I have been wanting to build a car PC for the longest time. I hate having to get out a map and try to figure out how to get from point A to point B, I would much rather prefer to type in my location and then my destination and have a computer instantly compute the fastest/shortest/ most economical route. Or instead of punching in a starting location just have it there for me and then tell me where to turn. Pretty much cut out all the BSA stuff I have learned.
Whats in My Rig:
- Homemade Gateway M275 Tablet PC
- Centrino 1.6GHz
- 512MB PNY DDR333
- 60GB 4300RPM or 7200RPM (haven't decided yet) Hitachi 2.5" HD
- 14.1" Tablet LCD
- DVD/CDRW Drive
- Internal WiFi b Yeah I know that sucks, but i got it covered with a USB dongle and a parabolic AL bowl!
- Sima 325 watt power inverter (no audio noise yay!!!)
- 10" Alpine Type S
- 250 Watt Kenwood amp
- LiteON slim external USB slot load DVD burner
- Zonet 4 port USB 2.0 hub
- Microsoft GPS receiver
- 4 neon tubes, located under dash and bucket seats
- JVC HD Receiver
- 8.4" Lilliput touchscreen
- Custom LED light job to most in car lights
- Custom LED switch panel
- Custom Netgear USB WiFi b/g satellite dish
- Dell bluetooth keyboard/mouse/dongle
- M275 laptop port replicator
All together it cost around $1000 for all my car upgrades, but about a third of that was covered by my loving family and friends over the last few years. The rest gradually came out of my pocket during that time period. $1000 isn't to bad when you consider their is a fully functional laptop thrown in there. For more information on what I paid you can check out a very detailed spreadsheet here.