 any one have a mini mac?, wanna get one eventaully for the celica |
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 Aug 3, 2005 - 1:40 PM
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anyone use one? i have a g5 now and its great so i wanna try and stay in the mac family and get a mini in the dash or something cool.
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Aug 3, 2005 - 1:51 PM
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dorks. anyway my friend wants to put one in his car
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Aug 3, 2005 - 3:00 PM
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that would be slick in the dash, but what would you use it for? i almost bought the mini, but i fell for the sexiness of the imac g5. definitely stick with apple though
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Aug 3, 2005 - 4:01 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Webster Ma. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
the mini would basically be for getting directions when lost and an endless amout of music. also wireless internet could be fun iunno it would just be cool lol
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Aug 3, 2005 - 4:23 PM
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QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Aug 3, 2005 - 3:01 PM) the mini would basically be for getting directions when lost and an endless amout of music. also wireless internet could be fun iunno it would just be cool lol [right][snapback]320083[/snapback][/right] hook up an lcd to it and watch movies . there pretty cheap. would be cool, thats reason enough lol
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Aug 3, 2005 - 5:57 PM
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QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Aug 3, 2005 - 4:01 PM) the mini would basically be for getting directions when lost and an endless amout of music. also wireless internet could be fun iunno it would just be cool lol [right][snapback]320083[/snapback][/right] i have done this mini install into a 02' toyota tacoma, it takes up almost the exact room at a cd player and doesnt look half bad in there. the built in airport doesnt work too well inside the dash with the case made of metal and all the metal in the car. its not hard the hard part is stashing the power supply somewhere back in the dash. anyways good luck with that! i wish they made an ecu tuning program for the mac i would much rather use that than buying a win xp laptop 
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Aug 3, 2005 - 6:50 PM
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QUOTE(x_itchy_b_x @ Aug 3, 2005 - 12:40 PM) anyone use one? i have a g5 now and its great so i wanna try and stay in the mac family and get a mini in the dash or something cool. [right][snapback]320020[/snapback][/right] as for the mac mini - have fun - remember to get some usb extender cables unless you are going to open it up and re-wire the ports to a custom panel QUOTE(celicast3sgte @ Aug 3, 2005 - 4:57 PM) i have done this mini install into a 02' toyota tacoma, it takes up almost the exact room at a cd player and doesnt look half bad in there. the built in airport doesnt work too well inside the dash with the case made of metal and all the metal in the car. its not hard the hard part is stashing the power supply somewhere back in the dash. anyways good luck with that! i wish they made an ecu tuning program for the mac i would much rather use that than buying a win xp laptop [right][snapback]320131[/snapback][/right] i've been working on building a mini pc (windows based) for my car - right now i'm still pricing parts and such - cd/dvd drive would be great in dash along with a smaller touch screen lcd (5-7 inch) - but i want to mold some usb ports in my center console - working on some custom launcher programs too - gonna strip down windows xp til it's running only essentials and then have my program run on startup at full screen - not buying any parts until i have the program done one question - how are you handling powering the computer on and off - i would like to get mine to turn on and off with the car - only thing i can think of is a small UPS with pc turn off capabilities --------------------  |
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Aug 3, 2005 - 7:01 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Webster Ma. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
nah id probly just have it a constant power and shut it down at night and let it run most of the day. or have the mac start up and shut down each day on its on schedual u can set in the settings.
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Aug 4, 2005 - 1:53 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 22, '03 From Raceland, LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i was more worried about burning the car battery than anything else
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Aug 4, 2005 - 1:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Webster Ma. Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
just by a marine battery deep cycle. i have one and i can blast my 2000watt system for hours and have no trouble. so i imagine a computer cant take toooo much power.
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