Michael MJD

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the AnduinOS desktop and logo.

New video! Well here's something you don't see everyday. In this video, we're gonna explore a Linux distro that made headlines recently for being developed by a (former) Microsoft employee.

youtu.be/X-3HqQuZ_28

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Microsoft Zune, along with the Zune Logo to the right side. On the Zune's screen is the home screen from version 1.0 of the software.

New video! Today we're taking a deep dive into the Microsoft Zune. What was supposed to be Microsoft's answer to the iPod ended up being a failure of a product that people love to point and laugh at today. But was it really that bad?

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Tomorrow

Windows 10 desktop.

10 years ago today, Windows 10 was released.

oh would you look at that... it's available for patrons RIGHT NOW 👀

a Microsoft Zune being held above a wooden table. Visible to the right is the Zune box, along with the Eddy "Reliable" Trustman bobble-head. There is a 3D printed Clippy mascot is near the top of the image. To the left is a shelf that has boxed copies of Windows 98 and OS/2.

Coming Zune...

Michael MJD after buying too many apple adapters that end up not being compatible with the machine in front of him.
I thought it would be funny to draw this poorly.

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a YouTube thumbnail featuring a phone running Windows 7 being held above a wooden table. On screen is the default Windows 7 desktop wallpaper, with the start menu open.

New video! Today we're exploring a Japanese-exclusive phone from 2011 that runs Windows 7. And no... I don't mean Windows Phone 7. This thing has an x86 processor and is even capable of being hooked up to an external display. Easily one of the coolest phones I've ever seen.

youtu.be/UaRovz2OXSI

a YouTube thumbnail featuring a mid-2009 MacBook Pro sitting on a wooden table. On screen is the macOS Tahoe default wallpaper, with text that reads "macOS Tahoe on a 2009 MacBook?"

New video! After two weeks of trying, here's my experience getting Tahoe to run on something it was never designed to run on...

youtu.be/ENY4vfdWynk

a YouTube thumbnail featuring a Raspberry Pi 5 layered on top of the Windows 11 default wallpaper. To the right is the Raspberry Pi logo, but in blue instead of the usual red. At the top is text that reads "Windows on a Pi 5!"

New video! Today we're gonna find out if its possible to install Windows 11 on the Raspberry Pi 5. Let's see what I got myself into this time...

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A screenshot of a page on Apple's website that says "iPhone 4 is here." To the left of the text is a photo of the iPhone 4, and underneath are 3 video links that read "Watch the Keynote, Watch the iPhone 4 video, and Watch the FaceTime video" respectively.

15 years ago today, the iPhone 4 went on sale.

25 years ago today, Windows Me was released to manufacturing.

a photo of Steve Ballmer

45 years ago today, Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft.

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Fydetab Duo on a wooden table. On screen is the Windows 11 setup wizard, modified with a button that says "Screw this up." There is a cursor pointing to the button. Also on screen is the Linux "Tux" mascot with a "do not" symbol over it. To the right of the tablet is a price tag that reads "~$750" Above the setup wizard is text that reads "Everything Went Wrong..."

New video! Today we're revisiting that Linux tablet sent out to me by the people behind FydeOS. And this time around, we're gonna how easy it is to run Windows 11 on it.

(spoiler... it's not very easy)

youtu.be/Qx0w7FGF3_A

OS/2 logo.

40 years ago today, Microsoft and IBM entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop the OS/2 operating system. This agreement fell through in the early '90s, after which IBM became the sole developer of OS/2.

can't believe we're getting iOS 26 before GTA 6

iPhone 3GS banner as seen on Apple's website. It reads "iPhone 3GS: The fastest, most powerful iPhone yet."

On this day in 2009, Apple unveiled the iPhone 3GS at WWDC.

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the CR-48 laptop sitting on a wooden table, with an old ChromeOS sign-in screen displayed. To the left is the old Google Chrome logo, with text that reads "Classic ChromeOS!"

New video! So is it possible to restore Google's prototype CR-48 Chromebook to its original OS version? That's what I attempt to find out in this video. And in the process, we get to explore how different ChromeOS looked over a decade ago.

youtu.be/fCK6TYfBFew

Windows 2.1 desktop.

On this day in 1988, Microsoft released Windows 2.1.

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Motorola ROKR (or "iTunes Phone") being held above a wooden table. On the phone's screen is the iTunes player. To the right of the phone is an Apple logo, with text on it that reads "not an iPhone."

New video! 2 years before the world was introduced to the iPhone, Apple partnered with Motorola to release a phone that had an iTunes player built in. But due to some lackluster hardware, and some rather ridiculous software limitations, it was forgotten about pretty quickly.

youtu.be/HgYw7vriqYk

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Fydetab Duo with its keyboard case sitting on a wooden table. On screen are the words "No Google", and to the right of the tablet is the Fyde logo.

New video! Today we're exploring FydeOS - a de-Googled fork of ChromiumOS that can be installed on a wide variety of systems. Including the official Fydetab Duo - an open source 2-in-1 tablet. And thanks to Fyde, who loaned me one, we're gonna be checking it out today!

youtu.be/UPv1aP59ctc

New videos are coming soon, thanks for your patience!

a Betamax (or "Beta") tape.

50 years ago today, Sony introduced the Betamax format. It would compete with VHS in the videotape format war, eventually losing to it.

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the mini Android tablet with a phone icon on screen. Over the phone icon is a "do not" symbol. The Android mascot is on the right side.

New video! Today we're exploring an Android phone from 2013. Except, well... it isn't actually a phone. Just a tiny tablet that you could've picked up for $99.

youtu.be/onjDzdMkJBw

a YouTube thumbnail featuring the Visopsys logo in the foreground, with the Visopsys desktop in the background.

New video! Today we're checking out Visopsys - an open source, non-Linux, hobbyist OS that's been developed primarily by a single person since 1997.

youtu.be/5MZljgXW2WA

A still frame from the video. Jawed Karim is standing in front of the elephants at the San Diego Zoo.

20 years ago today, "Me at the zoo" was uploaded to YouTube.

an original Nintendo Game Boy.

On this day in 1989, the Nintendo Game Boy was released in Japan 🇯🇵

On this day in 1998, Windows 98 famously blue screened during a public demonstration at COMDEX '98. Bill Gates, who was standing next to Chris Capossela, replied: "That must be why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet!"

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I made that one fanart for Michael MJD I did last year again because it was ugly, and also the floppies were haunting me.
I tried to be as accurate as I could this time.
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