Sandra, i have a CarPC installed in my car in a big pexiglass case i made myself.
i park my car outside, and every time i turn on my car, my carPC starts right away without needing to "warm up"
i live in the northeast, and i have a second small 4x16 lcd screen that gives me the temperature of the cpu/inside the case/cpu usage/ram usage.
when my car booted up this morning, the cpu was 6*C, inside the case was 4*C and it booted perfectly fine. the only problem is that the touchscreen can be unresponsive when it first starts in the cold, but that goes away after 30 seconds ^^
in heat, i actually routed part of my AC vents to the computer case, and can switch it on/off with will JUST INCASE. but even when my car was +100* F, the computer ran fine (albeit a little louder).
all in all, temperature really is irrelevant, its more shock proofing which needs to be improved. and like engadget said, SSD will fix that too ^^
although people have been using CF card --> IDE for awhile now, so its not that new. ^^ also, the ethernet is for a router inside the car which can connect to the internet via the verizon wireless network or sprint or whatever through PCIMA cards. yeah... i think that was on here too
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Sandra, i have a CarPC installed in my car in a big pexiglass case i made myself.
i park my car outside, and every time i turn on my car, my carPC starts right away without needing to "warm up"
i live in the northeast, and i have a second small 4x16 lcd screen that gives me the temperature of the cpu/inside the case/cpu usage/ram usage.
when my car booted up this morning, the cpu was 6*C, inside the case was 4*C and it booted perfectly fine. the only problem is that the touchscreen can be unresponsive when it first starts in the cold, but that goes away after 30 seconds ^^
in heat, i actually routed part of my AC vents to the computer case, and can switch it on/off with will JUST INCASE. but even when my car was +100* F, the computer ran fine (albeit a little louder).
all in all, temperature really is irrelevant, its more shock proofing which needs to be improved. and like engadget said, SSD will fix that too ^^
although people have been using CF card --> IDE for awhile now, so its not that new. ^^ also, the ethernet is for a router inside the car which can connect to the internet via the verizon wireless network or sprint or whatever through PCIMA cards. yeah... i think that was on here too