computer in my VX

[Bulldoggie]

Been a year and nobody has sold me on this. You are the weakest link! Buh bye!

Seriously, computer in a car.... fine, thats cool and all, but they are all still just laptops mounted on some toilet pipe. Intergration is where its at. Dash mounted. Gotta think more flush.

No, I'm not knocking what I have seen so far far (well, ya, maybe a little), but Gary sits here all unimpressed. C'mon, the challenge is there. We have already seen Whaleboy do some flush video mounts, so the ideas are there and possible.

*all in good fun folks. just trying to get those tech-mod minds running*

I agree,
in dash is way cooler, and the Tom Tom is easy to use and move from one car to another.
I would love to have either.
BUT for those on a budget (limited funds) a $100. antenna is a very good option vs. $900. for Tom Tom or $2000.+ for pioneer head unit (that only stays in one car)
I also would love to see someone do a "reversed" version of the "stock" Japan (RH drive) dash trim, (double din) for LH drive VX's. All other parts for in dash should be available from Isuzu. some of these parts may need to be reversed also, but I would need to have a RH drive VX to know for sure. Maybe carbon fiber? (Concepts)?
BTW: Police cars have laptops, and with hotspots I can do internet searches on the road (shoulder)
LoL my stronger brother

[CrzyFool]

I plan to put a mac-mini in the lower din and run it through my Avic n2 in the upper din, that plus a wireless keyboard and mouse . . . and I should be all set

[Yefim]

If you don't need a full blown PC in the car - some new PDAs make a much better addition and give a lot of the same functionality in a smaller form factor. I've been using my dell Axim X50v in my VX for over a year now. It has BT and WiFi built in, I use it with a Rickaline BT GPS unit and navigation is outstanding - on par with my wife's Infiniti FX35 built in GPS unit. I also use it for MP3 playback and video playback while not driving. The best part it is completely portable so I can take it with me anywhere. I highly recommend looking into that option as an alternative.

[Francesco Rizzo]

Check out coachreed's monitor install and for those of you thant don't like the mac there is the new pc version from aopen. Nothing against macs, but the software just isn't there: navigation or frontend. It's a shame too because a mini loaded is much smaller and cheaper than what you would spend on building an equal pc. good luck with the builds, hope to see more join the carputer club