I would think a normal hard drive would work too. Been a while since I've looked, but seems like they are rated 10+ g's when in use. Laptop is smaller of course, so they would be better anyway.
I've played around with the idea of putting in a GPS navigation computer in the center consol. I'm confident that I could do it, and cheaply compared to retail systems, but still more money than I'm willing to spend. Probably be looking at $400 or so in parts and many many hours of labor.
