# Carputer anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 18, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114 "2008-09-18T05:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/1 "2008-09-18T05:08:47Z")
I was looking into building a carputer years ago, when it would be a huge bulky box in my trunk, with cables everywhere. Looking on some techie news site, I saw this… [http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html](http://www.fit-pc.com/new/whats-new.html) ![http://www.fit-pc.com/new/images/stories/Slim/500_keys.jpg](http://www.fit-pc.com/new/images/stories/Slim/500_keys.jpg) That’d fit nicely in the dash! Enough USB ports for the touchscreen display, GPS and anything else I’d need! Yes, it has a VGA port on the back too… The only question… is there a USB sound card available that can plug into the back of a head unit?! I can just imagine a nice SSD (Solid State Drive) in this thing, so not even vibrations can hurt it 🙂 The 512MB of memory is already soldered in, so vibration isn’t an issue there as with a home made carputer. So, who is thinking of getting this thing? ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/2 "2008-09-18T05:10:47Z")
![http://www.fit-pc.com/new/images/stories/Slim/front-back-drawing.png](http://www.fit-pc.com/new/images/stories/Slim/front-back-drawing.png) Oh, and it looks like it even has built in sound too! ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/3 "2008-09-18T05:25:38Z")
ZOMGAVTEC… or what ever his name is had a computer in his car wow priceing is not that bad what does the touch screen run > fit-PC Slim is offered in 4 configurations. > In configurations with no HDD the buyer can easily install his hard disk. > > fit-PC Slim Barebones (256MB, no WiFi, no HDD) - $220 > fit-PC Slim Diskless (512MB, WiFi, no HDD) - $245 > fit-PC Slim Linux (512MB, WiFi, 60GB hard disk with Ubuntu and Gentoo pre-installed) - $295 > fit-PC Slim XP (512MB, WiFi, 60GB hard disk with Windows XP Home SP3 pre-installed) - $335 ---
**Author:** ![garbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@garbs](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/garbs)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/4 "2008-09-18T08:09:36Z")
Damnit…I so wish I had a double din opening ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/5 "2008-09-18T08:30:33Z")
I was considering an AppleTV. You can hack it make it a full fledged Mac, or use it as is. Cheap, big drive, wireless built in. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/6 "2008-09-18T09:47:28Z")
it would be pretty cool to fabricate your own one. if worst comes to worse, just run some DC-\>AC converters and throw a tower in your trunk 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/7 "2008-09-18T09:48:45Z")
I have a Mac Mini sitting around waiting for me to find time. [www.mp3car.com](http://www.mp3car.com) has anything you want to know and more. ---
**Author:** ![Drexial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Drexial](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Drexial)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/8 "2008-09-18T11:04:02Z")
I kinda have plans to do this. But I think my ideas out weigh my ambitions. It would be a pretty sweet idea if realized though. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/9 "2008-09-18T12:13:46Z")
One of my friends back home took a spare laptop created a dock for it and mounted it in his car for use as a carputer. GPS on a 15" was pretty cool, as was movies and music but :tdown: to such a huge contraption. This is pretty cool, although I’d never use it or want to use it. Built in nav unit could get everything I need done. ---
**Author:** ![Bsp\_TC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bsp_tc/32/4998_2.png) [@Bsp\_TC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bsp_TC)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/10 "2008-09-18T16:55:03Z")
would hook in nice with my pioneer double din… and what all would i have to do to make this work, i think i kinda want one ---
**Author:** ![Boarderx192](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@Boarderx192](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boarderx192)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/11 "2008-09-18T17:46:02Z")
One of the biggest drawbacks to me would be boot-up time. I hate sitting at my computer and waiting for it to boot-up. Have they done anything about this in the carPC world? Like a 5 sec boot up so that your music is ready to go like a CD player does now? ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/12 "2008-09-18T19:10:38Z")
> [@DrImodium](#): > > One of the biggest drawbacks to me would be boot-up time. I hate sitting at my computer and waiting for it to boot-up. Have they done anything about this in the carPC world? Like a 5 sec boot up so that your music is ready to go like a CD player does now? DOS-based Mp3 player. Or Linux based with some fine tweaking. Not sure how fast the AppleTV takes to “boot” but might not be long either. However since its basically a Mac it might take just as long. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/13 "2008-09-18T20:31:24Z")
hibernating? ---
**Author:** ![reliant\_turbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reliant_turbo/32/7189_2.png) [@reliant\_turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reliant_turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/14 "2008-09-19T15:16:09Z")
i used to have a carputer in ~2001-2002. dos box with mpxplay iirc that would auto load and autoplay. i didnt hook up a screen. all i had to do was type the number of the song in the playlist and it would start playing. Brian ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/15 "2008-09-19T16:00:39Z")
i wish my car was worth doing this to. it would be a fun project. ---
**Author:** ![reliant\_turbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reliant_turbo/32/7189_2.png) [@reliant\_turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reliant_turbo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/carputer-anyone/55114/16 "2008-09-20T06:52:12Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > One of my friends back home took a spare laptop created a dock for it and mounted it in his car for use as a carputer. GPS on a 15" was pretty cool, as was movies and music but :tdown: to such a huge contraption. This is pretty cool, although I’d never use it or want to use it. > > Built in nav unit could get everything I need done. you could remote mount a laptop and use a smaller, indash touchscreen LCD and small keypad. nav units are nice but i like the custom built factor. 🙂 i know one guy that has a remote mount laptop, 7" widescreen LCD in the car all hooked up to his innovate wideband/datalogging setup. doesnt have any other gauges in the car. just 6-8 gauges from logworks. looks sweet. Brian