Quote: Originally Posted by
Jistari 
In discussing my intentions to adding a PC to the car with my brother (who btw was involved in HD research, HD design, HD slaes over the last 25 years) is assuring me that a conventional laptop HD will not survive in a car environment.
He went into shock damping, cold/freezing and hot weather environmental concerns. I'm in the North Eastern US, so we get a wide range of temps here.
Should I be looking into using a solid state drive for the os and data?
Im aware of the price premium on solid state drives, just wondering how the laptop drives i see people using here hold up in cold/hot environments?
Where do you live ? What type of Drive are you using? and How long has it been operating ok (or if it failed, how long did it last)?
Right on parts wrong on others.
On the specifications and intended use. Right.
On the impact of a good mounting in the car, wrong.... the drives last just fine.
In fact they are far more durable (even in wrecks) than the passengers of the cars.
Mount the whole PC set up firmly (not wiggle) to the car. The cars shocks and mass will deal with the rest. (baring some race type suspensions)
I have had more drives fail on my desk (one in almost 30 years) than in my car (none) in over 10 years and several car wrecks. The car PC was not the cause of the wreck either.