This Tiny $2k Computer is Nuts | Nostalgia Nerd
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00:00-07:10 Vulcan FlipStart
07:10-07:58 SqSp
07:58-15:06 Vulcan FlipStart
15:06-15:31 Credits
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@Nostalgianerd
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Incredibly, at the publication of this video, Christie's are auctioning one of Paul Allen's actual FlipStarts! https://nnerd.es/FlipStart
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@alexojideagu
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Let's see Paul Allen's card
@DanielMReck
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
1:07 "Allen wasn't alien to new ventures" voiceover a Vulcan corporate logo.
Premium writing and editing here.
@milescarter7803
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
I don't know about a SteamDeck, maybe a GPD Win Mini.
@roeesi-personal
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
"exactly what you expect" is what I want from tech, which is why I'm baffled by people implementing and advertising AI "features".
@Kramer-IT
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
These are soooooooooo hard to find!!
@mikaelwiberg2938
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Wait, is that keyboard backlit?! It´s crazy cool, I want one!
@volvo09
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
10:34 I remember Microsoft talking about secondary screens like that when Vista was released, I didn't think very many devices with them had made it to market. Wild to see that on an XP computer. Very neat.
@joetheman74
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Those NUBS or Trackpoint mouse as they are also known have been around even in the 90's and they are still around today. They are still a common feature on most (all but two models) of Lenovo Think Pad laptops.
@rautamiekka
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
How does Linux run on it ?
@exodous02
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
I dreamed of a computer like this when I was a kid. I got a GPD Win Max 2 and realize that is the smallest I can go while using a standard desktop GUI while also the smallest a standard keyboard can be and still be able to touch type on.
@KLRN-qc7jp
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Paul Allen and his stupid business cards…
@hakonsoreide
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Highly interesting video. When it comes to thumb-typing keyboards, my all-time favourite was the Psion 3. By the time the rather larger (but much speedier) Psion 5 was out, it was an ultra-compact normal typing keyboard, but I found I could type more comfortably on the 3. After the initial love for palmtop computers, I gradually gravitated to mostly using my Psion 5 as an alarm clock, for which it was brilliant, by the way, but possibly a little overspecced.
My first truly usable bring-along computer was an early 2000's Fujitsu ultra-portable 10.7" laptop. Those things were pricey at the time, but it was a brilliant computer, and with proper Windows installed, far more useful to me than the Psions had been a few years earlier.
@Gavanimation81
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
I like your blue Disney mug.
@iliashigin
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
It's useful if you want to make a youtube video about it. He he
@eructationlyrique
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
This reminds me of the Asus Eeepc that released a few months later
@canetogameplay2
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
its not nuts, its a notebook
@jacoblong9859
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Wait till this guy see the gpd win mini 2024
@DBCooper3
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
can u boot linux mint?
@g-starthefirst
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
but can it run Minecraft?
@jonntischnabel
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Dont use pounds for weight, nobody in the world uses them outside america. You're not American, youre British.
@JuiceboxTheShuckle
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Is that a special version of XP? I wonder because of the zoom function. Cause if it's not it could be cool to see what you could be capable of by changing the hdd with a bigger ssd and a newer version of windows, specially a modded one like tiny11 or atlas, even a linux distro like ubuntu could be interesting to try.
@BerylLeigh
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Written warnings in instruction manuals are worthless since rabbits can't read.
@FerdSpring
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.
@BarryMahum
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
@SherryGracie
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there.
@mroussev
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Just a small correction, you showed picture of 7250(7250i) but you said 7210. Also subtitles said 7210i which doesnt exist 😉
@BunderChowed
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
I thought the hinge was a stylus
@b3h8t1n
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Where'd you find my computer 😆
@0wl999
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Back when it was super new my friend and computer mentor almost bought the LIbretto. We thought it was so cool, but couldn't quite justify the price, as is the case with most ' cutting edge ' tech.
@jokerzwild00
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 pm
Crazy how this came out the same year as the iPhone. As limited as it was, after the app store hit, the iPhone was capable of the basics. Then just a few years later you had lots of little tablets that could do a lot. I had a little 8 inch Dell tablet that ran full fat Windows 7, and ran it pretty well. It even ran WoW. Anyways, given that kind of landscape it's no wonder this (or all the myriad other really small laptops) never caught on.
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