toyrunner95
Explorer
so my friend and i came up with this great idea for a computer in a car. not just a fancy built in comp, but a rugged durable storage device. a place to dump pics of your memory cards or get online. so heres what we had.
we contacted hp and got a decent computer that basically has no moving parts. no spinning hard drive, so it can jostle around without crashing. the only thing that would have caused problems is dust and over heating. but the case was removable and it was easy to clean. this piece of equipment was about $400.
then we had a simple operating system of windows xp. the mouse was a stationary roller ball so there was no need for a flat surface. there were 6 usb jacks for miscellaneous things like i pods, cameras, and gps units.
heres the disaster. we couldn't find a decent screen. we were hoping for an in dash, or dash mounted screen. the biggest we could find was 7" have you ever tried to read a start menu on a 7" screen? yeah its impossible. so we are still researching our options.
the idea was to create a small, compact, durable, computer that could be installed in any vehicle for minimal cost, even cheaper than a laptop; and be easier to operate by applying home world technology in a vehicle (windows) this would make it much easier to understand.
anyway. if anyone has an idea as to how we can resolve this problem i would like to hear it. i don't really want to rewrite the software to fit it to the 7" screen.
we contacted hp and got a decent computer that basically has no moving parts. no spinning hard drive, so it can jostle around without crashing. the only thing that would have caused problems is dust and over heating. but the case was removable and it was easy to clean. this piece of equipment was about $400.
then we had a simple operating system of windows xp. the mouse was a stationary roller ball so there was no need for a flat surface. there were 6 usb jacks for miscellaneous things like i pods, cameras, and gps units.
heres the disaster. we couldn't find a decent screen. we were hoping for an in dash, or dash mounted screen. the biggest we could find was 7" have you ever tried to read a start menu on a 7" screen? yeah its impossible. so we are still researching our options.
the idea was to create a small, compact, durable, computer that could be installed in any vehicle for minimal cost, even cheaper than a laptop; and be easier to operate by applying home world technology in a vehicle (windows) this would make it much easier to understand.
anyway. if anyone has an idea as to how we can resolve this problem i would like to hear it. i don't really want to rewrite the software to fit it to the 7" screen.
