That's probably the best place for it, after the intended consumer base like hospitals or industries where deskspace is low and power requirements are, too.
The carputer doesn't need a ton of power, either, and having a box like this (7" x 10" x .8") makes for an easy thin under-seat or glovebox mount, and a flash/SSD-based external drive connection would be perfect for a carputer's rough ride.
It's not meant for high-end graphics, like some people here seem to want it to be - it's for distributed computing.
Car PCs typically don't have VESA mounting hardware...these are really meant to mount to back of your display.
Car PC cases (check nano itx/micro itx sites) looks the same but without vesa mounts.
Also..in a car PC noise is probably less of an issue than when you're in your living room wanting things quiet for a movie and you can hear the fan or disk of your computer.
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I think that this has excellent potential as a carputer as well
That's probably the best place for it, after the intended consumer base like hospitals or industries where deskspace is low and power requirements are, too.
The carputer doesn't need a ton of power, either, and having a box like this (7" x 10" x .8") makes for an easy thin under-seat or glovebox mount, and a flash/SSD-based external drive connection would be perfect for a carputer's rough ride.
It's not meant for high-end graphics, like some people here seem to want it to be - it's for distributed computing.
Car PCs typically don't have VESA mounting hardware...these are really meant to mount to back of your display.
Car PC cases (check nano itx/micro itx sites) looks the same but without vesa mounts.
Also..in a car PC noise is probably less of an issue than when you're in your living room wanting things quiet for a movie and you can hear the fan or disk of your computer.