In-car PC? (Was: mod idea.)

[Mark L. Chang]

To put it into perspective, perhaps, I have three Mini-itx boards around
the house doing various tasks (including sitting in a drawer :>). They
were $50 each. Last I checked, my laptop was a couple grand. Add a $50
laptop hard drive, some memory, a dremel tool and some free plexi from
the plastics place, and you've got yourself a PC! Plus a <$100 screen
and you have a <$250 system that you can leave in the car.

Cheaper than a laptop, IMHO.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:36:58PM -0400 or thereabouts, Kent McLean wrote:
> I have no real need to play movies in my dashboard,
> but I'm curious as to the amount of money and time you
> spent on this. It would seem to me that a (cheap) used
> laptop computer, with DVD player added, might fill the
> bill. A DC-to-AC converter could power it. Drive the
> LCD via the laptop external monitor port. Maybe a
> PCMCIA card to drive a remote control (mouse?).
>
> So, is the "stow tray" that small? Were you looking
> for a permanent solution? Are there features or
> functions in your setup that a laptop couldn't provide?
> Are you going to use it to do other things (e.g.,
> electronic gauges, etc.)?
>
> I do admire your ingenuity, I'm just being curious.

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