1.3GHz Ultra Low Power Fanless PC vs Complete 4th Generation 1.6GHz Dual Core Car Computer
I thinking about getting one of these which do you think will work best for my next setup? Porsche Boxster S. placement would be under the passenger seat. I like the concept of the fanless pc but the ram is max at 1gb while the dual core is max at 2. I plan to use itunes so it a hog of a app. plus say a 100gb of music.
My first carputer was a middle of the road laptop. so this is a new road for me.
For the price, you get more bang for the buck with the dual core. I just purchased one and have thus far been VERY happy with it. To be honest the only reason I can see for going fanless is if your car is super slient (which the Porche is not :P), or you need very low power.
RevFE - Super fast, modular frontend. Most powerful skinning engine in existence. Strong enough for an i7 made for a fitpc.Originally Posted by mitchjs
Just a shame I can't justify a carpc to use it on anymore.
can you hear your fans? where is the pc location? how does itunes perform (coverflow)?
I can only hear the fans when the car is off, and only when my music isn't playing. The PC is under the passenger seat, but I can't attest to how it runs itunes, as I don't use it. If I recall correctly itunes tends to use a good amount of resources, so you are best off with a better performing computer.
RevFE - Super fast, modular frontend. Most powerful skinning engine in existence. Strong enough for an i7 made for a fitpc.
Just a shame I can't justify a carpc to use it on anymore.
what are some of the pros and cons of the Complete 4th Generation 1.6GHz Dual Core Car Computer?
You're asking pre-sales questions.
These are the questions you need to be asking of the people from whom you are considering purchasing.
The biggest advantage is the dual-core processor in the 4th Gen.
The dualcore Atom is light years ahead of the C7 in terms of processing horsepower.
In my mind, the 4th-Gen is an absolute no-brainer.
I'm running an Atom 330 jetway with itunes. I'm running it embedded in roadrunner. I have itunes. iguidance and an engine management program all running at the same time and the cpu is barely working. I don't use cover flow but I just tried it and it works fine.
I highly recommend the 330.
Derek
I only have 16GB of music.
Itunes can be a real challenge to run in road runner. I'm using the hack that witte_swe came up with. Although I believe there is an official plug in available now. Both methods only give you basic control over play,pause and next track controls. I only work with play lists in itunes as it's impossible to select an artist while driving. I just did this http://mysite.verizon.net/teridon/it...cks/index.html which allows you to specify what size the fonts are. That made a huge (pun intended) difference.
I have an iphone as well and if I'm going on a road trip I just set up an ad hoc connection and use remote to control itunes. Works really well.
I know all the developer types on this board hate itunes but for basic end users like myself it really works well. By using a faster motherboard I have no problems running it at all.
Derek
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