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In-Dash DIN-form-factor Car PC

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-the-computer-for-a-spin dept.

kraksmokr writes "Xenarc Technologies have introduced a cool new in-dash DIN-form-factor Car PC. It features built in hard drive, audio/video, and GPS, among other things. Estimated price will be about $1200. I can't even begin to list the possibilities for mobile computing bliss." I'm even more impressed that they can fit it into the dash than I am with in-dash CD changers. If you buy this thing, use it safely. None of us want auto PC users to end up in the same category as annoying cell phone users.

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  1. Re:Great.. by mirko · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DivX ?
    With a Pentium 266 MMX ?
    I hope you're not expecting all the FPS.

    --
    Trolling using another account since 2005.
  2. Hmm. by sekzscripting · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or does the damn thing look ugly? I personally wouldn't sport that 'thing' in my car.

  3. Not A Good Idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I ride a motorcycle. The three times that I have come closest to death in my life were on the freeway when someone with a cell phone held to their left ear did not bother to do a head check before moving left into me. I started coding on PDP-8s and Alpha Micros and I'm all for CPUs everywhere, but I don't like this thing one bit.

    If you wouldn't use it while riding a motorcycle, paying attention to the road and to other things around you with both hands on the steering mechanism, then you shouldn't use it in a car.

  4. where's the radio? by Wing_Zero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    we're paying $1200 for this device that fits into the same space as our radio, so where do we put our radio? I don't know about you, but sometimes I jsut want to hear my favorite station and laugh at the morning show personality.

  5. Wow... what a blunder. by tlianza · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Check out this message at the bottom of the page:
    We are currently working on a version with faster processor speed. Please check back with us in a couple of months for more information.
    These people should have learned the lesson Intel (coincidentally) learned. Don't announce faster products before they're released! All that does is cut into the sales of your current products. Why would I drop $1200 on this machine when I know it's faster successor will be out "in a couple of months"?