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Originally Posted by Malaki86
Actually, my next computer for the truck won't be a laptop. I've been looking into car pc's. These are computers designed to run on the 12v system and can handle the dust, bumps, etc.
Here's the computer:
http://store.mp3car.com/Mp3Car_Custo..._p/ccc-121.htm
The monitor will probably be a 19", possibly 21". I'll add a second video card to it to run the touchscreen monitor I already have in the front.
With everything needed it should cost me in the range of $1,400-1,500 to do it, which is what I paid for my laptop.
As a tech professional as well as driver, I have to say that system is crappy
. You can get a better spec in a $400 laptop. If you have the money to spend, either go with a descent laptop and just hide it somewhere, and run the wires out of site to the components. Or even get a regular tower (much cheaper and more powerful), make sure everything is well secured in the case, and hide it somewhere.
But whatever you do, you want ATLEAST 2gb of ram, which is atleast 400mhz or faster, all modern intel and newer AMD CPU's can handle ram at 800mhz. You want atleast 250gb hard drive, and if you plan on using the PC to handle entertainment needs such as music and video, go as big as you can with the hard drive. Also invest in a good Video Card, TV Tuner card if you want to process TV on your system, and some sort of TV Out function if you want to play back video on a TV or other monitor with NTSC inputs. Also a descent sound card system too if you want to intergrate into trucks audio system (Not that hard to do).