I like how you're starting the enclosure. Are you going to display more of the guts of the computer, or keep it all in the case?

This is long, and might be a snorefest, so if you don't like novels skip to the bottom of my post--help would be appreciated:


In reply:
Originally posted by vpogv:
Xbox's work, but if want to benefit from GPS, internet, and mainly music rather than games, and movies a computer is a better choice. (now don't say an Xbox is a computer please )

Xbox costs:
~$150 for the xbox
~$50 for the chip
~$100 for a larger hard drive
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$300 for the xbox set up MINIMUM

Now, perhaps you have to have somebody do the modchip install for you, or you want a remote, or any other parts, that's more $$

Carputer costs:
~$150 for the motherboard
~$70 power supply
~$50 memory
~$100 for the harddrive
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$370 for the Carputer

More money for the Carputer itself, but it will run cooler than the modded xbox like ITinker said, more people know how to piece a computer together than mod an xbox and you can change or alter the Carputer easier than the xbox (ie: more things that can be different).

For roughly $70 I would rather have the ease of the computer for the internet, wireless, gps, sound, etc.


1: If you want gps, and internet, there are idiotproof versions of linux for the xb, or xplite is "made" for it as well (due to the 64 mb constraint of the xb).
2: You don't need a modchip for the xb, you can softmod using exploits, and bios loaders.
3: Harddrives are cheaper than that... my 160 gig was $80 a year ago, and now I've seen them as low as $50 online.
4: The xbox is modular--very easy to create a jack, pop in the box, and go off. There are new dashboards to utilize usb ports, and linux drivers(not hard to find for a lot of mainstream equipment)
5: If you truely knew anything about computers, you would know the xbox is a stripped down version of a computer that is designed to run in a linear boot state(almost nonmultitasking) creating a faster, more responsive gaming engine.
6: Benefit of the doubt: $100 for the xbox($129 @ gamestop), $80 for the harddrive, $7 for mechassault(to run the exploit. Do the math. $216
7: The xbox is smaller, can fit behind a dash, small enough where it can be fit permanently behind the dash, or in my case fit in a modified glovebox with modular ports for av/power.


Help here would be appreciated:
I just wish someone would prefab some kind of box, or climate control for either behind the dash, or in the car. I see this stuff all the time on mtv, but how would it function well in lets say, MN at any time in a stable mode? There are expensive stable in car computers out there, but there has to be a way for this to work on a broke man's budget. Links/anything would be appreciated. I've searched this up and down.....

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