Mini-Mac
03-03-2005, 07:23 PM
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Mini-Mac
Has anyone installed a Mini-Mac in their TSX yet? I have been reading due to the size of this computer many people are installing in their cars.
Not just would it work as a DVD player, but you can add a USB Blue Tooth Navi system as well.
I read touch screen monitors are the way to go for this. Anyone have any ideas or have installed a computer in a car before?
Not just would it work as a DVD player, but you can add a USB Blue Tooth Navi system as well.
I read touch screen monitors are the way to go for this. Anyone have any ideas or have installed a computer in a car before?
03-03-2005, 07:33 PM
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You mean like?:
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/19.html
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/17.html
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/15.html
I spent too much of my life involved with the AutoPC project.
The Lilliput 7" touch scren is the consensus way to go for TS.
The problem as I see it is that the Apple slot-load DVD drive is not vibration-rated for a car, it's not high or low-temp rated for a car, and the HD is not temp or vibration-rated either.
I foresee problems with DVD tracking, HD dropouts, and the like. I wish I didn't see that, because a Mac mini would be cool as hell, but there it is. I guess for $499 you just back them up a lot?
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/19.html
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/17.html
http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/15.html
I spent too much of my life involved with the AutoPC project.
The Lilliput 7" touch scren is the consensus way to go for TS.
The problem as I see it is that the Apple slot-load DVD drive is not vibration-rated for a car, it's not high or low-temp rated for a car, and the HD is not temp or vibration-rated either.
I foresee problems with DVD tracking, HD dropouts, and the like. I wish I didn't see that, because a Mac mini would be cool as hell, but there it is. I guess for $499 you just back them up a lot?