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Pikey · Jan 21, 2013

Bump said:
I put a SSD in my Siemens fujitsu tablet pc as the standard HD lasted all of 28 seconds when I first took it laning. Been great ever since, cost £30 on eBay about 2 years ago.

I'm running an ASUS eeepc with a 16gb SSD and it's been great and shaken to pieces on various Lanes around the country with no problems. but size is limiting. want to be able to run wide range of progs and have access to music etc.

Pikey · Jan 21, 2013

Dr_evil said:
An apple one is! And as I run a mac I's kinda scuppered

MAcs are ****. unless ya into DTP and yu wanna run a ****e MP3 player that controls what you put on ya pooter

keep the fooker ya welcome to it..

Dr_evil · Jan 21, 2013

redhand said:
MAcs are ****. unless ya into DTP and yu wanna run a ****e MP3 player that controls what you put on ya pooter keep the fooker ya welcome to it..

Its better than windows

JoelC · Jan 21, 2013

redhand said:
Nowhere to fit it in a defender. and it runs Linux gotta be a windows based operating system I'm afraid..

There is a windows option.

These guys also do lots of car PC kit LinITX.com - Car PC Components

And these

Kustom PCs CarPC Shop

Cheapest method would probably use an older laptop, ditch the screen and use a small touchscreen flip up or down head unit.

Pikey · Jan 21, 2013

JoelC said:
There is a windows option.

These guys also do lots of car PC kit LinITX.com - Car PC Components

And these

Kustom PCs CarPC Shop

Cheapest method would probably use an older laptop, ditch the screen and use a small touchscreen flip up or down head unit.

It's going in a Landy FFS not a chav box or some posh gits Bently. if it ain't got gaffer tape round it and hammer marks on the side. It isnt getting fitted

JoelC · Jan 21, 2013

Also, for HDD's seagate do or at least did a ee2.5 model drive designed for automotive used, and were trialled in the Dakar. However I don't know how expensive they are.

JoelC · Jan 21, 2013

redhand said:
It's going in a Landy FFS not a chav box or some posh gits Bently. if it ain't got gaffer tape round it and hammer marks on the side. It isnt getting fitted

Gotta have some bling

Anyway, landroverfication can always be added

bankz5152 · Jan 21, 2013

Not sure if they have been mentioned yet, how about Mini Desktops? Such as the ASUS Eee Box PC.

Very small so can easily be hidden away, all the usual inputs/outputs. Could be linked up to a Head Unit (from what ive read anyway) with the right cables, one of those fold out/flip out ones would do the trick. If not 7" - 10" TFT/LCD screens are easily available for a low price could be fitted in some how.

Coming in between £140 - £200 for a mid-high spec one. Could easily be wired in using an inverter hidden away somwhere.

Link up a screen and a high speed 3G/4G dongle, wireless keyboard/mouse (or smart phone) your good to go.

Will run up to Windows 7 from what ive read, does everything a normal Desktop does only pitfall is they cant seem to handle 1080p HD video but thats about it.

As for storage using a SDD external drive of up to 256GB now using USB 3.0 could be fitted somewhere, but easy to take out to update music/pics/videos/progs/etc...

That said though Windows 8 will be 'taking a hold' this year with various tablets, netbooks and PCs may be worth a wait see if they come out with a Windows 8 7/10" Tablet. Also the UI (i.e the 'tiles'/Windows 8 features) can be disabled/removed to give an upgraded Windows 7.

Finally

Yes Macs are **** so is Crapple

fanatic · Jan 22, 2013

Buy a nexus 7 3g and car mount

dh98 · Jan 22, 2013

For a windows based computer with touchscreen in car I'd do with Surface with Windows RT includes Microsoft Skydrive win8 pro add media centre quite a nice little package for in vehicle use. Plus they come with USB sockets too.

Pikey · Jan 22, 2013

I specifically don't want a Tablet or anything that runs linux or Android software. I want an IBM compatible PC, that runs windows software. With a touchscreen. and it must be small enough to be hidden away somewhere out of sight in the traccta. Must also be rugged and able to cope with vibration, bouncing around and the ****e fluctuating voltage that all LR Alternators put out..

Pikey · Jan 22, 2013

dh98 said:
For a windows based computer with touchscreen in car I'd do with Surface with Windows RT includes Microsoft Skydrive win8 pro add media centre quite a nice little package for in vehicle use. Plus they come with USB sockets too.

It wouldn't last 5minutes on the dash of a defender. and I don't do contract broadband or wifi so the "Skydrive will be useless to me"

I WANT Practical survivable computing. not some chavvy bling that will look good in the lounge and last 5 minutes in a defender been bounced about Wales or the Plains..

cartoonhead · Jan 22, 2013

This is something i'm going to do with my 3rd raspberry pi

no good to you though if you want windows.. Why do you want windows?

1st raspberry pi is a media center for my tv and second one is a usenet/torrent box that downloads stuff over night.. These things are just amazing and only like £25

cartoonhead · Jan 22, 2013

Also theres a intel cpu surface which sounds like what you want, it's intel so it can run any software a pc can.

Pikey · Jan 22, 2013

cartoonhead said:
This is something i'm going to do with my 3rd raspberry pi no good to you though if you want windows.. Why do you want windows?

1st raspberry pi is a media center for my tv and second one is a usenet/torrent box that downloads stuff over night.. These things are just amazing and only like £25

It has to run a variety of mapping software inc Memory map Garmin city navigator and possibly Fugawi or similar global mapping software. none of the alternative OS's will do the job I want..

Bump · Jan 22, 2013

cartoonhead said:
Also theres a intel cpu surface which sounds like what you want, it's intel so it can run any software a pc can.

Ah... you're my new best friend...

I want to use several raspberry Pi's to act as a multi-room audio system, where the music will sit on a dedicated PC and using my phone to select what music and what rooms...

Now how the hell do i do that with my Raspberry Pi's...???!

cartoonhead · Jan 22, 2013

Bump said:
Ah... you're my new best friend...

I want to use several raspberry Pi's to act as a multi-room audio system, where the music will sit on a dedicated PC and using my phone to select what music and what rooms...

Now how the hell do i do that with my Raspberry Pi's...???!

Haha thats on my list too after retro games console emulator (got my snes USB pads ordered) anyway i think you can do it using squeezebox check out this link

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=134943

cartoonhead · Jan 22, 2013

Or.. Use vlc, I'm sure there's a multi room audio add on and then you can control it through the web interface from any phone or pc with a web browser, I think there is a mobile web interface optimized for phones too..

Bump · Jan 22, 2013

cartoonhead said:
Haha thats on my list too after retro games console emulator (got my snes USB pads ordered) anyway i think you can do it using squeezebox check out this link

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=134943

Thank you... that looks like it will all work

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