Quote: Originally Posted by kandyman676
Macs DO have a piece of software called Virtual PC which will let you run windows apps natively in Mac OS X..and then you also have the other end with the linux software to run.
I am also very interested to see what will happen with this PC and who is brave enough to car test it:-P
I was JUST about to post this....
the only reason most people have a problem with MACs is that they simply have never used them, or if they have, just just haven't spent any time on them....
there are also people that just simply don't like change and if they have to deal with change from what they are use to they flip out...
I bought an iBook at the beginning of this last semester because I wanted to get to know how to use a MAC and it was relatively cheap and durable....
it's only got a 1ghz processor but it's PLENTY fast for everything I do....from what I have been told by MANY people who are computer science majors here at A&M....you could theoretically double the processor speed on the mac and get an equivilant rating on the Intels....how true that is I don't know, but from what I have noticed it's a HELL of a lot faster than my 1.4ghz P4.....
I love using the mac compared to XP, it just makes sense.....yeah the front end thing is a concern for some people, but honnestly, with OS10 I don't see how it would be an issue.....it SOOOOOOOOO much easier to navigate...
as for software....what software would you need really for the car??? there are many mp3s players out there that are OS X compatible, dvd player isn't a problem, GPS MIGHT be but I bet if you looked around you could find it, XM and Sirius might be a problem though....if you are hell bent on using sat radio....but there's always the Windows Emulator....which can have upto 512mb of your memory dedicated to it.....and that's more than enough to run stuff for a carPC.....
all in all, the only reason why I can see someone saying it wouldn't work would be because they simply don't know how to use a Mac.....
as for a power supply.....it still uses 12v....not too hard to come up with....5v might be a problem, but you can always use an inverter....and I'm sure if there were enough demand there would be someone out there who knew what they were doing who would come up with a PSU for a MAC...