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will1384 · 05-09-2006, 01:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by oldskoolvwlover

hmmm I modded my xbox for free, you can get a 30-40 gig HD for next to nothing now. Really the only thing you can't do is GPS.... touchscreen is probably possible with some work, the few threads I have found on it were of people who just plugged it in, and it didn't work.... there is major homebrew development for XBOX, if you have the skill you really could do it all for next to nothing.

I just don't get how you say a Carputer does not cost a lot of money, but a modded box does? Sure you could buy a crappy 700 mhz PC for about the cost of an XBOX..... you still would have a big *** desktop you would have to cram into your car, and you would not have any of the positives of the xbox.

Like I said above, figure out what you really wanna do with it... then go from there. I personally like XBMC better than any of the mp3 player interfaces I have seen for a carputer. A lot of the people on these forums want the top of the line do everything carputer.... if you want a box in your car that can hold all of your music, movies, etc, play games and cost you less than $200 + monitor. I say rock it and see where the limits are. If you really want GPS, you could give it a try, but probably not worth it.

For the guy talking about windows.... the only windows that has been run on a xbox was thru emulation from linux. Can't remember the specific reason why, but windows is a no go on the xbox and even when it has been ran it is not stable and is slow due to lack of ram.

I have a desktop in my car - that BTW is not much bigger than the XBOX

- Its only 2 inches thicker than the xbox - the rest of the dimensions
are smaller
- It does VGA without and adapter - That would cost extra
- I can upgrade the memory to 1GB
- I can run any thing I want
- No driver issues
- Runs faster
- Has PCI slots
- I can use an M1-ATX or any car-computer power supply
- Software is out there and free, to use in a car - Road Runner

- And you can get cases that are smaller than the XBox
- You can get a NEW computer that is faster plays games ect ect
for $200 or less - IF YOU MAKE IT YOUR SELF

Like I said - its easy - to use a regular desktop or laptop
but if you want to do things the hard way and not get results
as good as a desktop or laptop - then have at it, If you want
to do it for fun - then have at it

But thats the only good reason

I have softmoded a few xboxes my self - and chiped one
- Mine has a custom paint job, see threw jewl, 2 usb ports on back,
usbport on the controler, 100GB hard disk, HardDrive LED, and uses
a moded DVD drive that can read CDRs, shows a custom logo, on
start-up - no microsoft junk, and a XChanger mod chip

the mouse and keyboard in the pic are used with the XBOX
- BECAUSE I CANT STAND USING XBOX MEDIA CENTER
WITH THE GAMEPAD -

Dont get me wrong - its ok if you just want to load a file
real quick - but from there it get to be a pain and
complicated

05-09-2006, 01:22 AM	#17
will1384 Variable Bitrate Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Jefferson, AR U.S.A Posts: 247	Quote: Originally Posted by oldskoolvwlover hmmm I modded my xbox for free, you can get a 30-40 gig HD for next to nothing now. Really the only thing you can't do is GPS.... touchscreen is probably possible with some work, the few threads I have found on it were of people who just plugged it in, and it didn't work.... there is major homebrew development for XBOX, if you have the skill you really could do it all for next to nothing. I just don't get how you say a Carputer does not cost a lot of money, but a modded box does? Sure you could buy a crappy 700 mhz PC for about the cost of an XBOX..... you still would have a big *** desktop you would have to cram into your car, and you would not have any of the positives of the xbox. Like I said above, figure out what you really wanna do with it... then go from there. I personally like XBMC better than any of the mp3 player interfaces I have seen for a carputer. A lot of the people on these forums want the top of the line do everything carputer.... if you want a box in your car that can hold all of your music, movies, etc, play games and cost you less than $200 + monitor. I say rock it and see where the limits are. If you really want GPS, you could give it a try, but probably not worth it. For the guy talking about windows.... the only windows that has been run on a xbox was thru emulation from linux. Can't remember the specific reason why, but windows is a no go on the xbox and even when it has been ran it is not stable and is slow due to lack of ram. I have a desktop in my car - that BTW is not much bigger than the XBOX - Its only 2 inches thicker than the xbox - the rest of the dimensions are smaller - It does VGA without and adapter - That would cost extra - I can upgrade the memory to 1GB - I can run any thing I want - No driver issues - Runs faster - Has PCI slots - I can use an M1-ATX or any car-computer power supply - Software is out there and free, to use in a car - Road Runner - And you can get cases that are smaller than the XBox - You can get a NEW computer that is faster plays games ect ect for $200 or less - IF YOU MAKE IT YOUR SELF Like I said - its easy - to use a regular desktop or laptop but if you want to do things the hard way and not get results as good as a desktop or laptop - then have at it, If you want to do it for fun - then have at it But thats the only good reason I have softmoded a few xboxes my self - and chiped one - Mine has a custom paint job, see threw jewl, 2 usb ports on back, usbport on the controler, 100GB hard disk, HardDrive LED, and uses a moded DVD drive that can read CDRs, shows a custom logo, on start-up - no microsoft junk, and a XChanger mod chip the mouse and keyboard in the pic are used with the XBOX - BECAUSE I CANT STAND USING XBOX MEDIA CENTER WITH THE GAMEPAD - Dont get me wrong - its ok if you just want to load a file real quick - but from there it get to be a pain and complicated Attached Images