Hi

[Welshguy]

The kit is roughly £100 - not cheap for what it is!!!

[wozza]

Ouch! that is rather expensive.

 

Although i am seriously considering it now could get hold of the auto verison of windows quite easily. Which gives most of the features and i have all the hardware except the monitor.

 

Wonder howmuch citroen would charge for the plastic bit from there satnav system installation? Cant see it being too hard to put in then. The touch screen windows should just detect as a normal HID device. And Then just a case of a £5 wire to hook the sound from the comp into my exsisting headunti and amps.

 

Would probably costs me around £400 or so to get a good system setup. With the PSU being most of that since i would need a car pc power supply.

 

Its a better and cheaper option than me buying an aftermarket satnav / dvd system etc.

[hertsnminds]

You could always go down the Mac Mini route, put that in the glovebox and you have a Mac/Windows dual boot machine all in one neat box.

 

http://www.macvroom.com/Macd-Ride-2006-BMW-325

http://www.classicresto.com/mambo/index.ph...&id=72&Itemid=2

http://www.macvroom.com/Macd-Ride-1994-Che...4x4-S-10-Blazer

http://www.macvroom.com/node/29

http://minidock.jp/en/index.html

 

You might even be able to hack into the Citroen GPS screen these guys have hacked standard in car systems

 

http://www.macvroom.com/Hacked-Prius-In-dash-Display

http://www.macvroom.com/Hacked-Audi-A6-Nav...igation-Display

 

Ian

Black 55 VTR+

[Welshguy]

Well if you do go down the in-car PC route make sure you wirte a guide/report and post it here!

[wozza]

I have a serious disliking to mac's overpriced crap in my eyes.

 

There good for some things but everyone raves about how there better than PC's but most people cant seem to realise that theres very little difference to a PC running linux and the macOS apart from the GUI.

 

Plus the new ones are suffering some rather bad technical issues know someone whos on there 4th one in 5 months and another person on there 3rd in 6 months. Dont fancy having to keep sending the system back lol. It seems to be quite common as well due to it being revision 1 of the hardware.

 

And i would write a guide we will see how my money situation is in a couple months might do it then bit too much to spend now. Especially since im now broke again i dont think theres a single bill that didnt arrive this week.

 

i mean everything came in 1 wee, visa bill, phone, internet, mobile phone, rent, electric etc lol just totally wiped my cash out. :o

[hertsnminds]

Computers are the same as cars, a lot of development takes place after the product has been launched. You can also get a bunch of faulty componets running down the production line that will be the same as a car maker having to do a recall.

 

I have used Mac's for over 20 years and only had a bad experience with a couple of new models. But I do agree that it is best to wait for Rev B of most kit.

 

In terms of the PC/Mac debate they both do the same job it is very much personal preference, again just like buying a car. I usually tell people if you want to learn about computers buy a PC if you want to use a computer buy a Mac.

 

Ian

Black 55 VTR+

[wozza]

Macs have there uses im just not a fan of them personally.

[lee_marshuk]

probably better keep quiet that I'm a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer then............. :o

[Welshguy]

Best keep quiet that im an Amiga fan then! B)

 

Seriously... :P

[ham's c4vts]

yes some one with an Amiga, ive still got my A1200

[lee_marshuk]

bloody hell best keep quiet I still keep one of the only Atari sites alive and still play on my ST all the time!

[Welshguy]

lol !!!! Atari ST? Old Skool !!!!

 

Well I dont use my A1200 anymore, but I do follow the fortunes of the "new" Amiga - AmigaOS4.

 

It's Amiga, but with modern spec stuff. Check out www.amigaworld.net if your interested :P

[lee_marshuk]

Nice one!

[ham's c4vts]

ta,

i think we are showing our ages now lol