A Windows CE computer that lives inside the wall: Michael MJD's Jack PC
The mid-2000s thin client, the size of a wall outlet and powered by a single ethernet cable, drew about 440,000 views on its first day.
Michael MJDStory of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
The Wall Outlet Computer
"The Wall Outlet Computer" is exactly what it sounds like. The machine in Michael MJD's only upload of the week is the Jack PC, a mid-2000s thin client small enough to sit in a wall box where a power socket would go, running on nothing but one ethernet cable. The idea, as the description puts it, was to clear the desk by hiding the computer in the wall. A viewer named Case donated it.
Michael runs it offline first, then gets it online, uses it to remote into another PC and, because this is his channel, asks whether it can game. Three days in, it has passed 700,000 views. For a channel that usually draws well over 100,000 views a day across its whole library, that is a big first stretch.
The comments read like an office reunion. Some people remember companies fitting these into new buildings, and later owners ripping them out after the 2008 crash. Others think cubicles would have been the perfect home for them. Plenty of viewers noticed the Windows CE version number and the model number, and a few want the device passed to Bringus to see what it can really play.
Older videos are still drawing a crowd too. Michael's look back at Microsoft's Surface Duo, timed to Apple's iPhone Duo, keeps finding viewers, and so does his OpenPandora review from late summer, the Linux handheld he calls the Steam Deck of 2010.
Among the tech review channels close to his size, only SAMTIME and LMGClips added more views over the week, and Michael's daily pace is running well above his usual level while most of that group is below theirs.
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What viewers say
why thin client when a wall client exists
@JimhasaburgerSee it on YouTubeNow I’m worried about firewalls in more ways than one
@BadWallabySee it on YouTubeYou know where these would have made sense? Cubicles, since cubicle walls can be moved around, it actually makea a lot of sense of you don't want each cubicle to have a bulky PC case.
@Абдулло-щ3е9эSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Michael MJD right now
- Channel
- Michael MJD
- Subscribers
- 630,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,279,237
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 704,418
- Views on its first day
- 442,029
The numbers
Here is how Michael MJD's week looks in figures.
💡 Test your knowledge
Michael compares the 2008 Pandora handheld to the Steam Deck. Which company makes the Steam Deck?
Valve, the company behind Steam, released the Steam Deck in 2022.
