LGR - The $4,750 HP OmniBook from 1996 (Patreon)

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2023-10-10 23:48:53

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Back again with a classic LGR retrospective! It's been a good amount of time since I've made a straightforward "here's a cool laptop" video, and while taking some folks through a tour of my collection recently this one happened to stand out to them. So I thought, what the heck, why not finally cover this one?

The Omnibook 800CT here has long been one of my favorite little subnotebooks of the 90s. Not only was it one of the absolute most expensive machines in its class back when it was new, but this one in particular is the cream of the crop with the highest-end CPU option: a Pentium MMX 166! Combine that with the quirky mouse and ID holder and nifty screen and nice sound chip and all the other stuff covered in the video, and yeah, it's simply a pleasant machine to use even now. At least if you're a certain kinda retro weirdo.

I'm also really glad this one came together as smoothly as it did, because wow have there been a few frustrating days lately with projects falling apart and turning more complex. Enjoy this early edit, and lemme know if you notice any errors or anything! The next episode is already starting to come along so (knock on woodgrain) hopefully you'll be seeing that video show up on here about a week from today.

Have a good one and thank you for your ongoing support!

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$4,750 Laptop From 1997: HP OmniBook 800CT

166MHz Pentium MMX CPU! 48MB RAM! Windows 95! Sound Blaster compatibility! All in a slim, lightweight 1997 system that cost... $5,000 or so, yikes. Let's dive into the quirky Hewlett Packard notebook computer that was once their top of the line subnotebook – the Omnibook 800CT model F1360A ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● All background music licensed from: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 I love mid 90s subnotebooks 00:28 The OmniBook 800 from 1996 00:51 Enter the Intel Pentium MMX 01:46 Business, business, business 02:37 Ultraportable and subnotebook PCs 03:07 Overview of the 800CT features 06:10 All the accessories and peripherals 07:28 Running Windows 95 08:50 Preinstalled software, HP programs 10:29 LHX Attack Chopper 12:04 Graphics chip, ESS AudioDrive 13:12 Tyrian 2000 14:48 Function key functionality 15:37 Duke Nukem 3D of course 17:16 POD with MMX Technology 18:59 FIFA Road to World Cup 98 21:07 It has quirks but I love the Omnibook #LGR #retro #computer #hp #90s