I can't believe this Goodwill Tech... 

Haters are wrong. The OG’s love these types of videos keep them coming.

As a former Goodwill employee let me share some fun facts!!!! So depending on the goodwill you go to the items will vary not just depending on the type of community but because of the managers (and staff slightly) as the managers tell the staff what items they want to sell, so if a goodwill has no games and only clothing thats the reason! Also YES staff hides the good stuff in the back! They will set aside things that they like and it wont make it to the floor! ANYTHING they think is worth alot WILL GO ONLINE not instore!!!! so any good jewelry or tech or games will go there!!! ANYTHING they didnt sort gets sent to a whole sale center!!! So if you think youll see that stuff you donated on the floor theres a low-medium chance (more on the low side) SO in short you want tech go online, you looking for specific types of items then go to a goodwill with that type of community and be careful what you donate as well!

Sometimes you have to tap the 360 repeatedly above the drive to get them to work. Those old 360's all have that issue. I've had two that worked like that. Just tap it a few times and the drive opens right up. They don't like standing up either. They are temperamental little beasts.

Being born in 90, I got to experience the OG windows and man was it fun. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista. All the free AOL CDs you'd get from the grocery store. All the AIM messages you knew you'd get if you walked away to take a shit. Playing Solitaire on the 95 PC. We always had Dell growing up. I remember my dad bringing home a brand new Dell PC in 97 when we lived in texas and it was in like 6 big boxes. Also, CD audio can't be beat, even to this day. I have 750 plus CDs and counting. I still use my CD player in my car

Hey on the goodwill finds, mention that to look for console with disc drives that don't open even cheaper. $25 I paid for one with that and all I had to do was forcefully open by hitting the disc drive until it was opened clean the rubber on the button and now it works perfectly.

10:30 - yes, older LCDs didn't use LEDs for the backlight, they used CCFL that did, in fact, need some minutes to warm up and get into full brightness. Old laptops always booted up very dim but got bright after 5 minutes

hell yeah! more goodwill tech!

I bought a stereo system from the goodwill California ebay page a few years ago. Worked perfectly. I still have it. And they had it priced way cheaper than other ebay sellers and it was in perfect condition

I feel so old. Up until last year when I finally bought a Nintendo Switch for my wife my latest consoles were PS2 and Dreamcast. Both purchased when they were at end of life. I guess I did get an Xbox 360 for a bit for my roommates in college. I also owned that EXACT Dell computer and had it upgraded like crazy to do video editing. It was my last PC before I switched to exclusively Mac’s for my professional work. Gave it to my nephew to play around with all the junk I had on it. Running XP of course… the last Windows OS I ever really used.

80GB PS3 had hybrid backwards compatibility in that it didn't have the "emotion" chip and instead emulated it but it has some hardware based emulation. Only the 20 and 60GB models were pure hardware emulation

Goodwill sometimes has deals in person too. I just got a Roomba S9 for $25 minus the dock but was perfectly clean as if it was never used. Bought the dock and it’s been working perfectly and cleaning up a lot of dirt.

I have been binge watching your videos while I'm sick. Great content, thank you!

I used to work in the e-commerce department for goodwill, I will say they don't test pretty much anything save for if it turn on. We also didn't clean anything at all, and actually got in trouble if we did start to clean some electronics because it took too long.

Replacement lasers for the 360s were like $15 back in the day. I used to replace them when they'd go bad. If you're willing to spend an extra half hour working on your 360 you could easily fix it up

Austin struggling to open the MacBook reminds me of a Far Side comic where a kid is pushing on a door to open it but it's a pull to open door. Someone so tech savvy defeated by a simple piece of tape.

The macbook at 9:59 is a certified austin evans classic

Yay, another goodwill video!

I love these sorts of videos especially when it involves gaming stuff

I just discovered your channel yesterday. I've binge watched so much, you and the gang produce some high quality content. Thank you Austin!

Love the goodwill vids. I have been keeping an eye on them myself since I have seen your videos.

Hey I remember that Mac display. Specifically, in college, our good Macs in the classroom (Power Mac G5) were using that display

Mega Great Video Austin 👌🏻

I love Goodwill, they are keeping the tech out of landfills and the bubble wrap in!

You should never be surprised by an old 360 disk drive not opening. Every single one I've come across has to be knocked on or lying flat to open. The rubber bands are 15+ years old.

I like how both of you guys got excited for the ipods!

Xbox 360 had a known problem resulting in RROD and you would have to send back to MSFT and they would fix and return (no charge). Had to do that with my Xbox 360 Platinum edition once owned.

Damn austin you just blew up the spot for good. Thanks.

lmao the way I had a handy boy with my Gameboy Back In The Day (TM) and (thankfully) the STD/handyboy innuendo went over my head (as it should have, as a 5-8 year old lmao)

Hey Austin, try that Xbox on a more modern display over HDMI. I distinctly recall having a similar issue getting my 360 to talk to my roommate's early projection LCD, but if I used a analog->digital converter box it would work over HDMI, but it would still force 480i up to 720P out the converter. Those early revision HDMI units were finicky.

Love your videos austin ❤❤

optical drive issues are very common and very cheaply and easily repaired on those old Xbox 360's. you had to smack the console to get the tray to open on ours, and it started not reading discs very well. replaced the optical drive and belt for the tray, works flawlessly now. i think it only cost like $20-30 or something

my friend had one of those handy boys growing up, but for the advance, and i was so jealous back in the day.

I built my first pc using parts from two of those dell's. Wow. Whata nostalgia trip.

AAAHHHHH! the nostalgia, that was my pc from back in the day!!!!

44 for those games is an absolute steal, nostalgia was having a moment in my brain.

OMG the 360 Disk drawer always jump scared me!! It opened when it wanted!!

Love these videos xD

11:35 I love the fact, that you guys actually bought the domain

0:24 if you were wondering, those copies of wii fit are from plainrock 124

This Goodwill video is funny. I actually still own a working Xbox 360, with a good disc door. I use it for Lollipop Chainsaw, and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, which never got the Backward Compatible treatment from Micrisoft. I also bought the HDMI connector, so it works on a modern TV

I was literally watching the other GoodWill video 😅

I got a backup 360 for $25 at a thrift store and I'm so glad I did given how iffy the hardware is

I love how nerdy this channel is👌👌👌

11:38 clever buying the domain and linking back lol

Sick donut merch 🤘🏼

I would go to CompUSA back in the day just to stare at the cinema display, it was the prettiest thing I had ever seen at that point in my life. It might still be.

I Love Austin Evans Videos 💙

Aww man!!!! 🤩 I’ve been looking for 19 copies of Wii fit & Wii fit plus!!!! This is perfect lmao 😂

I recently got an XBOX 360 online (with controller, charger station and leads) in the UK for £35. The previous owner said they couldn't get it to update, but it turned out they'd been trying to connect to the internet without the network adapter lol! It's amazing how many people think older consoles had wifi built in. I ended up selling it for charity, so some good came out of it all lol.

I remember buying a Handy Boy to play games on the car trips home. Between the light distracting the driver and the volume of the speakers, I was banned from using it in the car.

i had a handy boy as a kid. was a fantastic addon

Bruh that binder of old pc games is legendary too

I got an 1 gen ipod touch. No wifi but 16 gigs and it works well

Its 1AM here in Sydney and Im watching a New Austin Evans video instead of sleeping. Priorities 😌

14:03 the new nemesis of austin

I wish I was the pillow Matt puts on his lap for these kind of videos

That binder looks very similar to mine except a lot more software

I had that same monitor with my first personal PC. To be fair, I also have hundreds of DVDs going back to the late 90s, DVD folders still full of some of them, and multiple things from the early 2000s that I know just makes people like me look really old now. I even still have my first 3D TV from LG. Combined with the PS3 I also still have, it's still one of the best ways to enjoy the several 3D Blu-rays I own.

the funny thing is ; i recently got a ps3 last year and man, i'm in love with it :)

Austin, Ken, i have an actual ipod touch 2nd gen 8gb model i got off ebay last year for $8. it works fine and is in a DAB/FM radio Speaker Dock on my bedside table loaded with old music from the 70's to the 2000's.

Thanks Austin I’ve been looking for like five minutes for a video to watch with my grilled cheese

I still have my original 360 from when it was new and my disk drive wont open standing only on its side now too🤣 can’t believe the decent finds gonna start lurking at goodwill

That XBox issue is just the track being slightly off. Easy fix. Needs taken apart for cleaning and new thermals anyway.

this vid is an instant classic in the 'austin evans buys things' era

I'd love to see a cross over with either a repair guy like TronicsFix or a video game repair/modder Macho Nacho. That would be cool to see you buy it, test it, and they fix and/or mod them. That would be very cool.

I had that same samsung crt monitor during mu childhood in the 2000s, Such good memories

2:58 LOL I legit have that pc! I use specifically for old games as well!

I feel like austin is stuck in a time loop. The video concepts were once new and interesting but theyve outstayed their welcome

OMG I remember the handy boy I had one back in the 1990s but hated the joystick part lol so I never used it just the screen and speakers

I still have and use my white iPod touch 4G I bought for Christmas in high school.

I see you are a man of culture with the Boss Rainbow coffee 👌

WARNING: The number one cause of death is living.

12:27 damn I so had this as a kid and it ruled!

Yeah those cd keys still work for online download versions, I did it for StarCraft 2 I think.

I hope we get more This is goodwill tech.

That Xbox at the end is haunted, bro. Hahaha

i love that that sponsor austin website actually works

You have to go to settings for the hdmi!

Another certified hood classic Austin Evans video noicee

This guy really likes goodwill.

thanks for all the free game codes!

"Console is untested" sounds like something I would call my broken console if I wanted to get rid of it online

I am actually watching this Video on the Very Same Macbook Air that was featured in this Video. I got mine off the Shopping Channel in which it was Bundled with a cheap Carry bag, A cheap flimsy wireless mouse and basic Mousepad i paid $1100 CDN for it back 10 years ago.

I actually have the Handy Boy (with OG Gameboy) on my shelf.

Nice video 😁

the sticky dualshock 3 thumbsticks is more common than you think. i might be wrong but i think the rubber is just degrading over time and the additives leach out

Ngl I just looked to see if I could find gameboy SP with the brighter screen to modify my GBA I've had since my Kindergarten years. The prices are nice, but I didn't find the specific model sadly but definitely worth something to bookmark

You are lucky. I am jealous. That was a hell of a find. Robs Austin and runs away.

Ken knowing the price for handy boys...

The 360 needs a new rubber band in the drive. it's an easy fix. also, the av port works because it's in that mode, you can switch to hdmi in the settings.

0:56 "Dandy boy" Says *STD* on the pack, you really missed that one 😂

Austin wearing a donut shirt, reviewing goodwill stuff. This is good stuff

That the better of the two Inspiron 530, it’s the quad core version. They have different motherboards and the dual core one can’t take quad cores.

"the fact the imac display took so many cables to actually work was insane"

only that Apple screen not worth it but thanks Austin ! it was fun to watch❤

That is the DELL computer I had as a kid. So nostalgic.

At least it's super easy to replace the HDD with a SSD in those phat PS3. I did it with mine took like 3 minutes.

5:46 I say "yEs mE lOrD" til this day, to the appropriate people who will get it lol

Damn Austin you sell your soul oooo!

That OG 360 is still cool! I'm surprised it still turns on.