpad is tiny! An anti-reflective screen, might I add. Now this is a tiny little keyboard
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Could you get used to that? Maybe if you have tiny little hands
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Alright, so I've got it booted up now. I'm at a familiar Android screen here
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From back in the day, as you could tell, it's like if an Android phone was a laptop
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I have it hooked up to a display here. It is kind of odd though. Oh here. Okay, here we go
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There we go. Now since the screen is not touched, navigating without the mouse you use the
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directional buttons here. Now they a little are they lagging or is that just me What going on here Up and down works and left works Right is not working I believe the right directional arrow is not working Hmm
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And type. Test. Yes, the right... Okay. I can't say I'm surprised
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Listen, I'm not gonna let that hold me back, alright? If you're going for the $39 laptop, chances are you're ready to deal with some issues
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You're gonna be mad. Let's be honest. Even at 39 bucks, you're gonna be mad. Anyhow, it's not gonna hold us back from our evaluation here because..
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Well, or it will because I can't get over to the apps beyond this area
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Can obviously use my mouse. Widgets... Apps... That's a disappointment. Let's try the camera. Ohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohoho
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Slightly overexposed? Holy! 0.3 megapixels here we come 2012 back at ya
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That's special. You see that Jack? Don't you just want to put a picture like that on Twitter
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You just can't wait! Who even knows where that saved to? It's not much storage on here
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Let's go ahead and open a browser. It looks like we can open a browser at least
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Look at that we're browsing the web. Since we can't navigate to the YouTube app, we're gonna go to the website. First you gotta spell YouTube correctly
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Oh, the B! The B is not working either, Jack. Good! GOOD
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B. Oh man, I can't even type YouTube. I feel like if I just Google YouTube spelled incorrectly, I'm in survival mode here
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Look at that See there it is Loads up the mobile YouTube very very slowly Unbox Oh man what going on here on no n no n who needs it in okay hang on a second you
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therapy on box yes okay we got a fresh video here let's see if it plays can we
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it's playing it's gonna play in HQ here man I really feel like I'm in some other
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era right now. This is not playing either. Yeah. What? Oh, I just took a screenshot. That's good
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I can't recommend this to anyone. The date on the pictures folder is 1999. I mean, I just got to say
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it how it is. I just got to tell the people what's happening. Another option is we could have
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requested the desktop website. You might get a $40 heart attack here getting all fired up. Imagine
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you thought this was going to be useful. Imagine this was just another day in the office. Oh
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Did it launch the mobile version anyway? Okay, we have a thumbnail. That's a s
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No, we're back here now. It's killing me. I mean, what am I
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What am I trying to do right now? Like, I just gotta tell the people what's happening. I don't even think I need to tell you much of a story here
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because it should be fairly obvious at this point that this is- this is probably just gonna drive you crazy
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You may become very frustrated. God! God! You might regret at a later date
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This is one of the rare occasions where I really thought it might actually be decent for what it is
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But I can safely say avoid this thing. Avoid it at all costs
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Steer clear. Treat it like the plague. Oh, and yeah, of course, it sucks
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If you needed to hear it in those terms
