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Media Center in your car:
Media Center kicks ass for a CarPC! It runs great, touchscreen is really nice to use with it, easy to navigate from both remote and touchscreen, fast and smooth UI that looks great, etc. I'm pretty much gonna leave it up to the video and the pictures below for the details.

Check out his Car MCE PC Demo Video.

Features currently implemented:

  • Base MC features (Radio, DVD, Music, etc.)
  • MC Remote
  • Wireless keyboard and mouse
  • 802.11g (for home and other hotspots) and Bluetooth (for mobile internet through cell phone)
  • 9-in-1 card reader
  • DVD-ROM/CD Burner
  • Extra powered USB 2.0 port up front
  • 7 inch widescreen touchscreen VGA monitor (uses standard VGA cable, not composite or svideo)
  • Auto sync media from home PC when 802.11g network connects as I pull into driveway.

Check out the last one on the last. Auto sync!

I'd like to see a Mac Mini do all that :).
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