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View Poll Results: How long did/has your Car PC lasted in the car environment before failure?
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< 6 months
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21 |
30.00% |
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6-12 months
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7 |
10.00% |
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1 - 1 1/2 years
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4 |
5.71% |
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1 1/2 - 2 years
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10 |
14.29% |
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2 - 2 1/2 years
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11 |
15.71% |
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2 1/2 - 3 years
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5.71% |
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3 - 3 1/2 years
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2 |
2.86% |
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3 1/2 - 4 years
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1 |
1.43% |
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4 - 4 1/2 years
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0% |
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> 4 1/2 years
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10 |
14.29% |
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09-20-2006, 07:48 AM
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Admin. Don't bug or I'll byte.
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Corning, NY
Posts: 4,682
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Poll: How long before you car PC FAILED?
I got this idea from a posting in the FAQ Emporium suggesting that we find out who has the longest lasting car PC.
The question is: How long has/did your car PC last? This can be your current installation, or a past installation. If you removed your old installation before it failed, it doesn't count. We're interested in systems that expired due to failure while in the car environment.
Vote ONLY if you car PC has FAILED. If it is working, don't vote.
Last edited by Bugbyte; 09-20-2006 at 04:48 PM.
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09-20-2006, 08:16 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Posts: 10,217
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almost 4 years now and still going. (although is always evolving)
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09-20-2006, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Little Elm, Texas
Posts: 13,338
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over 2 years now, all on the same hardware. No changes made.
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09-20-2006, 09:19 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: KOREA,USA,AUSTRALIA
Posts: 101
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This information, will take our "Hobby" into a "Product".
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09-20-2006, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Little Elm, Texas
Posts: 13,338
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Where would we be as consumers if we tried to keep every hobby as just that? A hobby?
Where would car audio be?
Where would fast cars be?
Where would home theater be?
Where would better gaming rigs, better console systems, etc. be?
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09-20-2006, 09:24 AM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 2,074
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6 years on my previous setup, but I killed it in the house flashing the bios, so in reality it would have lived on for longer.
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6yr old first install died 20/8/2005 as result of bad bios flash.
New system : 6x5x2" contains 1GHz C3 PCM9373, ISR based PSU, 8Gb flash DOM, 98Lite, DirectShow based frontend.
GPS : Rikaline 6010.
Display : LTM08C351 + LVDS receiver.
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09-20-2006, 09:36 AM
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The Vauxhall Vectra Project
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Morecambe, Lancs, UK ( Just For The Moment )
Posts: 2,673
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Wheres the not failed yet button ?
Terran
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09-20-2006, 10:05 AM
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Laptop, Tablets, UMPC Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 5,973
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the biggest problem with this poll is that the guys who haven't had much longevity will be reluctant to participate, while the guys with longevity will go out of there way to participate, giving skewed results...
just stating the obvious, not that theres anything wrong with this poll at all....
I voted 2.5-3, even though I have one that's sitting in a garage still functional from over 10 years ago, but it's been sitting for like 8 years, so that don't really count 
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09-20-2006, 10:08 AM
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The Vauxhall Vectra Project
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Morecambe, Lancs, UK ( Just For The Moment )
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Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6  the biggest problem with this poll is that the guys who haven't had much longevity will be reluctant to participate, while the guys with longevity will go out of there way to participate, giving skewed results...
just stating the obvious, not that theres anything wrong with this poll at all....
I voted 2.5-3, even though I have one that's sitting in a garage still functional from over 10 years ago, but it's been sitting for like 8 years, so that don't really count
He does have a point....
Terran
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09-20-2006, 02:09 PM
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Admin. Don't bug or I'll byte.
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Corning, NY
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Quote: Originally Posted by ccsnet Wheres the not failed yet button ?
Terran
This poll is for people who have had systems fail. Pretty much everyone with a working car PC has a system that hasn't failed yet 
@turbocad - why do you think people with short-lived systems would hesitate to post it? Not that this is a scientific poll by any stretch of the imagination!
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09-20-2006, 02:17 PM
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Laptop, Tablets, UMPC Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
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hmmm, maybe your right... I guess people in general will be more willing to brag when they have something to brag about, & less willing to voulenteer defeat stories... maybe not... guess that was just my first impression....
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09-20-2006, 02:18 PM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
Posts: 10,217
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bugbyte This poll is for people who have had systems fail.
Oh, then my vote don't count then.
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09-20-2006, 02:31 PM
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Laptop, Tablets, UMPC Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 5,973
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oh, now that you mention it, & I re-red the original post.... mine don't count either..... I'm really sorry 
is there a way to retract a vote?
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